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ArticleNew varieties in store at WWF
Worldwide Fruit will have commercial volumes of a new NZ pear variety this season and is trialing new apple cultivars.
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ArticleSainsbury's potato tour success
A promotional tour to support locally grown potatoes has been declared a great success.
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Hind makes solo voyage
Richard Hind, previously a senior buyer with Waitrose, has set up a specialised consultancy called Hindsight.
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ArticleNamibia ready early
The new Namibian grape season is expected to start slightly early: some seven to 10 days in advance of the late debut last year.
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ArticleApples back on top
Apples are back in pole position when it comes to consumer spend on fruit, regaining the position from bananas with a 13 per cent rise in the last two years.
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ArticleFoley explains produce performance
John Foley, Waitrose’s head of buying fruit vegetables and horticulture, has commented on the strong performance of fresh produce in the first half this year at the store.
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New members change EU picture
The European Commission compiled a report on the EU apple industry earlier this year, evaluating the European marketplace as it sits in a global context. So are the new EU member states going to change the apple market significantly or is it as you were for the time being. And how does the evolution of global production affect the EU as importer, exporter and huge internal consumer. Tommy Leighton reports.
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ArticleFuture out of industry hands
What is the long-term outlook for the world apple industry. The FPJ Apple Supplement asked Dr Desmond O’Rourke of Belrose Inc, publisher of the World Apple Report.
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ArticleWWF lays down its markers
The development of new varieties is a lengthy process in the apple business. Make the wrong decision today and you’ll be paying for it way down the line. This is where the expertise and nose for potential of marketing desks, as well as growers, come in. Tommy Leighton talks to Worldwide Fruit’s Steve Maxwell and growers David Morton and Mark Savidge.
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ArticleFourayes fulfilled in fillings
Fourayes Farm has been operating in Sittingbourne, Kent for 51 years, and Philip Acock, managing director, is the third generation to spearhead the family business, Anabella de Sousa reports.
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ArticleRationalisation and renewal in Italy
Italian co-operatives are meeting market needs through rationalisation and variety renewal, but how does that look from the UK perspective?Kathy Hammond talks to importers about this season and beyond as well as looking at emerging varieties and hearing from Italian exporters themselves.
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ArticleOrchardWorld domesticated
OrchardWorld, the top-fruit arm of Poupart, has added commitment to English growers to its importing strength. The company has quickly established itself as one of the UK’s all-round apple specialists, supplying two major supermarkets with English apples and working with producers and packers around the globe, writes Anabella de Sousa.
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ArticleBrazil prioritises export
Brazil is the third largest producer of fruit in the world growing 38 million tonnes, and employing 5.6m people, or 27 per cent of the labour force. Brazil has a very large apple production, most of which supplies the domestic market. But developing export markets has become a priority, Anabella de Sousa reports.