Peppers news archive – Page 34
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And then there were two, as new Sheriffs elected
The Fruiterers, along with City Freemen from other Guilds and Liveries, are summoned once a year to a Common Hall at the
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Hot stuff fires up Tesco
Tesco is doubling its range of chilli peppers starting this week, in line with unprecedented demand.
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Spanish group warns over price pressures
Ava-Asaja says that vegetable production in Valencia could be abandoned as a result of price pressure from supermarkets
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ArticleM&S serves up ACE pepper
Marks & Spencer has brought out a new tennis-themed pepper to cater for the nation’s summertime grip on the sport.
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ArticleWegmans issues pepper warning
The US retailer has pulled fresh Anaheim pepper from its shelves amid fears of possible salmonella contamination
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ArticleExploring Sussex
Sussex has a varied mix of both niche growers producing fresh produce for local markets and independent shops and large-scale businesses serving the national market. Elizabeth O’Keefe visits the region to explore how fresh produce businesses are diversifying in a changing marketplace.
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ArticleSeminis names new pepper Friendly
Recently launched variety is said to offer growers better yields, excellent quality, good colour and resistance to disease
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Nunhems unveils €2m research station
Bayer CropScience subsidiary Nunhems has opened a €2 million (£1.7m) experimental station in the Spanish region of Murcia.
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ArticleSalad sector recuperates in the summer weather
At last, the salad sector is in fine spirits as decent summer weather has produced high-quality crops across the UK and Europe, and consumers are reaching for the salad bowl. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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ArticleSpanish pepper crisis
Spanish capsicum growers and auctions are taking drastic action to salvage their season in the face of woefully inadequate pricing.
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ArticleSalad revolution
After decades of sitting in the Netherlands’ shadow, the UK salad industry has been given a much-needed injection of life by the new multi-glasshouse venture, Thanet Earth, in Kent. Elizabeth O’Keefe visits the project during its first production season and asks what’s next for salad production in the UK.
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Thanet supplies school scheme
Hundreds of schoolchildren in Kent will receive free tomatoes from Kent supplier Thanet Earth from today, as part of the School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme (SFVS) operated by NHS Supply Chain.
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ArticleStubbins backs British
It may be a slogan of a bygone recession in a previous millennium, but “we’re backing Britain” is the key theme underpinning Stubbins Marketing’s procurement strategy in 2009.
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ArticleFlandria woks out in Belgium
Flandria has recommenced its wok demonstrations in Belgium in order to highlight the quality of the Belgian label
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Arava favours domestic berry deal
Arava Export Growers of Israel will concentrate on the domestic strawberry market this season and has no plans to ship sizeable quantities of strawberries to the UK.
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ArticleTesco boss feels Irish fury
Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy felt the full force of Irish growers’ anger over his company’s policy of cutting consumer prices by squeezing suppliers and increasing imports when he visited the Republic on Tuesday.
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ArticleMorrisons launches waste campaign
Morrisons has launched a new campaign to vastly cut the amount of food waste in packaging and reduce the emissions its stores create.
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ArticleRijk Zwaan in China success
Rijk Zwaan has successfully presented its vegetable varieties at the China International Vegetable Sci-tech Fair.
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ArticleSalads in Good Natured mood
Angus Soft Fruits expanded its Good Natured brand from soft fruit into the salads category last week, when the first arrivals of the new pesticide-free salad range hit Asda stores.
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GM attitudes changing, expert says
Consumer attitudes to GM crops are changing across the UK and Europe, was one of the opinions that came out of the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s conference - The Food Market in Turmoil - Strategies for Survival and Growth - last week.