All Flowers articles – Page 33
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Retailers missed a fruity trick over Easter weekend
Looking for new and exciting developments over the Easter weekend was a bit like searching for a needle in a haystack amongst
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Cold snap shivers through crops
The cold snap that descended on the UK bringing snow and unseasonably low temperatures over the Easter weekend also struck continental Europe, and has had some knock-on effects on fresh produce.
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ArticleBristol keeps on smiling
Bristol Wholesale Fruit Centre has stood firm since it opened in 1968 but, with consolidation changing the shape of the market and the traders searching for the best possible ways to service the city and the surrounding area, how will the future pan out for the main produce hub in the South West? Anna Sbuttoni reports from Bristol.
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ArticleOriginality Prize awarded at FloraHolland fair
The most eye-catching stand at the FloraHolland trade fair was awarded by visitors for the first time this year.
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ArticleMiddlesbrough wholesaler invests in new facility
A new purpose-built facility has been opened by Middlesbrough-based wholesaler Original Produce Company and its sister companies Original Flowers and QFS.
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Prince Charles to turn greengrocer
Prince Charles is to sell fruit and veg from his own garden, in a high-street shop close to his Highgrove estate.
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ArticleTraders upbeat in face of annual supply hiatus
It is the usual story for stonefruit at this time of year, with southern-hemisphere fruit in the final throes of supply. But insiders are cautious about putting too fine an estimate on the upcoming northern-hemisphere season. Laura Gould reports.
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ArticleGlasgow market restructure to pull in £5m
Glasgow markets could be set to rake in £5 million worth of finance after Glasgow City Council agreed to form a limited liability partnership (LLP) to run its market services.
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Stakeholders help Kenya pull through
Stakeholders pulling together during the unrest in Kenya in January prevented far greater disruption to the export sector the Kenya Horticulture Development Programme estimates.
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ArticleFloraHolland Trade Fair to be bigger and better in 2008
The FloraHolland Trade Fair is set to welcome more participants and a complete product line-up at this year’s event from Wednesday to Friday, March 12-14.
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ArticleSainsbury's stocks UK asparagus early
Sainsbury’s will welcome its first delivery of this season’s British asparagus next week and is already promising to break the record again next year by stocking the vegetable in time for Valentine’s Day.
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ArticleSpits calls for momentum
Chris Hutchinson used the New Spitalfields annual dinner and dance, at the Park Lane Hilton in London last weekend, to call on the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) to create some momentum for the wholesale industry.
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Greenisland Flowers was the recipient of the Long Life Solutions Floral Business of the Year accolade at Re:fresh 2007
Greenisland Flowers was the recipient of the Long Life Solutions Floral Business of the Year accolade at Re:fresh 2007. Laura Gould caught up with owner Shane Donnelly to find out how things have since progressed for the Northern Irish firm.
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ArticleTotal Produce posts 7.9 per cent profit rise
Total Produce plc has revealed a full-year underlying pre-tax profit rise of 7.9 per cent to €38.9 million (£29.7m), ahead of its expectations.
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ArticleFire damages Avoncrop site
Part of the Avoncrop warehousing facility at Meare, Somerset was damaged by fire yesterday [Sunday].
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ArticleSnell snaps up Grower of the Year
Herefordshire soft-fruit grower AJ & CI Snell snapped up the 2008 Grower of the Year award at the Royal Lancaster hotel in London last night.
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ArticleHerbs on the mend
Fresh herbs have continued to grow in popularity in the UK but, following frost and storms in Israel this year, the market has tightened up over the last few months. The sector has worked hard to pull through the challenges, and now seven major producers - five from the UK and two from Israel - have come together to launch the second Fresh Herbs campaign. Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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London trade event for October
The World Fruit & Vegetable Show will open in London for a second time later this year.
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ArticleChile beats the weather
Despite frosts and late starts, this season’s Chilean fruit offer is the best quality the South American country has exported to the UK in some time. Elizabeth O’Keefe finds out how the season has panned out, and what lies ahead for the UK market.
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ArticleFairly does it
This year’s Fairtrade Fortnight is set to be bigger and better than ever before, buoyed by phenomenal sales growth and an expanding product range. Laura Gould finds out what this year’s high-profile campaign will entail, and talks to fresh produce players about the ever-increasing role they are playing in the category.