Tomato news archive – Page 68
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ArticleBright outlook for British tomatoes
Strong consumer interest in British-grown produce, coupled with a rise in acreage, has helped to consolidate the UK tomato industry’s position. Doris Lee Butterworth finds out more as growers gear up for the new season
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ArticleAzura launches competition
Franco-Moroccan tomato specialist Azura has announced the launch of a new contest for consumers
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ArticleProminent members sign up to MPS
Dutch vine tomato specialist announces plans for full roll-out of newly launched sustainability certification scheme
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ArticleA convenient way of life
Fresh produce companies are targeting the convenience sector with gusto and considerable successes are being achieved. Doris Lee Butterworth reports
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ArticleUK salads industry faces springtime turnaround
The salads game has been hard work since the beginning of the year, when snow and freezing temperatures held back both supply and demand, affected quality and threw up all kinds of obstacles for the category. But all that seems a long time ago now that the sun is shining in the UK and the sector is looking ahead to the World Cup boost. Anna Sbuttoni reports
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Across the pond - plenty of food for thought in Florida
I have often heard it said that UK multiples have little to learn from their US counterparts when it comes to retailing fresh
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ArticleIndustry on fraud alert
The fresh produce industry should be on alert as email scammers are attempting to steal importers’ identities.
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ArticleSpanish firms create Russian sales arm
Almerían cooperatives Coprohníjar, Camposol and Hortamar have set-up a Russian sales venture with a Moscow-based partner
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ArticleDutch salad industry looks towards convenience as economy revives
Although times have been tough for growers in the Netherlands, the Dutch salad industry is bucking up as the UK marketplace becomes more viable than it has been in a long time. As supplies make their way over to these shores once more, Elizabeth O’Keefe finds out that the Dutch have got a lot to shout about as consumers start to, once again, reach for convenience
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Exotics and Fairtrade lines make their presence known
I have often wondered how much extra money Fairtrade producers get, but Fairtrade grape growers in South Africa have received
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ArticleGrowers protest EU-Morocco deal
Producers from Andalusia and Murcia staged protest outside EU-Morocco summit over the two sides’ new trade deal
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ArticleYann Fourcade joins Savéol
The French cooperative has hired former Carrefour man Yann Fourcade as its new sales manager
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ArticleCanary Islands weather Atlantic storm
Canary Islands tomato growers escaped last week’s gale-force winds unscathed and are taking advantage of low availability of mainland Spanish fruit on export markets and replenished reservoirs.
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ArticleCanada imposes tomato requirements
Tomato shipments from countries where the tomato leafminer pest is present will now need phytosanitary certification
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When it comes to produce, it’s all in the presentation
Seemingly shackled with a love/hate consumer relationship, there are few vegetables that evoke more emotion than Brussels
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ArticleSpanish growers to protest Morocco deal
Producer groups in Spain will protest against the EU’s trade deal with Morocco when the two sides meet in Granada next month
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ArticleSK Foods former owner indicted
Scott Salyer, who for a decade directed the US grower, processor and distributor of tomato products, has been charged on seven counts
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ArticleEuropean producers ‘need support’
European economic committee calls for financial support for EU growers following trade liberalisation deals
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Brittany cauli volumes "stable"
Prince de Bretagne’s cauliflower volumes to the UK market have remained stable this year, according to product manager Eléonore Faucher.
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ArticleMonsanto signs up for new research centre
Seed breeder Monsanto has signed up as an early tenant of a new research station opening in North Carolina.