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ArticlePurfresh set to expand pre-harvest business
Purfresh has appointed Tom Justmann as pre-harvest business director for North America and Europe.
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ArticleBA freight surcharge to pile pressure on produce
British Airways World Cargo’s (BAWC) announcement this week that it has increased its fuel surcharge is likely to squeeze profit margins of airfreight users still more, especially as other service providers are expected to follow suit.
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NFU calls for red tape cut
Defra’s claim to be making significant progress towards its target of cutting agricultural red tape by 25 per cent is not being borne out by farmers’ experience on the ground, according to a National Farmers’ Union (NFU) survey.
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First quarter "excellent", reports Chiquita
Multinational banana giant Chiquita has reported strong first quarter results for 2008, and claims improved banana pricing has more than offset rising costs.
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Grape research in disease breakthrough
Researchers at the renowned Agricultural Research Service of the US department of agriculture are close to finding a solution to powdery mildew.
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Chileans lament poor returns
The cost of production is rising and returns are falling for grape growers in the Chilean central valley, as they work out just how much it costs them to produce each bunch.
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Indian grapes set to come up short
The Indian grape campaign just starting is likely to come up short, as the full extent of rainfall in Andhra Pradesh at the end of March makes itself known.
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ArticleDelivering the goods
Since scooping the Foods from Spain Multiple Retailer of the Year award at both Re:fresh 2006 and 2007, Waitrose has continued to secure its position in the hearts and minds of UK consumers as a supermarket renowned for both high quality and innovation. Laura Gould caught up with the produce buying team at the firm’s Bracknell headquarters.
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ArticleReclaiming the street
Street markets may once have been at the heart of communities across the UK but, these days, traders are having to pull out all the stops to makes their markets work as a vibrant hub of activity and a centre for fresh, local food, or risk fading away. Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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ArticleUK gras spearheads demand
The fresh produce industry is gearing up for another successful UK asparagus season, despite a cold spring delaying the outdoor crop. Elizabeth O’Keefe talks to the key players involved with this year’s PR campaign, and the increasing demand for asparagus in the UK.
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Paynter assesses the global apple canvas
FPJ was in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, in March, to visit some of the leading Kiwi apple growers and exporters. Tommy Leighton asked Paul Paynter of Yummy Fruit Company for his take on the global apple job.
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New bill dredges up same old worries
Here we go again! The new bill regarding “the modernisation of the French economy”, proposed recently by the
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No looking back for Stubbins’ Skarpetowski
Stubbins Marketing’s Pawel Skarpetowski was the proud recipient of Re:fresh 2007’s MorePeople Young Person of the Year award and, 12 months on, his career has never looked in better shape. Laura Gould finds out more.
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ArticleIs grape bubble bursting after years of growth?
Following encouraging rates of growth year on year for a decade, the development of the grape market in the UK has been showing the first signs of a slowdown this quarter, as yet another three-month period is dogged by difficulties in supply. Kathy Hammond reports.
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Tall order for small retailers
Fresh fruit and vegetables featured prominently in the six-hour debate on improving the lot of independent retailers that took
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Who’s afraid of the ombudsman?
I’ve already put on record my support for an independent ombudsman, to oversee and enforce the code of practice that
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ArticleLocal reach extends for Tesco strawbs
Tesco is to sell local strawberries in its stores in 10 more English counties this summer, following a successful trial with Kentish strawberries last season.
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ArticleUtopia prepares for future consumer
Exotics specialist Utopia is adding a new string to its bow by opening a £2 million prepared fruit facility in Gosberton, Lincolnshire.
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ArticleGrocery inquiry splits supplier opinion
Supermarket suppliers and their representatives have voiced their mixed reactions to the Competition Commission’s final report out this week.
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Syngenta sales up in first quarter
Company results buoyed by growing demand for seeds and crop protection products