Berries news archive – Page 169
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ArticleBritish strawberry sales soar
Sales of British strawberries more than doubled last week compared to the same period in May 2008.
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ArticleFruit grower fined over picker death
A fruit grower who took no action over a faulty cable which electrocuted a berry picker and killed him has been fined.
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ArticleGourmet hires former Driscoll’s executive
Patricio Rebolledo Refusta will handle Gourmet Trading Company’s aggressive blueberry expansion in Chile
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ArticleIndustry prepares for Fruit Focus
Market dynamics, consumer spend and produce quality are the core themes for the UK fruit and wine sector at Fruit Focus 2009.
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ArticleChinese blueberry season kicks off
Chinese consumers will soon be seeing locally produced blueberries on retail shelves as the country’s season gets underway
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ArticleResearch at the cutting edge
The amount of time and effort invested by research centres and breeding programmes across the UK has led to successes and, even though funding remains an issue, institutes are keen to take their findings further. Doris Lee Butterworth reports.
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Berry Gardens' finance director to retire
Berry Gardens’ finance director David Macgregor is to retire at the end of May.
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ArticleChile launches Berry Committee
The new organisation is designed to support the positioning of Chile’s rapidly expanding blueberry offer on the world market
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Arava favours domestic berry deal
Arava Export Growers of Israel will concentrate on the domestic strawberry market this season and has no plans to ship sizeable quantities of strawberries to the UK.
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KGG members retain £100m turnover
KG Growers Ltd (KGG) members’ turnover remained at a high of £100 million throughout the challenging 2008 season, it was revealed this week.
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ArticleKG Growers records ‘robust’ results
British berry cooperative KG Growers has said that it is in a “robust financial position” despite experiencing a “challenging 2008 campaign
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ArticleThree-strong berry merger paying off
The Berry Gardens model, formed from the merger of KG Fruits, Driscoll’s and Alconeras in 2007, and the subsequent re-organisation of the European businesses, is holding up extremely well despite shifts in the berry market, according to md Nick Marston.
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ArticleS&A Produce gets healthy
Herefordshire-based S&A Produce has teamed up with Leominster Infants’ School to educate pupils on the importance of healthy eating.
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Herbicide approved for carrots and peas
The residual and contact-acting herbicide, Flumioxazin, has a new and significant off-label approval for use in vining peas, carrots, parsnips and bulb onions.
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ArticleWizards in Oz
Australian blueberries and apples make their way to the UK every year, capitalising on either an early start or high quality to fill gaps in the market. Jessica Purbrick-Herbst looks at exports to the UK
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ArticleStrawberries serve up promise
British strawberries have enjoyed the earliest cropping for the last five years, helping to boost the category as it prepares to come into its own over the next few weeks. This head start should make for a promising season, but with growers up against mounting pressures while consumers are cutting their spending, how is the season expected to pan out? Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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Media-touted bargains draw shoppers in
Potential customers can hardly miss the fruit and vegetable bargains that are being trumpeted across the media. However, there
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ArticleSalads in Good Natured mood
Angus Soft Fruits expanded its Good Natured brand from soft fruit into the salads category last week, when the first arrivals of the new pesticide-free salad range hit Asda stores.
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ArticleChilean Crimson falls short
The Chilean Crimson grape season is coming to a premature end, with volumes to date down some 20 per cent on 2008.
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ArticleSasha trials strike gold
A new glasshouse strawberry variety called Sasha has been so successful under trial that Sainsbury’s is eager to take all the fruit being grown this year by Wallings Nursery, near Dedham, Essex.