All articles by Mike Knowles – Page 175
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ArticleDutch POs confirm merger plans
Unistar, Brassica Group, Westveg and Tradition reach agreement for merger plans announced back at the end of October
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ArticleGrower consolidation "inevitable"
The Greenery MD Philip Smits argues sector will have to address problem of excess production to maintain decent prices
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ArticleIsraeli citrus crop up 10 per cent
USDA predicts exports of 183,000 tonnes in 2009/10, buoyed by increased production of Or easy-peelers and red grapefruit
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ArticleZespri slams policy review paper
Marketer criticises 2025 Productivity Taskforce for advocating removal of regulated single-desk system for NZ kiwifruit exports
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ArticleGlobal Fruit Point opens Prague office
Company set to push forward expansion in eastern Europe as major retailers call increasingly for direct supply programmes
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ArticleVOG to reveal restructuring plan
Italian apple producer organisation set to reconfigure its member cooperatives' sales and logistics operations
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ArticleSigns of opposition to T&G kiwifruit plan
Growers in New Zealand's South Island have reportedly taken down Enza signs in protest at calls to deregulate the industry
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ArticleSporty return for Fruitness campaign
With funding approved until 2011, the European marketing initiative is set to encourage a more active lifestyle among children
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ArticleGlobalGAP approves new regulations
Transition to new version of its general regulations set to be implemented during three months to 1 March 2010
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ArticleItalian imports exceed exports
For the first eight months of 2009, the volume of fruit and vegetables brought into Italy was higher than the volume exported
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ArticleApple market 'tough but improving'
Italian organisation Assomela publishes stock figures for November and forecasts a gradual improvement in the European market
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ArticleSpend more, says Dutch marketeer
Holland's marketing budget only 0.17 per cent of industry turnover, compared with as much as 4 per cent in other food sectors
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ArticleReinhold Messner keeps KIKU climbing
Leading mountaineer features in KIKU-sponsored event as marketer scales new heights in terms of its global volumes
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ArticleEU urged to revise standards change
Freshfel Europe and Areflh call on European officials to restore and maintain specific compulsory standards for fresh produce
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ArticleRewe Tropenprojekt 'progressing well'
Protection of Panamanian wetlands in country's Bocas Del Toro province backed by Chiquita promotion during November
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ArticleUniveg expands in Bulgaria
Company's Bulgarian subsidiary set to move into a brand new warehouse and distribution centre by middle of next year
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ArticleAustralia advance for Italian kiwifruit
Southern Hemisphere country agrees to allow cold treatment of Italian kiwifruit exports in transit for the first time
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ArticleStrong start for apple supplier VI.P
Italian group VI.P Val Venosta reports excellent fruit quality having harvested one of the largest crops in its history
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ArticleEmerging markets hold key to growth
Delegates at the Eurofruit Congress Middle East in Dubai hear how growing demand for food could benefit the fresh produce sector
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ArticleHealthy eating campaign under fire
The EU's recently launched healthy eating initiative has come in for some strong criticism from Freshfel Europe and the FPC, which feel it lacks focus