Grape news archive – Page 126
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Chile recovering from strike
Last week’s strike by dockers in Chile has come to and end and fruit exports are once again moving.
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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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ArticleSA grape season enters final stage
The South African grape season has entered its final phase, with packing now focused solely on the Hex River Valley.
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Display and presentation are at the root of sales
Surveying the shelves, there is no doubt that some products have greater visual advantages when on display than others.Root
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ArticleMack Platinum grapes arrive on UK markets
Mack introduced its own-branded grapes to the wholesale trade this week.
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ArticleA cut above
The fresh-cut industry is thriving, and while fresh-cut fruit, salad and vegetables are still a developing category in the UK, the industry points out the best is yet to come. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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ArticleSun World widens scope
Sun World has named three new marketers and granted its first licences in Brazil and Spain.
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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.
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New sunscreen for fruit growers
A technological innovation already in use in the US could help grape and stonefruit growers protect their crops from heat stress.
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ArticleHigh hopes for Spanish grape season
Prospects for the Spanish grape season this year are shaping up well.
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ArticleMurcians clean up their act
Growers in Murcia are to benefit from a three-year €10 million (£7.4m) budget to develop the Spanish region’s clean agriculture programme.
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ArticleSA grape hopes dampened by rain
Two days of heavy rains over South Africa’s Western Cape province have put a dampener on the peak harvesting period for table grapes in the region.
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Valentine’s Day sparks new interest for produce aisles
Increased visibility of champagne, chocolates and flowers in the multiples means only one thing - Valentine’s Day, one
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ArticleYou name it, and it’s gone wrong for grapes
The grape category has appeared on the front pages of FPJ in the last month, as one of those hardest hit by the inflexibility of the price structure in this country. It has plenty of other problems besides, though, writes Tommy Leighton.
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ArticleGrape feast and famine
As the grape harvest kicks off in the central regions of Chile, exporters are working to stave off oversupply in the markets later on this month that could bring prices right down as South Africa still struggles on volume.
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ArticleA year to buck the trends
Eight of the UK fresh produce industry’s key players tell FPJ readers their predictions for 2008.
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ArticleSouth African growers in the dark
An energy shortage in South Africa is seriously hampering fruit growers who are in the process of harvesting and packing their fruit.
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ArticlePrices reach breaking point
Global weather patterns and new markets in expansion are combining to produce an unprecedented situation of tight supplies and rising prices across several major lines in the UK fresh produce market, while supermarkets continue to promote on prices set months ago.