Banana news archive – Page 141
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ArticleJamaica PM calls time on bananas
Jamaica’s prime minister Bruce Golding increased the gloom enveloping the island’s banana industry with a doom-laden prognosis for it the future, during a sitting of the House of Representatives last week.
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ArticleWeather key to future JP banana exports
A drastic change in the regularity of major storms would be needed for the JP Group to consider resuming banana exports
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ArticleCrunch no excuse to take ethical back seat
It is crucial that companies continue to recognise the importance of ethical trading even in the midst of an economic downturn, senior corporate responsibility and union officials have warned.
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ArticleChiquita reports net sales growth
Chiquita Brands International today released financial and operating results for the third quarter of the year, registering net sales growth.
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ArticleEthical trade reports decade of progress
The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) has gone from strength to strength since its inception a decade ago, today incorporating 52 member companies representing a turnover of £100 billion.
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ArticleAustralia develops Panama resistant banana
Australian scientists have developed a genetically modified banana strain resistant to Panama disease
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ArticleEcuador banana sales fall by 13.5 per cent
Banana exporters’ body calls for a reduced, fixed banana price in order to safeguard business after export sales show a marked decrease
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ArticleNorth East united
In the second part of FPJ’s series on the wholesale division of Total Produce, Tommy Leighton visits Gateshead and talks to some of the main players about an eventful 20 months in the North East. It is often said that produce is a people business, and also that people do not like change. Both may be true, but this article looks at how management and development of people is key to driving change through any business.
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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