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ArticleFresh & Easy opens California outlets
The three new stores will bring fresh food at affordable prices to downtown Fresno
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ArticleInto the dragons’ den: what could business angels mean for your company?
The credit crunch has hit bank lending to companies and the Federation of Small Businesses repeats regularly that this is hitting small-growing business the hardest. But if you have got a great idea for a business and the bank says no, where can you turn? Paul Clapham reports
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ArticleCornish veg lines weather cold snap to face stiff competition
Cornish winter vegetables traditionally meet the needs of the UK supply calendar from November to April. However, this season was hit by a bad start when oversupply pulled down returns before the big freeze swept over the county and held back production. So what next for winter vegetable growers in the South West? Anna Sbuttoni reports
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ArticleNew potatoes battle to reach UK consumers’ plates
The imported new potato season usually offers UK consumers that extra special something to push away those post-Christmas doldrums, but this year tells a different tale. With UK stored maincrop in abundance, exporters are finding it tough to tempt the market back to new product. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports
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Veggie supplies still getting through despite big freeze
Despite the big freeze, it seems as if our daily portion of green vegetables has, in general, been getting through to the
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ArticleExotics sector benefits from Christmas sales uplift
The last 12 months have been a torrid time for many exotics traders, but with consumer confidence slowly increasing, interest in the category appears to be on the rise again - and Christmas proved to be the shot in the arm that many suppliers were waiting for. Laura Gould reports
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Wrong kind of snow fails to deter growers
As I battled my way through the blizzard-like conditions in west London this morning to get into the office - yes, such is my
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FPC slams Food Standards Agency guidance
The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) has warned that the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) guidance on increased controls on so-called “high-risk” imports of certain fresh produce is belated and inadequate.
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ArticleCarrefour meets expectations for Q4
The French retailer's results for the fourth quarter succeeded in meeting the company's sales expectations
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ArticleColors Fruit inks alliance with Greefa
Colors Fruit, the largest privately owned fruit exporter in South Africa, has formed a strategic alliance with sorting machine manufacturer Greefa Europe.
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ArticlePacked lunch nutrition slammed
Campaigners are urging government to introduce free school meals for all children, following publication of a damning survey of kids’ packed lunches this week.
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ArticleJapan suspends Australian mangoes
Japan has temporarily cut off Australian mango access after the detection of live larvae in treated fruit
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ArticleMindanao must endure El Niño
Fruit growers in the Philippines’ have been told to build up infrastructure to deal with El Niño events
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ArticleVietnam man reshapes the pomelo
One Vietnamese fruit farmer is changing the look of pomelos as we know it by producing a batch that are shaped like gourds
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ArticleIndia develops wilt-resistant guava
Plant scientists in the Indian city of Lucknow have been trialling guava plant hybrids to create a variety resistant to wilt disease
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ArticleTSA appoints new chairman
The Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement has appointed Hanjin Lines president Kim Young Min as its new chairman
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ArticleOOCL to add peak season charge
Hong Kong shipping company OOCL will add a peak season surcharge to all westbound shipments between Asia and Europe
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Rural transport receives boost
New planning policy aimed at giving rural areas without access to public transport equal status has been introduced.
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FPJ Conferences programme goes live
The programme and registration forms for FPJ’s first-ever regional conference, coming to Scotland at the end of February, have now gone live on www.freshinfo.com