All articles by Anna Sbuttoni – Page 27
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ArticleFairtrade confuses consumers
Consumers are confused when it comes to understanding the principles behind the Fairtrade mark, new research has revealed.
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London trade event for October
The World Fruit & Vegetable Show will open in London for a second time later this year.
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ArticleAsda welcomes first Fairtrade limes from Brazil
Asda is to zest up to Fairtrade Fortnight by being the first retailer to bring Fairtrade limes from Brazil to the supermarket shelves.
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ArticleKanzi for breakfast
English apples and pears for breakfast at school before lessons gets underway has proven a hit at Green Acre High School in Walderslade, Kent, following a joint initiative by grower Adrian Scripps Ltd and category manager Richard Hochfeld Ltd.
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French organic Juliet forecast released
French producers of organic Juliet apples have released their crop forecast for the next four years.
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ArticleIsraeli herb growers stand strong
Israeli herb growers have renewed the majority of the product struck by recent sub-zero temperatures, and supply is expected to be back on track within three weeks.
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ArticleAsda rollbacks will continue
Asda chief executive Andy Bond has warned suppliers that the UK number-two supermarket will continue to roll back prices by keeping costs down, and he urged Asda suppliers to do the same.
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ArticleHigh hopes for Spanish grape season
Prospects for the Spanish grape season this year are shaping up well.
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ArticleJaffa hands over keys to Spanish villa
The keys to a brand new Polaris World holiday home have been handed to a Tesco shopper in Sandhurst, who won the Jaffa Win a Spanish Villa competition.
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ArticleFruity Faces teams up with Mr Fruitness
Fruity Faces is to reach out to the European market with a deal with the Fruitness - enjoy it! project, aimed at five target countries, including the UK.
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Competition Commission report out today
Multiples that use their buying power to push down prices will be targeted by a plan to encourage competition, it will be revealed today.
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Greenvale fined for safety breach
Greenvale AP this week pleaded guilty at Duns Sheriff Court to an offence under Section 2 of the Health and Safety at Work Act, and was fined £12,000.
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ArticleValentine's rush for roses
Lovers across the UK rushed to buy red roses today, to mark Valentine’s Day.
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Asda staff to share £21m
A £21 million bonus has been shared out among 127,000 Asda shop floor and depot staff.
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Marco targets packhouse inefficiency
Inefficient packhouses are losing the fresh produce industry some five to nine per cent of product, which is inadvertently being given away, it was revealed at Fruit Logistica last week.
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ArticleAction needed against childhood obesity
Warning bells for childhood obesity were sounded at an update of the Fruitness - enjoy it! campaign at Fruit Logistica last week.
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ArticleHazera eyes up beauty trend
Beauty will be a key trend for Hazera Genetics in the future, it revealed last week.
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Early cherries a sell-out in Berlin
The so-called “earliest cherries in the western world” from Catalonia were presented for the first time in Berlin.
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ArticleILIP makes move into recycled plastic
A new range of R-PET plastic punnets for fresh produce has been introduced on a mass scale by packaging manufacturer ILIP.
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ArticlePrices at 'the bottom of the pit'
The consequences for retailers and suppliers that focus on price will be increasingly severe, Dr David Bosshart, director of the Gottlieb-Duttweiler Institute, in Switzerland, warned at Fruit Logistica last week.