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40 years of French pioneering
I must admit to a degree of nostalgia when as a guest of Sopexa, I enjoyed their 40th birthday celebrations last week. It
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ArticleRedbridge rolls on
The difficulties experienced during the European stonefruit season have had a radical impact on the UK stonefruit market, says Redbridge-AFI. The company's stonefruit technical manager Peter Czarnobaj and marketing manager Penny Pidd talk to Emma Hatfield.
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ArticleAll change in global trade and consumer behavoiur
By John Giles, divisional director, Promar International
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ArticleCape stays in shape
Larger, tastier varieties of stonefruit are winning South Africa an increased share of the UK market in the winter months, according to Martin Dunnett, procurement director of Capespan UK.
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ArticleAussies on song
Last season, the UK imported 488 tonnes of Australian stonefruit, which represented 75 per cent of the total exported to the European Union. This volume has risen rapidly from less than 100t in 1999. A difficult beginning to the 2003-4 season has been characterised by frost and hail. Most hopes are therefore pinned on the later season crop and Tommy Leighton talks to exporters about their prospects ñ both this year and in the future ñ in the UK market.
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ArticleSainsbury'spriorities
Simon Dunn took over responsibility for Sainsbury's stonefruit category from Matthew King three months ago. Tommy Leighton talks to him about the company's stonefruit philosophy.
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ArticleAdapted approach
Frank Guest has experienced the multitude of changes that have taken place in the stonefruit sector since Arigonfrutta was first established in 1968. Thirty-five years on and now bringing his considerable experience to a role working with 12-month stonefruit supplier T&JB, Guest retains his enthusiasm and love of a job that has seen him adapt his approach ñ whether consciously or subconsciously ñ several times over.
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ArticleStonefruit static
According to Superpanel (TNS), the stonefruit sector accounts for 8.9 per cent of the fruit market in value terms in the latest year, a decline from the 9.4 per cent market share in the previous year. The stonefruit sector is worth £296 million on a 52-week ending basis, and has remained static despite a shortage in supply and diminishing volume sales. Claire Ryder, account executive of TNS Superpanel, reports.
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From Rungis with love
Over the course of the next three issues, the Journal will follow the processes that allow Bradford-based Burbank Ltd to supply its UK customer base with a wide variety of high quality fruit and vegetable lines from Rungis wholesale market in Paris. The ball starts rolling, of course, with the procurement of that produce in the French capital, where our man in Rungis Philippe Gautier caught up with Burbank's man in Rungis Andrew Foster.
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ArticleFirm thumbs up for IQ tester
Throughout October the Journal features a weekly series examining the latest developments in produce machinery. This week there has been firm praise from US avocado specialist Mission, for Sinclair iQ's fruit testing technology, while Greefa introduces its latest development in sorting, the new generation iQS II
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ArticleWashington apple crop down on estimates
Washington crop lower than initial forecast, according to top grower and exporter Stemilt.
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ArticleUnlimited potential
Fruits Unlimited formed three years ago with the goal of providing a strong export service and give growers the chance to make healthy returns. Three years on business is booming and the company has announced an exciting new link with a Namibian farm. John Broy reports from South Africa.
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European producers ask for emergency assistance
Producers in Europe are calling on the European Commission and the Council of Ministers for urgent emergency aid.
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On stony ground
Italian peach and nectarine production is down 30 per cent on last year and, with all other European production regions also seeing a decline, supply to the market risks falling short of demand. Not surprisingly, the forecast is for high prices, but they need to be sustained throughout the season if growers and handlers are to look back on 2003 with any pleasure. Tommy Leighton reports.
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French make good use of tide
When the French summer fruits delegates came to London on their annual visit to meet the trade press last week I felt, above
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Building an Empire
Empire World Trade md Richard Lowes explains how the company has climbed highest in the Plimsoll analysis of the UK fresh produce industry
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Tougher times for French stonefruit
The year 2002 left the memory of one of the most difficult seasons in the last 10 years for Europe's principle stonefruit producers. The volume of the crop reached new heights with more than 4.2 million tonnes of peaches, nectarines and plums available to the market. You would have to go back to 1994 to find an equivalent level. French producers congregated with their European counterparts at last week's Europech and Philippe Gautier gauges their opinions of the UK market.
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Sinclair strengthens global sales team
Fruit firmness testing specialist Sinclair IQ announce a new appointment
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Tesco and Spanish government stage strategy summit
Spanish minister of agriculture visits Tesco and A Gomez to discuss future collaboration.