Melon news archive – Page 36
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ArticleFyffes sees pre-tax profit drop
Fyffes has revealed that pre-tax profit fell 28 per cent through the first six months of 2010, down to €13.1 million from the €18.1m recorded last year.
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Imports creeping back as summer comes to an end
While the volume of English cherries harvested this year must be something of a record on the back of an extended season,
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ArticleStrong watermelon campaign for Spain
Growers in Murcia are celebrating achieving “better than expected” results from this year’s watermelon campaign
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ArticleAsian launch for Caribbean melon
Dutch group Rijk Zwaan will launch melon concept at Asia Fruit Logistica in Hong Kong on 8-10 September
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UK melons cause a stir
Home-grown melons have hit wholesale markets across the UK with Britain increasingly showing a taste for exotic crops.
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ArticleCharentais melon in crisis
Last week, the French Charentais melon was declared to be in crisis as a result of oversupply, causing prices to plummet
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ArticleBanana trade struggles as new price war is declared
The banana trade remains tough going as the traditional summer slump takes full effect. As if that wasn’t enough, the first signs of a new price war among the supermarkets are in evidence that could see retails plummeting. Alex Lawson reports
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ArticleFairtrade takes novel angle to power fruit sales
The Fairtrade Foundation took an innovative approach to driving fruit sales last week. Alex Lawson considers the thinking behind the new Power Up Your Fruit Bowl campaign and its implications
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Del Monte Q2 profits fall
Fresh Del Monte Produce has announced that net income attributable to the group fell to $21.1 million through the second quarter of the year, down from the $52.2m recorded in the corresponding period last year.
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ArticleNew melon headed for UK
The UK is being used as a test market this season for a new range of small melons designed for northern European consumers
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New melon set for UK
A new range of small melons specifically produced for the northern European consumer is set to launch in the UK.
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ArticleHave melon sales run out of juice?
Melons have hit the mainstream and are no longer considered the luxury exotic that they once were, but how can the sector grow consumption and take the category forward when margins have been squeezed to the point where many are reconsidering their options? Anna Sbuttoni reports
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UK supermarkets think outside fresh produce box
The retail sector has never been short of ideas on how to attract customers and encourage them to buy. Not surprisingly, these
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ArticleHeligan boasts mini Cornish pineapple
The Lost Gardens of Heligan have cut their first pineapple of the season, grown using an authentic Victorian technique, which they calculate would have cost the equivalent of £10,000.
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ArticleLondis beats fresh targets
As the Londis Fresh range heads towards its first anniversary, sales for the new lines have exceeded targets, according to the latest data.
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ArticleFresh-cut fruit makes a colourful comeback
After nearly two years of category domination by value lines, the fresh-cut sector is reawakening and injecting some much needed colour into the prepared fruit offer. Elizabeth O’Keefe gauges the mood among producers in the sector
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ArticleNWPB reorganises staff structure
To better satisfy modern marketing requirements the National Watermelon Promotion Board has created new staff positions
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ArticleSpanish swoop on Covent Garden
Seven producer-exporter businesses representing hundreds of growers between them and accounting for production of the full range of Spanish citrus, melons stonefruit, salads and vegetables from the southern Spanish region of Andalusia will be visiting New Covent Garden next Wednesday.
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ArticleExotics under threat in zero-carbon scenario
Consumers should eat fewer bananas, avocados, melons and mangos to help save the planet, a controversial new report has claimed.
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ArticleDel Monte and Tesco get fruity
Del Monte has furthered its attack on the fresh prepared market with its new Fruitini bags which are to be sold via an exclusive campaign through Tesco.