Banana news archive – Page 165
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ArticleAsda's Smartprice "lunacy"
Asda has taken banana prices to a new low in the launch of its Smartprice on produce and come in for trade criticism.
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Chiquita wins full certification
Chiquita Brands International has achieved international labour standard certification across all its Latin American farms.
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Costa Rica rains continue
Intermittent rainfall has continued in coastal Costa Rica following last week's floods as the country counts the cost to export crops.
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ArticleAEL moves service out of Dover
Compagnie Fruitière shipping subsidiary Africa Express Line (AEL) is switching arrival ports from Dover to Portsmouth for its West African banana and pineapple service to the UK.
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Fyffes court case moves home
Fyffes €85m insider trading action against DCC and its chief executive Jim Flavin is set to move to a new home.
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Ugandan bananas on course for UK
Ugandan exporters are carrying out a trial shipment of bananas by land and sea via Mombasa to Felixtowe Port in the UK with the hope of opening up a new land/sea route.
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Label rage the new phenomenon
New-look labels seem to be all the rage in 2005, writes David Shapley.Marks & Spencer has certainly gone to town with its
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Joined-up approach
To start the new year, the Journal’s monthly look at the 5 A DAY campaign features one of its five integral strands -
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Costa Rica counts flood costs
Banana production areas on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica have suffered following heavy rainfall and flooding on Sunday and Monday this week.
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ArticleBanana Wars Two?
The European Union is under increasing pressure to delay revising its banana import regime as the only way to avoid reigniting the bitter "banana wars" of the 1990s, Caribbean producers said yesterday.
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ArticleRHG improves its fitness
The 2004 grape tender at Tesco left Kent-based Richard Hochfeld Group (RHG) in a much stronger position with the UK’s leading retailer. Not only has the company benefited from larger programmes, RHG has examined every facet of its business to emerge a fitter organisation, better equipped to meet the expectations of its major UK customer. Tommy Leighton reports.
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ArticleOnward and upward at JP
JP Fruit Distributors (JPFD) has expanded its grape business as the category as a whole enjoys a continuous and healthy upward sales spiral. Tommy Leighton talks to the Dartford-based supplier.
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Mandy in first talks on bananas
EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson is in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana this week to hold talks with trade ministers and discuss bananas.
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Taiwan looks to expand banana horizons
The Taiwanese Council of Agriculture (COA) will continue its pilot program next year to allow unrestricted exports of bananas from the country.
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Fruit donations for schools
Youngsters in Oswestry have been tucking into some healthy treats, thanks to a local fruit and veg supplier’s donations.
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Fyffes faces backlash
Fyffes is under scrutiny following the revelation that the company’s 1999 accounts were boosted by a previously undisclosed provision of €19 million.
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ArticleIvory the ACP engine room
Despite political troubles in the Côte d’Ivoire, as the Ivory Coast is now officially known, the country remains the largest ACP exporter of fresh produce to the European Union.
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DCC insistent in Fyffes shares case
DCC insisted Wednesday that its controversial sale of Fyffes shares was "entirely lawful", the High Court in Ireland heard.
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Fyffes court case continues
The Fyffes court case rumbles on in ireland, with attention centred on Worldoffruit.com.