Citrus news archive – Page 213
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ArticleUK still satsuma saviour
Satsumas have been the focus of much attention in recent months following the Save Our Satsumas campaign launched by Tesco and its category supplier Muñoz Mehadrin UK in April last year. The UK has become the principal market for the fruit but with an alleged increasing preference across Europe for less seedy, stronger tasting clementines, satsumas were rumoured to be facing possible extinction. Elspeth Waters reports.
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ArticleJP’s creative juices flow
Jamaica Producers Fruit Distributors (JPFD) is best-known as a banana supplier, but its work in citrus takes in the retail and juicing categories, as well as playing a significant role in the National School Fruit & Vegetable Scheme (NSFVS). Tommy Leighton reports.
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ArticleAgrexco looks to Peru
The performance of Israeli’s citrus fruit in the UK continues to improve. Agrexco aims to maintain this position and has joined forces with a Peruvian grower to ensure a continuous supply-base, reports Anabella de Sousa.
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ArticleWholesalers widen their outlook
Spanish citrus still dominates the supply into the UK’s wholesale markets but importers are increasingly looking at what other countries have to offer, writes Anabella de Sousa.
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ArticleVAT stunts foodservice potential
The foodservice sector has become a profitable area of growth for citrus in prepared product and in both segmented and fresh juice forms. But whole fruit citrus sales to the foodservice market are not keeping pace - and the VAT man has something to do with that. Tony Leighton reports.
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ArticleSutton the Lona ranger
South African citrus exporter Lona Trading was founded in 1996 as a vegetable exporter, but quickly made its mark as a specialist exporter of fresh South African fruit. Even before deregulation of the country’s fruit industry, the firm prospered and had grown into one of South Africa’s largest exporters of fresh produce. An introspective and self-analytical policy, which aimed to meet the needs of rapidly changing global markets, demanded that the firm reconstitute itself into separate fruit business units within the Lona structure, and eventually to focus 100 per cent on citrus. Director Derek Sutton talks to Tommy Leighton.
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ArticleFlorida counts cost of hurricanes
Mother Nature dealt a harsh blow to Florida last year when a spate of hurricanes caused waves of devastation to the citrus
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ArticleSpain tops the tree
Spain may be in the throes of one of its worst citrus seasons on record, but trade organisation Intercitrus is keeping its eye on the ball in terms of longer term citrus promotion. Association president Juan Vicente Safont explains.
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ArticleJuice loses innocence
While citrus juice has long been a staple of the modern diet, the ever-increasing market for exotic juice combinations could be stealing the limelight from the faithful orange and grapefruit. In addition, with health specialists having set juice as the latest culprit in the global obesity epidemic, juice producers may have to address their marketing strategies, writes Elspeth Waters.
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ArticleThe $1 billion citrus chance - US$1 billion prize awaits: New markets and long term strategy essential for lemon and lime sector
By John Giles, Divisional Director, Promar International
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ArticleArgentina seeks gains in key market
Exporters are raising their game and are hoping the UK market will bring them rich rewards.
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ArticlePerfecting the process
While Cuban citrus has not always been associated with premium quality, exports remain stable. However, although some producers have benefited from a combination of luck and investment, others still face additional costs, writes Elspeth Waters.
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