Meldungen aus Europa – Page 3309

  • Pakistan flag
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    Pakistan explores new markets

    2011-11-18T11:22:34Z

    Pakistan is targeting new markets for its fruits and vegetables, but poor post-harvest facilities limit export growth

  • apple red delicious
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    Red Delicious crop down but moving out

    2011-11-18T11:21:35Z

    Projections for Washington’s Red Delicious apple crop have been revised downwards, but the outlook for exports remains bright

  • Morrisons unveils Christmas savings card
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    Morrisons unveils Christmas savings card

    2011-11-18T11:01:01Z

    Morrisons has said it will deliver £100 million of savings for customers this Christmas as Britain’s grocers step up the battle for cash-strapped shoppers in the run up to the festive period.

  • Myth and misinformation: A closer look at making health claims for fresh produce
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    Myth and misinformation: A closer look at making health claims for fresh produce

    2011-11-18T09:50:26Z

    Professor Leon Terry:Head of Plant Science Laboratory, Cranfield University

  • Morocco awakens
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    Morocco awakens

    2011-11-18T09:07:21Z

    After years of hard work and steady improvement, Morocco is coming into its own. Elizabeth O’Keefe and Tom Joyce talk to the Moroccan growers and suppliers making sure there is an array of winter salad on the UK market

  • Ex-Agrexco GM joins new Israeli produce exporter
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    Ex-Agrexco GM joins new Israeli produce exporter

    2011-11-18T09:01:01Z

    Thousands of hectares of fruit and vegetables that looked set to go to waste after Israeli exporter Agrexco went into administration are coming on sale in Britain thanks to a new grower-owned company.

  • Winter of discontent
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    Winter of discontent

    2011-11-18T08:58:56Z

    It will be a stretch to make winter vegetables profitable this year, given that cauliflowers alone have started the season at returns less than half the cost of production. Anna Sbuttoni asks what this means for a sector that is trying to retain its value in the UK

  • Colombia in full bloom
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    Colombia in full bloom

    2011-11-18T08:58:16Z

    The Colombian flower industry is in its element, with a huge customer on its doorstep in the US market and quality-hungry florists and retailers in the UK driving innovation and change. But as the industry looks for the golden ticket in the shape of the UK multiples, will compromise destroy all this good work? Elizabeth O’Keefe reports from Bogotá, Colombia

  • How the dinner tray can teach a  generation to eat
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    How the dinner tray can teach a generation to eat

    2011-11-18T08:55:08Z

    Jamie Oliver claimed on TV last month that he had “lost all hope” for school meals. In the second of our series on public procurement, Chloe Ryan asks how to feed the next generation and finds out how the produce industry can help

  • The Whole picture
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    The Whole picture

    2011-11-18T08:53:40Z

    Wholesale markets are facing the challenges of a changing trade and issues around site regeneration, but there is still a huge amount of development work taking place. Alex Lawson examines the state of play around the UK

  • Promotional switch drives slowdown in potato movement
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    Promotional switch drives slowdown in potato movement

    2011-11-18T08:52:14Z

    Potato sales have slipped now that retailers have changed tactics on promotions, though the switch has added £60 million to the category

  • Article

    Produce aisles lead festive countdown

    2011-11-18T08:51:36Z

    While nuts and dates are already taking over shelf space alongside confectionery and Christmas crackers, the constant drive to

  • Article

    Welcome to your new look magazine

    2011-11-18T08:50:52Z

    You’ve probably noticed that we’ve had a makeover.In fact, we’ve done a little more than that. We’ve

  • ‘Disjointed’ food safety campaign slammed by trade
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    ‘Disjointed’ food safety campaign slammed by trade

    2011-11-18T08:01:02Z

    The industry has criticised the government’s approach to a new consumer hygiene campaign on raw vegetables as the Cabinet Office declares the supply chain must take responsibility in promoting food safety advice.

  • Sunkist logo
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    New marketing channels in China for US fruits

    2011-11-18T06:37:34Z

    Foray into TV and Internet retailing in China reaps rewards for US fresh fruit groups

  • Brett Pickering
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    Brett Pickering leaves GrapeExchange

    2011-11-18T05:38:29Z

    The Australian grower-packer-marketer's experienced export sales manager Brett Pickering has resigned after five years with the company

  • South African workers
    Article

    RSA registers Thailand complaint

    2011-11-18T05:36:48Z

    South Africa has registered a trade concern with the World Trade Organisation over its ongoing loss of Thailand market access

  • Kenya farmer
    Article

    Consumption plummets in Kenya

    2011-11-17T16:45:15Z

    Sales of fruit and vegetables have fallen dramatically in Kenya as a result of high prices

  • Morrisons logo
    Article

    Morrisons unveils ready-peeled avo

    2011-11-17T16:14:07Z

    New technology peels, de-stones and packs the fruit in vacuum-packed pouch

  • Norman Collett new recruits
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    Norman Collett strengthens team

    2011-11-17T16:12:54Z

    English apple marketer adds two new recruits to business