All Production & Trade articles – Page 995

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    Spanish imports on the rise

    2013-04-16T10:16:19Z

    Spain's fresh fruit and vegetable imports grew 1.4 per cent on a year-on-year basis for the 11 months to November 2012, according to new data published by Fepex.

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    Chiquita reveals preliminary results

    2013-04-16T10:16:17Z

    Chiquita Brands International has outlined its preliminary results for the fourth quarter and full-year of 2012, with sales forecast to remain stable and yearly income expected to fall on the previous 12 months.

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    Fresh produce behind Eurotunnel success

    2013-04-16T10:16:16Z

    Eurotunnel says that flowers and fruit and vegetables helped it to achieve record revenues of £843.8 million for 2012.

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    UK Fairtrade Foundation announces new CEO

    2013-04-16T10:16:16Z

    The UK's Fairtrade Foundation last month announced the appointment of Michael Gidney as its new CEO to replace Harriet Lamb, who became chief executive of Fairtrade International last summer.

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    UN urges people to buy ugly fruit & veg

    2013-04-16T10:16:16Z

    The United Nations has urged shoppers around the world to buy misshapen or aesthetically imperfect fresh produce in a bid to limit the volume of fresh produce that goes to waste every year and feed millions of people around the world who go hungry every day.

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    Thanet Earth harvest first cucumbers of 2013

    2013-04-16T10:16:04Z

    Thanet Earth has begun harvesting its first cucumbers of the year and says that despite recent low light levels plants are looking strong and healthy.

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    Peru's asparagus sets sights on China

    2013-04-16T10:16:02Z

    According to Peruvian press reports, China will open up to exports of asparagus from Peru in the next two months.

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    Port of Felixstowe quash BBC weather claims

    2013-04-16T10:16:00Z

    The Port of Felixstowe has denied reports by the BBC that its service has been badly affected by today's snowy weather.

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    Co-operatives announce top-fruit partnership

    2013-04-16T10:16:00Z

    Two top-fruit co-operatives have merged to create a 16-member group that will span the south-east and east of England.

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    Met Office issues snow warning

    2013-04-16T10:15:59Z

    The Met Office has warned the fresh produce industry of the risk of severe disruption as heavy snowfall is forecasted across many parts of the UK this weekend.

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    Fresh doubts cast over veg waste claims

    2013-04-16T10:15:56Z

    Claims that up to 30 per cent of the UK’s vegetable crop is not harvested due to visual appearance have been blasted by a government advisor.

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    Rabobank: "industry must look east for growth"

    2013-04-16T10:15:55Z

    A new report from Rabobank suggests that the fresh produce sector should look to the new EU member states for growth when CAP reforms come into effect in January next year.

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    FPC slams waste claims

    2013-04-16T10:15:52Z

    The Fresh Produce Consortium has hit back at claims regarding waste in the supply chain.

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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.