Banana news archive – Page 155
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ArticleJR Holland goes bananas
Gateshead-based fresh produce specialist JR Holland is supporting this year’s Junior Great North Run and promoting healthy eating by supplying participants with bananas.
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Chiquita announces money-saving measures
Chiquita Brands International has suspended its quarterly dividend and said it may sell its shipping fleet in a bid to reduce its debt and invest in more profitable assets.
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EC adopts new banana reform proprosals
The European Commission has adopted proposals to reform its banana aid arrangements for EU producers, bringing them into line with other agricultural sectors and ensuring a fair standard of living for producers, according to Foodnavigator.com.
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Banana figures reveal changing trend
The latest EU banana import figures show that as feared by Latin American producers, ACP countries are gaining ground under the new banana import regime.
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ArticleFresca overcomes frustrations
The UK’s largest fresh produce company, Fresca Group, has announced a 20 per cent rise in turnover, to £359.9 million in the year to April 30, 2006, and a pre-tax profit of £6.75m.
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ArticleComposite conundrum
The one-stop-shop concept could be the way forward for the UK wholesale sector - and diversification could make for a multitude of trading opportunities. But are composite markets a viable option in the UK? Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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GM banana plants resist disease
An Israeli bio-technology company has genetically modified banana plants so that they are completely resistant to pathogenic nematodes.
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ArticleFyffes announces surprise de-merger
Fyffes has announced it plans to de-merge its general produce and distribution business into a new business separate from its banana, pineapple and melon operation.
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ArticleHodge hogs the podium
Andy Hodge, the rower sponsored by JP Fruit as he builds towards the 2012 Olympics, showed he is in pretty good shape already, as his GB coxless fours team landed gold in the World Rowing Championships at Dorney Lake, Windsor.
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Banana proposal denied
Insiders close to the president of the European Parliament have denied Josep Borrell proposed a 20 per cent reduction in the import tariff for bananas arriving in the EU
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ArticleAgrofair bananas for bikers
Fairtrade company Agrofair UK will donate 800 bananas to the annual Action 100 cycle ride over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
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Expectations are sized up again
The late Florian Brann, who ruled the Outspan Organisation in Europe during the 1960s and into the 1970s, believed public
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ArticleTesco way ahead in online battle
Tesco.com takes 66 per cent of all online grocery orders placed in the UK, according to research results published by comScore Networks. But Sainsbury’s online delivery charges came out cheapest.
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Banana dumping causes Greek stand-off
The proposed disposal of 2,000 tonnes of rotting bananas has caused a dispute in Greece.
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ArticleBlythman singles out unethical suppliers
An ethical meal would comprise Innocent Smoothies and Abel and Cole organics, but would exclude South African apples and produce from Dole, according to food journalist Joanna Blythman.
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ArticleIsrael on slow road to recovery
Reconstructing and recovering the war damages to the agricultural infrastructure in Israel’s war-damaged northern region will require from three-to-five years, according to minister of agriculture Shalom Simhon.
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New packaging to reduce banana bruising
Bruised bananas could be a thing of the past with a Banana Saver launched this week.
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ArticleFairtrade lifeline for Dominican banana growers
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit of Dominica has urged consumers to keep buying Fairtrade bananas, to help boost the Windward Island’s economy.
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ArticleJS consumers prioritise fruit and veg
The fresh produce health message may be getting through to consumers, with 92 per cent of the population putting both fresh fruit and some kind of fresh vegetable in their shopping basket each week, research by Sainsbury’s has revealed.
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ArticleSales and profits down at Del Monte
Global fresh fruit producer, marketer, and distributor Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc has announced a drop in net sales and gross profit for the second quarter of 2006, compared with the same period last year.