Banana news archive – Page 85
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ArticleAPEB ‘accepts’ stance is ‘unsustainable’
Banana producers’ association reportedly privately concedes it will not achieve stated financial support aim
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ArticleCosta Rica aims for banana export growth
Exporters seeking to build on good 2011 result by focusing on new export destinations
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ArticleCanaries launch winter banana promotion
Banana producers on Spanish islands look to boost consumption in Spain through major promotional campaign
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ArticleCosta Rican VP presents award to Dole division
Dole’s Costa Rican division Standard Fruit Company has been recognised by the Costa Rican-American Chamber of Commerce for excellence In Labour relations.
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ArticleFilipino government funds fight against Panama Disease
The Filipino governments has provided funds to help the country’s banana industry fight a recent outbreak of the potentially devastating disease, Fusarium wilt
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Del Monte workers end strike
Costa Rica-based employees end 22-day strike after agreeing deal with the fresh produce multinational
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ArticleSupermarket price claims rocked by BBC probe
An investigation by BBC programme Panorama has found that deep price cuts at UK supermarkets do not always represent the value they claim.
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ArticlePanama disease manageable say Filipino officials
Fusarium wilt can be managed say officials in the Philippines after the reappearance of the disease in banana plantations there.
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ArticleBanana producers fight black sigatoka
The Dominican Republic industry is looking for ways to battle the spread of the destructive disease
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ArticleSupermarket budget brands pricier than premium
Supermarket own-brand products can cost more than the premium items they are meant to undercut, research by The Sunday Times has found.
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ArticleCM Marfret connects Italy with Costa Rica
New reefer service operating to and from Costa Rica will primarily ship bananas and pineapples
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Banana producers unite to fight black sigatoka
Banana producers’ representatives in the Dominican Republic were due to meet this week to draw up a plan to battle black sigatoka, which is destroying their crops.
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ArticleBanana import licences to be scrapped
Banana import licences will be abolished in 2012, the EU management committee for the common organisation of agricultural markets has announced.
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ArticleBanagrumes invests at Rungis
The banana importer has made some crucial investments at its facilities in Paris, with the creation of new ripening chambers
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ArticleBanana import licenses to be abolished
Freshfel says that 'administratively burdensome and costly' banana import licenses will be removed on 1 January next year
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ArticleDole cuts loss as revenue climbs
Dole Food Company has announced that it turned in a loss from continuing operations of US$47m (£29.77) through the third quarter of the year, a slight improvement on the US$49m recorded in the same period of 2010.
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ArticleDiet of Champions
What will it take to become Britain’s next heavyweight boxing champion? A punch like a freight train? Abs of steel? Or perhaps a diet rich in fruit and vegetables? Michael Barker meets top trainer Freddie Osei and up-and-coming British star Ian Lewison to find out
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ArticleDel Monte faces Costa Rican strikes
Some 500 workers at three Del Monte banana plantations are on strike over low pay, according to reports
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ArticleNew promotions for Antilles bananas
The new marketing campaign from UGPBAN stresses the Frenchness of bananas from the French Antilles
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ArticleBanana packaging 'extends shelf life'
Pacific Atlantic launches new bags that slow the natural ageing process of the fruit while preventing bacteria formation