Avocado news – Page 83
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ArticleIsraeli avocado growers in joint venture
Leading fresh produce groups Avocado Granot and Mehadrin Tnuport Export join forces to become 'the country's largest avocado exporter'
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ArticleCamposol reports sales surge
Peru’s leading agricultural group Camposol has reported a 41 per cent growth in sales to $36.4m for the first quarter of 2011.
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ArticleAvocado training programme pays dividends
A TV appearance has crowned an increased Asian buyer training programme for Australia’s Avocado Export Company this year
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ArticleNZ considers domestic avocado promotion
A potentially record-breaking crop has spurred New Zealand’s avocado industry to consider domestic promotions
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Trade boost for Chile's main port
Fruit shipments from the Terminal Pacífico Sur at Chile’s Port of Valparaíso have risen by 33 per cent during the first three months of 2011, according to a report by El Mercurio de Valparaíso.
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Big and small find a place in new world of marketing
There sometimes seem to be no bounds to the imagination that drives fresh produce marketing. It was not that long ago when
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ArticleNew board at avocado importer body
Adrian Iturbide takes over as Mexican Hass Avocado Importers Association chairman as the group aims for continued growth
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ArticleNZ avocado industry sees growth
The New Zealand avocado industry may look to increase sales into Asia as production volumes continue to grow
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ArticleAvocados from Mexico backs culinary event
First dedicated avocado cooking and tasting competition encouraged US consumers to prepare more than just guacamole
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Organics needs a no-frills message to boost sales
There is no argument about the fact that organic fruit and vegetables have moved from being a niche market to a mainstream
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ArticleMexico eyes Canada avocado potential
New promotional initiative aims to tap into ongoing growth in avocado consumption across Canada
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ArticleAvocados lead produce sales
Avocados outstrip sales of all other fresh fruits and vegetables in the US as Mexico cements its position as the leading supplier of the fruit
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ArticleSunshine lifts Waitrose produce sales
Waitrose customers responded well to the first glimpse of spring-time sunshine last week and soft fruit was one of the best performing categories in the whole store with impressive year-on-year figures, according to Tom Athron, finance director at the upmarket retailer.
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ArticlePeru widens avocado campaign
This year’s activities will once again take place in the UK and France, as well as Germany for the first time
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ArticleSouth African avos make a splash
‘Take a Dip with Summer Avocados’ is the over-arching theme for this year’s South African Avocado Growers’ Association (SAAGA) promotion in the UK, including an intensive PR campaign and in-store marketing activity.
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ArticleLow harvest cuts Kakuzi profit
The Kenyan producer has announced a decline in profit for 2010 thanks to a poor avocado harvest
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ArticleCamposol denies worker allegations
Large scale Peruvian exporter Camposol has hit back at allegations of worker abuse levelled at it in a new report which has upped the pressure to introduce a groceries adjudicator.
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ArticleKenyan reinvention
Kenya is set to reinvent itself as a source of fruit, vegetables and flowers following one of the toughest 12 months for trade. Anna Sbuttoni reports
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DEFRA makes right noises but it’s all down to profits
It’s always nice to know that government is supportive of UK horticulture. That would seem to be the case judging by
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ArticleChilean avocado exports to drop
Further downward pressure on Chilean avocado export volumes is expected this season as a result of strong domestic demand from within the South American country, a leading industry figure has reported.