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ArticleAsda welcomes first Fairtrade limes from Brazil
Asda is to zest up to Fairtrade Fortnight by being the first retailer to bring Fairtrade limes from Brazil to the supermarket shelves.
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ArticleChile beats the weather
Despite frosts and late starts, this season’s Chilean fruit offer is the best quality the South American country has exported to the UK in some time. Elizabeth O’Keefe finds out how the season has panned out, and what lies ahead for the UK market.
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ArticleFairly does it
This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight is set to be bigger and better than ever before, buoyed by phenomenal sales growth and an expanding product range. Laura Gould finds out what this year’s high-profile campaign will entail, and talks to fresh produce players about the ever-increasing role they are playing in the category.
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UK retail visit gets thumbs up
In this month’s round-up of the Produce Marketing Association’s activities, members of the US trade body and its board of directors hit British shores in a bid to find out what makes UK retailers and consumers tick.
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ArticlePrepped sector fails to be deterred by tough economy
Fresh-cut fruit and niche prepared vegetable lines are leading the way this quarter, and the industry is confident that the predicted economic slowdown this year will not affect the prepared sector. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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Real risk to long-term momentum
There is probably no area of marketing in any sector that generates more criticism than advertising and PR. Perhaps it is not
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ArticlePoole: get behind promotional messages
A lack of industry commitment is limiting the impact of abundant healthy-eating messages on fresh produce sales, according to one trade marketing man.
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Irish growers get minister's support
Irish horticulture minister Trevor Sargent has spoken out in support of the campaign by the republic’s growers for improved prices from the multiples.
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Beeson steps into retirement
Tony Beeson has this week announced his retirement as a director of British and Brazilian Produce Co Ltd.
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ArticleContainer delays continue at Southampton
Reefer containers are still being diverted from Southampton Container Terminal to the port of Tilbury, more than a month after a crane accident at the Hampshire port.
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ArticleNew online monitoring forum unveiled
A new online food-monitoring forum launched two weeks ago is set to overhaul the way European produce firms keep track of residues on their imported products.
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ArticleKanzi for breakfast
English apples and pears for breakfast at school before lessons gets underway has proven a hit at Green Acre High School in Walderslade, Kent, following a joint initiative by grower Adrian Scripps Ltd and category manager Richard Hochfeld Ltd.
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French organic Juliet forecast released
French producers of organic Juliet apples have released their crop forecast for the next four years.
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ArticleCameron takes his gilt-edged chance
At the NFU conference this week, there was a fascinating juxtaposition of those who feel the need to make friends and
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ArticleIsraeli herb growers stand strong
Israeli herb growers have renewed the majority of the product struck by recent sub-zero temperatures, and supply is expected to be back on track within three weeks.
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ArticleManchester market has redevelopment plans
New Smithfield Market could be substantially redeveloped to become a composite market as part of an ambitious regeneration plan by Manchester City Council.
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ArticleACP calls for fair banana treatment
ACP banana representatives have expressed grave concerns that the EU may be back-tracking on previous assurances, threatening the livelihhod of banana producers and exporters in ACP countries.
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ArticleSouthern hemisphere apple figures released
The World Apple & Pear Association has released its forecasts for the southern hemisphere top-fruit campaign this year indicating a decrease in the apple harvest and an increase in the pear crop.
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JP to shut packing depot
JP Fresh Ltd has announced to its staff that its Bridgwater banana packing depot is to close in the near future. The date is yet to be confirmed.
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allFresh! 2008 dates unveiled
The organisers of South African fresh produce event allFresh! have unveiled the dates and location of the 2008 event.