Banana news archive – Page 135
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Fairtrade 'will survive'
Organic, Fairtrade and ethical products will keep their market, despite the volatile, economic climate, keynote speakers concurred at the International Trade Centre’s World Export Development Forum in Switzerland last week.
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ArticleWhen the US sneezes...
... the UK catches a cold. US trends have long been taken as a barometer of what is about to happen across the pond. The economic downturn is making its mark on both sides of the Atlantic, posing a new set of challenges for the fresh produce industry. Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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ArticleDole and Weichert fined €60.3m
EC antitrust authorities find banana companies guilty of colluding on prices between January 2000 and December 2002
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ArticleFyffes exonerated by cartel investigators
Irish banana supplier Fyffes has been exonerated in an EU banana cartel investigation that saw Dole and Weichert slapped with huge fines and Chiquita shamed.
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ArticleCompanies respond to Oxfam report
Leading German retailers Edeka and Metro have joined major banana suppliers in heavily criticising Oxfam Germany's recently published CSR study
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ArticleDel Monte mulls new direction in Brazil
The company is reviewing alternative plans for its banana plantations which include the possibility of converting them to organic farms
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ArticleAll not lost in Jamaica
Bobby Pottinger, chairman of the Jamaican All Island Banana Growers’ Association, has said banana exports from the Caribbean country will continue.
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ArticleSunshine snack beams on
The pineapple market in the UK is continuing to grow at a rapid pace, suggesting that consumers still need their foodie luxuries even in the midst of an economic slowdown. Laura Gould takes a look at recent developments in the market.
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Makro makes the grade on fresh produce
Makro UK buying manager Fraser Roberts talks to David Shapley about how the cash and carry chain, part of Germany’s Metro Group, has put fresh produce sourcing and distribution at the heart of its plans in the UK.
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Jamaica’s decision evokes sadness
I admit to a degree of sadness reading the article in FPJ last week recording the news that Jamaica Producers has decided to
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ArticleMexican bananas hit by flooding
Banana plantations in Tabasco have been affected by the latest floods to have hit south-eastern Mexico
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ArticleMonkey business for Dole France
The French company is embarking on a major communication drive to mark its partnership with new film Space Chimps
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ArticleCosta Rica-Brazil ink cooperation deal
Corbana has teamed up with Embrapa in Brazil in a bid to boost technical innovation within the banana industry
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ArticleFinal damage assessment in Jamaica
The country's Minister of Agriculture has outlined its plans in the wake of the destruction left by Tropical Storm Gustav in August
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ArticleJP Group to end UK banana exports
The Caribbean country's largest banana exporter will cease production of fruit grown for the UK market following the latest storm to hit the island
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ArticleBananas have no room to bend in price battle
Another quarter, another dose of smelling salts needed for the country’s banana suppliers. And a category that has already been devalued to such a degree in the last few years has nowhere to turn when consumers hit the financial buffers. Tommy Leighton reports.
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ArticleBanana boom in Japan
Banana sales in Japan have leapt upwards, following a steady rise in response to diet claims about the fruit
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On-pack info from the sublime to the ridiculous
I have come to the conclusion this week that the range of information displayed on packaging - beyond the legal requirements
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Africans look to add value to bananas
A major pan-African conference is to be held in Kenya next month, to discuss ways to bring value back into banana and plantain production.