Meldungen aus Europa – Page 3025
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Potato Week influences younger shoppers
The Potato Council has reported that its Potato Week at the beginning of October has had a major impact on attitudes of younger shoppers to potatoes.
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WUWM helps EU on food sustainability
The European Commission has invited a representative from the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) to attend a meeting on food sustainability later this month.
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Vegetable sales rise at Waitrose
Waitrose has reported an uplift in sales of some major vegetable lines as the autumn weather struck.
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Fresh-cut herbs get new brand
Cut-herbs specialist R&G Fresh Herbs is launching Nature’s Flavours – the first range of branded, modified atmosphere packaged (MAP) cut herbs on 19 November.
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AHDB opens levy consultation
The Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) is consulting levy payers on a recommendation to keep its levies unchanged from the existing 2012-13 rates.
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Defying the odds
Fepex is tirelessly lobbying for revised EU legislation for the horticultural industry, and what it perceives as discrimination against Spanish growers. Lisa Kjellsson reports from Fruit Attraction in Madrid
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EU banana disputes officially end
Representatives from the European Union and ten Latin American countries have signed a landmark agreement on banana imports into the EU, ending one of the longest-running disputes in the history of international trade.
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OFT has doubts about Booker Group acquisition
The UK’s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has reported British food wholesaler Booker Group's acquisition of Makro Holdings to the Competition Commission (CC), as it fears the deal could damage the cash-and-carry sector.
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Pink award win for flowers giant
UK plant producer Thompson & Morgan has won the 'Best New Plant' award at the 2012 Garden Retail Awards for its foxglove plant 'Illumination Pink'.
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Dr Julia Wright: With rising food prices, it is time to create more resilient food systems worldwide
The prospect of rising food prices due to poor harvests raises some serious questions. The government and the agricultural
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America leaves the ailes full of taste
Supermarkets appear to be continually adding variations to product categories. Fresh herbs are a case in point with Tesco
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Price promos boost grape sales
Grape consumption has soared over the past 12 months on the back of a series of supermarket promotions, but growers warn that supplies are tight moving forward
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In the middle of change
The Middle East continues to experience equal amounts of growth and disruption but is still a huge potential market for the UK, especially if the prime minister’s visit is a success. Samantha Lyster and Tom Joyce report
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Kenya thinks big
Global investors are increasingly turning their attention to the Kenyan flower industry as pressure in other markets mounts. Michael Barker reports
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Kiwis get the blues
Supplies of European kiwifruit are tight this year after frost hit leading producer Italy. Eurofruit’s Mike Knowles and Luisa Cheshire report
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Focused Capespan back to profit in the UK
Capespan returned to profitability in the UK in the last financial year as it divested its packing operation and left Sheerness for Maidstone.
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New partnership to boost hydroponic farming
A new international partnership aiming to build the world's largest network of hydroponic greenhouses could dramatically increase the availability of fresh produce across the United States.
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Marsden leaves Berry Gardens
Nick Marsden, sales director and board member at UK-based soft fruit supplier Berry Gardens, has left the company.
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Tesco wins retail award for second year running
Tesco has been crowned 'National Retailer of the Year' at the World Food Awards for the second year running.