Banana news archive – Page 169
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Harmony boosts Colombian bananas
Unionisation has proved the way forward in Colombia, according to sources in Latin America.Output boosted since ethical reform.
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Workers eye Chiquita subsidiary
According to Central American press reports, workers at a Chiquita subsidiary are looking to buy out the company.
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Banana dispute settled
EU trade ministers reached a decision last week which spells the end of the long-running trade dispute between the EU and the US over the EU's banana import regime.
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Bananas call for fair play
The banana fair trade lobby accuses the European Commission of trying to implement stage II of the EU-US trade agreement without sufficient consultation, and warned the consequences will be disastrous.
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Trade wins Christmas gift
The national fruit for schools scheme is to be extended to vegetables amid growing Whitehall confidence in the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC).
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Free fruit deadline extended
Wholesalers, importers and growers of fresh fruit have one month left to register interest in supplying the free-fruit-for-schools scheme.
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Tesco gives kids food for thought
Tesco supplies a Kent school with exotic fruit to help them learn about the importance of healthy eating and the world.
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Chiquita restructures
Fresh produce multinational, Chiquita announces a wide-ranging financial restructure.
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Kids' diet falls short
A report from the Cancer Research Campaign and retailer Iceland finds teenagers eat far too little fresh produce.
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Bananas picking up?
Production of bananas in Honduras was all set to recover following 1998's hurricane, until another one struck the country this week.
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Produce gets new Disney brand
A new 12-month range of fruit for children is to be launched on Monday in Waitrose. After an initial period of exclusivity, the brand will be available to all supermarkets.
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A Fyffes star race
The nation's iron-men and women will be looking to Fyffes bananas for energy when they toil through the ordeal of the annual Grizzly race on October 28.
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Chiquita on its knees
Chiquita in key creditors endgame to save company. Banana war threatens key distributor, as losses spiral beyond control.
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Honduran export expansion
The government in Honduras is making funds available to develop further non-traditional fruit and vegetable exports.
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Hurricane wreaks havoc
Devastating winds and heavy rains bring chaos to the main banana-producing region of Belize.
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Fyffes looks out
International fruit supplier Fyffes announces it is seeking "new acquisitions and partnerships".
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Europe's Favorita
Ecuador's largest banana producing company visits the UK as part of its drive to infiltrate the European market.
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Reefer revolution
LauritzenCool has found a new air-circulation system could spell the end of gratings on board reefer vessels.
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Libya in banana talks
Reports in the press this week of an offer from Libya to buy the entire banana crops of three of the Windward Islands have bewildered trade observers.
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Charlie's angel of Soho
One of the UK's top TV gardeners has taken up the ethical trading cause.