All Production & Trade articles – Page 1027

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    Improved festive performance for Tesco

    2013-04-16T10:15:48Z

    Tesco is 'back on form', according to CEO Philip Clarke, after the retailer delivered a 1.8 per cent increase in like-for-like sales over the six weeks to 5 January, its strongest rate of growth for three years.

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    Total Produce completes Oppy deal

    2013-04-16T10:15:47Z

    European fresh produce giant Total Produce has announced that it has completed an agreement to acquire a 65 per cent majority shareholding in Vancouver-based fresh produce supplier the Oppenheimer Group.

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    Record-breaking Christmas for Sainsbury's

    2013-04-16T10:15:46Z

    Sainsbury's has posted positive results over Christmas and the fourth quarter as total sales, for the 14 weeks ending 5 January, rose by 3.3 per cent and like-for-like sales were up 0.9 per cent, both excluding fuel.

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    "Disappointing" Christmas results for Morrisons

    2013-04-16T10:15:44Z

    It was a difficult Christmas period for Morrisons as like-for-like sales dropped 2.5 per cent for the six weeks to 30 December.

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    Kendall's fresh policy call

    2013-04-16T10:15:42Z

    NFU president Peter Kendall has called for fresh thinking on farm policy as growers and farmers try to recover from a year of devastating weather.

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    Flooding causing chaos on roads

    2013-04-16T10:15:40Z

    Roads have been blocked and train services disrupted as flooding hit parts of the UK.

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    EU crop diversity 'under threat'

    2013-04-16T10:15:38Z

    Ten leading agricultural food-chain members have urged the European Commission to act immediately to address what they say is the limited availability of Plant Protection Products for minor uses and speciality crops in Europe.

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    British Onions chairman calls for retail support

    2013-04-16T10:15:38Z

    The UK onion harvest is showing an approximate reduction of 20 per cent in gross yields with most of the crop gathered in.

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    Murcia issues broccoli warning

    2013-04-16T10:15:36Z

    Producer-exporters in the south-eastern Spanish region of Murcia are warning that bad weather conditions could sink broccoli production and leave the market short as output plummets to barely half of usual volumes for the time of year.

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    Colombian FTA presents produce opportunity

    2013-04-16T10:15:35Z

    The European Parliament has approved the free-trade agreement between the EU and Colombia.

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    Total Produce announces Oppenheimer deal

    2013-04-16T10:15:34Z

    Total Produce Plc is joining forces with the Oppenheimer Group. One of Europe's largest fresh produce companies will acquire 65 per cent of the Canadian company Grandview Ventures Ltd which trades as the Oppenheimer Group, in two stages.

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    Fyffes earnings on target

    2013-04-16T10:15:22Z

    Produce multi-national Fyffes has said it expects its 2012 earnings to be towards the upper end of its target range and has set a similar target range for 2013.

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    Mixed quarterly report for Tesco

    2013-04-16T10:15:18Z

    Global retail giant Tesco has outlined its result for the third quarter of the year, reporting on varied results both at home in the UK and overseas.

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    French figures show trade with UK slipping

    2013-04-16T10:15:17Z

    New figures released by the French agricultural statistics agency Agreste show a decline in trade with the UK but a rise in vegetable production.

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    Spanish export earnings climb

    2013-04-16T10:15:17Z

    The UK spent more on fresh produce from Spain during the first nine months of this year than it did during the same period in 2011, according to figures from the Spanish federation of producer-exporters.

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    Vegetable gardens set for Mars and the Moon

    2013-04-16T10:15:16Z

    The Chinese government is planning to grow vegetables on Mars and the Moon after researchers deemed preliminary testing in Beijing a success.

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    Potato industry reflects on poor season

    2013-04-16T10:15:15Z

    Many potato growers have written off whole fields, with losses of £3,000 a hectare, according to agronomist Denis Buckley, who was speaking at last week’s Adas Syngenta Progressive Potato Farming Conference.

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    Growers praise relaxed specifications

    2013-04-16T10:15:15Z

    The National Farmers Union estimates more than 300,000 tonnes of UK produce has reached supermarket shelves this year after retailers relaxed specifications for fruit and vegetables following a difficult growing season.

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    Consultancy calls for stronger supply chain

    2013-04-16T10:15:15Z

    Management consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers has called for stronger supply-chain collaboration in the UK, deeming it vital if the sector is to deal with “the new normal” in UK grocery as price volatility, due to this season's poor weather, and stiff competition for UK market share prevail.

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    UK importer enjoys mango success

    2013-04-16T10:15:12Z

    London-based fruit importer HL Hall International says it has sold 576,000kgs of imported mangoes in 2012.