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ArticleChile targets further Russian growth
The Russian market is growing in importance for Chile, as demonstrated by the record Chilean presence at World Food Moscow
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ArticleSainsbury's to create 14,000 seasonal jobs
Sainsbury's has announced it is to create up to 14,100 seasonal jobs to meet the high demand from customers over the busy Christmas and new year period.
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ArticleCoop Italia unveils Puglia promotion
Italian retailer introduces new year-round branded marketing for products including grapes, clementines, artichokes and onions
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ArticleMovers & Shakers | October 2010
Full round-up of all the latest major appointments and departures within the European fresh produce industry over the past month
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ArticleRwanda welcomes investment
COLEACP and the Rwandan government are holding a workshop to promote investment in the country's horticulture sector
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Mediterranean balance expected on citrus
A well-balanced season of citrus supply is anticipated from the Mediterranean region.
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ArticleArgentina set for comeback as cherries take centre stage
Argentina is preparing for a new cherry season, with the first fruit set to be harvested next week. Anna Sbuttoni gauges the mood of growers and exporters ahead of the new arrivals
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ArticleDeal or no deal?
The number of discount and multi-buy promotions run by retailers has hit record levels in the past year. But, asks Michael Barker, are the supermarkets’ promotional strategies sustainable or will they have no option but to scale back?
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ArticlePrepared fruit and veg sector emerges well from recession
Innovation and the prepared fruit and vegetable industry go hand in hand, and as the country emerges out of the recession fitter and leaner, retailers are becoming more adventurous with their fresh-cut and prepared ranges. And a wide range of new product development is increasingly finding its way onto shelves, as Elizabeth O’Keefe reports
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Answering the question: ‘what do consumers want?’
Finding out what your customers want can be a costly business, even though there is plenty of research available. Not long
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Does extending shelf life harm the “fresh” image?
I’m sure everyone would agree that growing, storing, packing, distributing, marketing and particularly retailing fruit
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Will SFVS plan improve the nation’s health? Fat chance
The proposal from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) to spend NHS funds on financial incentives
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Asda’s direct approach leaves fresh produce industry talking
A year after Asda completed the buyout of International Produce Ltd, Michael Barker catches up with IPL managing director Nick Scrase to discuss direct supply, grower returns and why other supermarkets are eyeing up the Asda model
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Government needs to make its mind up fast
The mess that is the government’s handling of the future of quangos is fast becoming one of the first big embarrassments
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S&A Produce defies market to record profit
S&A Produce defied a tough market to report an increase in profits for 2009.
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ArticleUS trade office opens in Shenyang
A new US trade office will help promote the country's agricultural and food products in China
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ArticlePlummeting values across UK produce trade
Some of the industry’s biggest players’ margins are being eroded as the effects of recession and a reduction in prices hit the trade.
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ArticleMoon Festival market fails to shine
This year’s Moon Festival in China and Taiwan has not provided a cause to celebrate for those in the fresh fruit industry
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ArticleMerger on cards in NZ kiwifruit industry
Two of the New Zealand kiwifruit industry’s biggest post-harvest service providers are seeking to merge in the coming year
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ArticleUS cherry growers eye Vietnam
Vietnam’s expanding middle-class has prompted moves by US cherry growers to target this emerging South East Asian market