All articles by Kathy Hammond – Page 210
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Bransden excels
Champion of environment-friendly farming and top quality produce, Charles Bransden has had his efforts recognised with an NFU Farming Excellence Award.
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HumberVHB specialises
The classic round tomato trade in the UK should be less pressured this season according to major grower HumberVHB which is dedicating its glass to the production of speciality varieties.
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Safeway to complain
UK supermarket and takeover target Safeway is reported in the Financial Times saying it will complain to the Takeover Panel about a report on its accounting for payments from suppliers.
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Stone-fruit disease fears
Officials in New Zealand are investigating a possible case of the plum pox potyvirus which affects apricots, peaches, cherries and plums.
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US peach growers grubbing up
In California suppliers of peaches to industry are grubbing their trees in order to cope with a glut in the marketplace.
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NFU announces new board
A new horticultural industry champion backed by a board of eight will provide the formidable force needed to help UK horticulture grow, the National Farmers' Union has announced.
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Sainsbury's suppliers turn charitable
Eight of Sainsbury's category suppliers have agreed to provide free fruit for CRISIS, one of the store's nominated charities, for periods ranging from six to 12 months.
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Exchange of views
Last week's statement by the Corporation of London on the future of Covent Garden has ruffled a few feathers within London's fresh produce wholesale circle. The three largest markets comment further.
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New logo set for spring launch
The UK government's 5-a-day logo is due to be launched in the spring, promised David Jones, head of the horticulture and potatoes division at Defra.
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Southern Africa's citrus forum
Citrus Southern Africa and the Fresh Produce Exporters Forum are set to launch the Citrus Marketing Forum (CMF) on March 7.
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Del Monte gets prepared
Del Monte Fresh Produce (UK) is making a foray into the fresh-prepared market with a ground-breaking branded product.
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UK horticulture is "marginal"
The sustainability of UK horticulture is "at best marginal", Robert Balicki, chairman of the Northcourt Group, part of Worldwide Fruit, told Horticulture in Focus.
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Retail suppliers need to reconsider
Martin Hingley, Tesco teaching fellow and principal lecturer in marketing at Harper Adams University College told delegates at the West Midlands Fresh Produce Forum last night that suppliers should evaluate success in terms of a share of network business, reductions in transaction costs and retention of business.
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Sainsbury's Healing's hand
Sainsbury's sees its way forward as developing more niche, added-value lines often using its sub brands such as the Be Good to Yourself, Taste the Difference and Blue Parrot, said Jackie Healing, senior manager of the group's quality and innovation group, pictured right with Graham Ward of the new NFU horticulture board.
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Kent takes up Lantra mantra
Tony Allen, of the Kent and Medway Skills Council, has said that the uptake of IT and skills development courses provided by the land-based training organisation Lantra demonstrates the speed of change taking place in rural industries.
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Top fruit tightens up
The apple and pear seasons out of South Africa are already underway with good quality fruit but surplus volume unlikely.
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Soft fruit in a squeeze
Specialist berry importer AFI Direct Sales has reported continuing weather problems in almost all soft fruit supply countries in the Mediterranean region.
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USApple gets behind research
The US apple trade association's research sub-committee has announced its support for the National Tree Fruit Technology Roadmap project to reduce production costs and improve handling and marketing.
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English to have their say
The department for environment, food & rural affairs (Defra) has launched a consultation process to allow those people in England to care about rural issues as well as stakeholders in the rural economy, to give their views on how the government's rural policies can better be delivered.
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Fyffes reports "strong performance"
Fyffes's chairman Neil McCann has said that the company has "delivered another strong performance in its full-year results for the 12 months to 31 December 2002. However, total turnover was down six per cent to ?1.837bn.