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ArticleMercury makes bid for growth
Mercury Packaging - one of the UK’s food packaging manufacturers - has announced the appointment of Mark Binks as sales manager in a bid for further growth.
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Spanish register record export values
Spanish exports broke through the €8 billion (£7.12bn) barrier for the first time in 2008, producer-exporters’ association Fepex has announced.
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Banana hopes running high in Ecuador
Ecuador’s banana exporters association AEBE has said it has high hopes following wire service reports that a new proposal is imminent from the EU for change to its banana import tariffs.
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ArticleSpud industry urged to log on
TV money expert Jasmine Birtles has held up the internet as a crucial platform on which the potato industry can communicate with young people and boost consumption among the under-30s.
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ArticleMastronardi in High School Musical deal
US company Mastronardi Produce, which owns the Sunset brand, will be marketing salad lines with Disney Garden packaging starting this spring.
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Salary surveys encouraged
Recruitment specialist Redfox is urging firms to conduct a salary survey of their management staff as the recession bites.
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Pesticide contamination addressed
An increase in the number of containers of the pesticide nematicide being returned contaminated or damaged is putting the Ultima closed-handling system under pressure.
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ArticleFarmers diversifying from Fairtrade
Diversification is proving a more tempting option than continuing with Fairtrade crops for many smallholders across Africa, according to experts on the continent’s trade.
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ArticleSpanish tom players lobby EU
The Spanish tomato industry is lobbying the EU to intervene as it has comes under intense pressure from non-EU countries such as Morocco.
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ArticleRabobank reveals profitable 2008
The Dutch agricultural banking institution saw net profit rise to €2.8bn for the year
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Floristry looks to youth
The floristry industry has backed apprenticeships saying they have a key role to play in maintaining and improving productivity in difficult economic times, according to sector skills council Lantra.
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FRESH 2009 set for April
FRESH 2009, one of Europe’s leading fresh fruit and vegetable conference events, will take place in Valencia on April 28-29 and will focus on innovation in all its forms in the supply chain.
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ArticleRot-control focus for top-fruit day
The East Malling Research (EMR) and Marden Fruit Show Society have invited leading researchers from the European ISAFRUIT project to inform UK growers of developments in control of storage rots in apple without the use of pesticides.
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Practical courses hold key to education figures
Growth in higher education will be delivered through an increase in the number of part-time students doing practical courses as demographic changes mean a falling number of 18 year olds, according to John Denham.
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ArticleFirst female scoops sales award
The MorePeople Sales & Marketing Professional of the Year gong was scooped by a woman for the first time at last week’s Grower of the Year awards, as Margie Ribton of Tendercare Nurseries carried off the prize.
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ArticleKorean apple yields return to normal
Production drops to normal levels this year following last year's bumper crop, as competition with other exotic fresh fruits increases
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ArticleRSA paying "too much" for seafreight
FPEF study finds major room for improvement in South Africa's fresh produce export logistics management and infrastructure
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ArticleMovers & Shakers | March 2009
Full round-up of all the latest major appointments, departures and other personnel news over the past month
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ArticleConference to tackle audit harmonization
US retail and foodservice leaders have endorsed audit benchmarking and harmonization ahead of a food safety conference in April
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ArticleRusset Potato Exchange expands sales team
The year-round Wisconsin-based grower-shipper of potatoes and onions has welcomed an additional salesman with retail experience