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ArticleLe Crunch teaches schools a lesson
French apple brand Le Crunch has finished its promotional campaign in the UK involving The Co-operative and 5,000 UK schools.
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lunch! stages innovation awards
The organisers of lunch! - the UK’s dedicated food-to-go event - have announced the launch of The Innovation Challenge 2010, a major new awards scheme designed to promote and celebrate genuinely new ideas in the sector, including new innovations and a new take on established concepts.
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ArticleIrish produce consumption rockets
Recent market research on trends in the consumption of fresh produce revealed that almost half of Irish consumers claim to be eating fresh vegetables and potatoes on a daily basis.
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ArticleWaitrose offers insight at Fruit Focus
Waitrose’s director of food technology Mary Vizoso will give her view on the future of fresh produce procurement with a particular focus on supermarket needs at this year’s Fruit Focus, on 21 July at the East Malling Research Centre in Kent.
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ArticleShoppers need plastics re-think
The West Midlands Regional Food Academy based at Harper Adams University College in Shropshire welcomed delegates last week keen to hear about why bio-plastics are the future in sustainable packaging.
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ArticleSandwich report reveals wholesale role
Local cafés and sandwich bars are failing to offer healthy, nutritious products due to competition and a reliance on a small group of nation-wide wholesalers.
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Huge fruit store to be destroyed
The world's largest scientific repository of fruit could be bulldozed later this year to make way for new homes.
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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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ArticleIndustry proves that Yorkshire fields are forever fertile
From soft fruit to brassicas, rhubarb to asparagus and salads to potatoes, Yorkshire offers the UK an extensive and diverse range of fruit and vegetables via a wide network of growers and suppliers. But despite this the supply chain still faces many obstacles. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports from the region
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ArticleStrikes and strife dominate tricky SA citrus season
The South African citrus game has been a tricky one this year with some fruit hard to come by and the devastating transport strike creating a supply vacuum and a scramble for product. Alex Lawson takes a look at how each line has fared at a time when the world’s eyes are on the republic
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South African citrus still enjoying World Cup boost
How the mighty fall! With England shoved out of the World Cup last weekend, we can expect that store managers will have
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Good week for free trade but bureaucracy remains
Well done the BBC. “Better late than never,” I thought, as I watched the recent TV show Crop to Shop with Jimmy
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After the upheaval, tenants have confidence for the future
Western International Market Tenants’ Association (WIMTA) has had plenty to deal with of late as tenants adjust to life on its new site and deal with the rigours of wholesaling during a period of international economic instability. Its chairman Gill White gave Alex Lawson an insight into the west London market two years on from the move
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ArticlePromos bring value growth but concerns are deepening
Unprecedented levels of supermarket promotions might have brought the exotic fruit market out of its recessionary malaise but, as Michael Barker explains, suppliers are concerned that the practice is unsustainable in the long term
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Is an LEP just an RDA in different clothing?
This week’s confirmation that Regional Development Agencies are going to be axed doesn’t come as a surprise, but
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The Co-op opens up IT system
A unique in-store system developed by The Co-operative has been opened up to other retailers.
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ArticleMurcia grape forecast positive
Good crop expected this year in Spanish region, although start of campaign likely to be delayed by 20 days
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ArticleNew manager for Driscoll's Chile
Oscar Ramos takes on the general manager's role after moving from Driscoll Strawberry Associates Inc.
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ArticleDole using RFID-tagged plastic pallets
Fresh Fruit division of US produce giant shipping some fruit and vegetables with the pallets in North America
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Monsanto reports profit problems
Monsanto has reported a 45 per cent drop in net income for the third quarter of the year, and is braced for a "challenging year" ahead.