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ArticleProduce price-sensitive
The slightest variations in product price can lead to a massive difference in operating profitability for a horticultural business, a leading consultant has suggested.
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Agrovista opens new depot
Crop protection specialist and consultancy firm Agrovista UK will be opening a new depot near Maidstone in Kent this month. The depot will replace the existing store shared with William Lillico on the Aylesford business site.
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ArticleFreshgro champions chefs
Freshgro, the Nottinghamshire grower co-operative, has been championing the talents of future chefs by challenging cookery school students to create exciting recipes using Chantenay.
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DemoPark awards Vario gold medal
Europe’s largest open-air exhibition for gardening, landscaping and municipal equipment: DemoPark, has awarded Fendt’s Vario 900 model range a Gold Medal.
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ArticleNZ Braeburn revised down
The New Zealand Braeburn crop is likely to be down by some 10,000 tonnes on predicted volume, industry body Pipfruit NZ said this week.
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London Olympics may cost growers
The benefits of the London Olympics are being weighed against their defecits by growers, following news that the funding to an outstanding Black Country scheme to provide fresh fruit and veg for schoolkids is to be abandoned.
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ArticleMed grape supply takes a beating
Unseasonable weather in Greece and Murcia, Spain is taking its toll on grape crops.
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ArticleMDS link changes face of produce training
The fresh produce industry is leading the way in specialist work-based qualifications, with the launch of a post-graduate certificate in food and fresh produce management.
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ArticleKwik Save pleads with workers
Workers' union Usdaw claims to have been told that Kwik Save will go into administration today [Friday] unless staff continue to work for nothing.
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ArticlePesticide importer wins appeal
A Worcestershire pesticide importer was found not guilty on appeal against 11 charges of importing illegal pesticides in a case at Shrewsbury Crown by Defra.
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ArticleVeg falls victim to floods
UK vegetable supplies and plantings have been hit by the rainfall and floods that have washed over the nation this week.
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FPJ - delay due to postal strike
A postal strike is taking place in the UK today and will delay delivery of this week's FPJ.
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ArticleDesperate for change
Manchester’s New Smithfield Market has been in a state of limbo since the wholesale market’s redevelopment plans were announced. Nine years on, the master plan has been finalised and the council is confident that a developer will be appointed at the end of this year. The market’s traders have met this news with a mixed response, but everyone seems to agree on one thing - change is necessary. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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ArticleCarrots weather stormy season
Torrential rainfall over the past few days has left some of the UK’s carrot growers unable to tend to their crops; nevertheless, the industry is confident that volumes will remain on an even keel and demand will push forward as the season pans out. Laura Gould reports.
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ArticleTake-off for airfreight facility Manchester
Pangaean Ltd’s new airfreighted perishables handling and distribution centre has opened at Manchester Airport. The centre is the only one of its kind outside London in the UK, and is now offering fresh produce companies in the North West the same opportunities as those located in the South. Elizabeth O’Keefe met John Crofts, managing director of Pangaean, at Manchester’s World Freight Terminal to find out how he is bridging the gap between the North and South of the country.
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ArticleNew phase for Arndale Market
After three and a half years in planning, the new Manchester Arndale Market opened in September last year. Elizabeth O’Keefe went to investigate what fresh produce the Manchester City Council’s “original market experience” has to offer.
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ArticleA regional roam in Lancashire
In the first of our series of regional reports, FPJ takes a look at how Made In Lancashire (MIL), a government-funded organisation dedicated to the development and promotion of Lancashire’s small food producers, helps the region’s fresh produce industry. Elizabeth O’Keefe investigates.
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ArticleManaging the future
The Management Development Services scheme has provided scores of managers to its fresh produce member companies since being established by a forward-thinking group in 1986. A link forged with Harper Adams University College now offers the trainees even more - the first work-based post-graduate certificate qualification in any UK industry sector. It could also change public perception about the fresh produce industry as a destination. Tommy Leighton reports.
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Online retail sales surge set to continue
Online retailing has spiralled since the Millennium, and new research by PricewaterhouseCoopers suggests we ‘ain’t seen nothing yet. Food is one of the three key drivers of online sales figures, and the value of the online market could reach as much as £35 billion by 2011, as shoppers young and old log in rather than going out.
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Education adds an extra edge
There was a saying when the porters’ trolleys rumbled over the cobbles in the original Covent Garden and importers,