Banana news archive – Page 171
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ArticleA fair chance of success
The first of this month’s focus on exotics looks at the launch of Fairtrade Fortnight and celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Fairtrade mark, with bananas under the brand now making up four per cent of total sales of the fruit in the UK. Meanwhile Redbridge is seeing its exotic offer go from strength to strength due to changing consumer tastes.
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ArticleReefers make waves
Reefer shipping is once again making waves in the produce industry as technological advancements and increasing trade create a greater sense of buoyancy. Welcome news then for a sector that has long been warned against complacency. Emma Hatfield reports.
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Fyffes urges EC to restrict banana imports
Fyffes has urged the European Commission to restrict the size of the import quotas awarded to suppliers when the 10 new members join the EU’s banana regime on May 1.
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ArticleLeading Edge produces Tesco's Fairtrade labels
Leading Edge has produced a new booklet label that will feature on the new range of Tesco Fairtrade roses.
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ArticleFyffes reports 2003 profit
Fyffes has reported an increase in both turnover and profit for the year ended December 31 2003.
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ArticleTesco launches own-label Fairtrade range
The UK’s number one retailer has launched an extensive own-label Fairtrade range to coincide with Fairtrade Fortnight.
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ArticleDirect market-ing
Supplier rationalisation, according to 52 per cent of respondents to a recent freshinfo.com poll, will have the biggest effect on the industry in 2004. It has inarguably already had a major impact on countless companies at all levels of the supply chain. Some of those affected have taken matters into their own hands and forsaken the large volume customers for a more direct route to the consumer - farmers’ markets. Tommy Leighton talks to Cheryl Cohen of London Farmers’ Markets, and producer Peter Clarke, whose P&J Clarke has chosen to channel 80 per cent of its fruit and vegetables through this part of the system.
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ArticleChiquita earns more certification
Chiquita farms in Colombia, Costa Rica and Panama have all earned significant food safety and ethical certification status.
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Waitrose hosts banana reception
Waitrose hosted a VIP reception this week when Prime Ministers from three Caribbean Islands visited a store to see how bananas from their islands end their journey on Waitrose shelves.
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Atlanta - capabilities from A to Z
Atlanta is a leading group in the fresh fruit and vegetable trade, not only in Germany but in Europe too, as Peter Jung, chairman of the Board of Atlanta AG, pointed out.
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ArticleFavorita bid for European development
Ecuadorian banana producer and exporter Favorita Fruit Company has announced its plans to introduce the Favorita brand to the European market.
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Chiquita introduces new fruit snacks
Chiquita brought its new fruit snacks to Fruit Logistica. Marketing manager Michaela Schneider explained that they are so new that they have not yet been launched on the market.
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ArticleRussians looking for joint ventures
Invitation to share in joint ventures with major Russian fruit and vegetable dealers.
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ArticleIvory Coast: pineapples with a difference
Ivory Coast exporters rate Fruit Logistica top of the pile.
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ArticleIraq witnesses fruit invasion
Following the end of war, Iraq is now witnessing a different kind of invasion - hundreds of thousands of Ecuadorian bananas.
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ArticleNZ senders face shipping dilemma
Leading New Zealand apple exporters are warning that the biggest issue facing them as harvesting gets underway is the lack of shipping space.
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ArticleFairtrade fortnight only a month away
This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight runs from March 1-14, as the organisation looks to build on the success experienced to date.
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ArticleStePac Xtends itself
The Journal introduced StePac to its readers last year. The company’s president Israel Ben-Tzur tells Tommy Leighton that a customer-driven development strategy continues to pay rich dividends for the post harvest solutions provider.
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ArticleChiquita approached in Colombian sale
Produce multi-national Chiquita Brands International has confirmed that is considering selling a Colombian banana operation.
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ArticleLauritizen Cool announces new banana service
Lauritzen Cool/Mann Reefers have started a new weekly service operating between Central America and Europe.