All Production & Trade articles – Page 1624
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ArticleFairtrade visit for Co-op
The Co-op Group welcomed its Fairtrade pineapple growers to its head office in Manchester.
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ArticleSainsbury's campaign spotlights salads
UK-grown salads were put in the spotlight at a series of roadshows at Sainsbury’s stores in the south east this week.
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ArticleTesco expands organic range
Tesco is responding to demand for its organic range this year by sourcing new products and adding to its existing range of 1,200 lines.
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ArticleChiquita benefits from euro strength
The strength of the euro has assisted an uplift in dollar prices for Chiquita Brands International bananas in Europe.
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ArticleStubbins sticks to specialities
Stubbins’ Rhymney Valley Nursery is trialing new speciality tomatoes as the marketplace continues to boom.
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South African Hass arrival
The South African Hass season has started with promises of good quality fruit.
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ArticleEnglish Bramley growers launch fightback
English Bramley growers are at last fighting back against cheap processed fruit from Northern Ireland
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ArticleUK strawbs set for 12-month window
Redeva's Ronnie McNicol believes soon we'll be eating UK strawberries all year round.
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ArticleMorrisons purchases Greenery's Thrapston site
Supermarket chain Morrisons has bought the Greenery UK's Thrapston facilities.
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Tracie - a breakthrough for the tomato world
Israeli seed breeder Hazera Genetics this week launched what it claims to be "the world's first tomato strain that is immune to the tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV)".
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Picota gets further plaudits
The Picota cherry industry announced its Re:fresh award to the Spanish media at a press conference in Plasencia.
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IRI seminar tackles retail issues
How can you maximise the chance that customers choose to purchase your product? An IRI event in London later this month will attempt to answer this question and others.
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ArticleWaitrose talks up home-grown fruit
Waitrose is highlighting British-sourced strawberries and raspberries, cherries - when they come into season in about a fortnight - and some high volume tomato lines, with a new tray talker.
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ArticleJS customers to become mango experts
Sainsbury’s is kicking off an exotic fruit education programme tomorrow, June 16.
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ArticleAussie apple protesters take to streets
Australia’s apple and pear growers take to the streets to fight New Zealand import plan.
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ArticleChiquita negotiates Colombian sale
Chiquita Brands International is negotiating the sale of its Colombian banana and port operation to CI Banacol.
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Pepper interest hots up
Orange sweet peppers have attracted huge interest from the trade following their launch within the Flandria range at the beginning of March this year.
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FPC issues SPV warning
THE FRESH Produce Consortium is seeking views from members on proposed amendments to the EU's simplified procedure values (SPVs) for calculating import duty.
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Tariff-only negotiations near
Banana growers in leading producing countries are bracing themselves as the European Commission took the first step earlier this week in seeking a mandate from the European Council to negotiate terms with third countries for the new banana regime.