All articles by Kathy Hammond – Page 103
-
ArticleZespri celebrates export tray record
Zespri International announced a record-breaking season this week with the export of its 100 millionth tray of New Zealand kiwifruit.
-
ArticleCornish pride goes online
South-west England wholesaler Bristol Fruit Sales has just launched www.growfair.co.uk to support its local produce brand, Growfair - Pride of Cornwall.
-
ArticleSpits Olympic spat nears resolution
The deadlock between traders at New Spitalfields Market and organisers of the London Olympics moved a step closer to resolution this week.
-
ArticleChange4Life welcomed by industry
The UK government launched its biggest assault on the obesity epidemic yet this week when the department of health unveiled the Change4Life coalition.
-
Article
EU set to scrap wonky veg rules
EU agriculture officials were expected to vote this week in favour of scrapping marketing regulations governing the size and shape specifications of 26 fresh produce lines.
-
ArticleCarbon neutrality edges closer in Costa Rica
Costa Rica’s banana industry is aiming to be the first in the world to be completely carbon neutral in four years’ time.
-
ArticleGeordies make grand cash donation
A DVD of photographs from markets old and new in north-east England has raised £1,000 for local charities.
-
Article
Paragon goes to Kenyan source
Food packaging specialist Paragon is opening a new facility in Kenya to supply packaging for produce at source.
-
Article
Spanish downpours disrupt crops
Rainfall throughout most of October in eastern and south-eastern Spain has seriously hindered the citrus harvest and brought mixed fortunes to other crops.
-
Article
Importers swim against tide
Sliding seafreight rates and weak sterling are complicating the picture for UK importers.
-
ArticleEuropean debates reaching climax
British retailers and the trade were lobbying hard at a national and European Union level this week as changes to marketing standards and pesticide regulation loom.
-
ArticleDole sales confirmed
Dole Food Company has announced the completion of its sale of UK ripening and distribution business JP Fresh to the Compagnie Fruitière group.
-
ArticleMed citrus on the up
Citrus production in the Mediterranean Basin is forecast to rise two per cent this season.
-
ArticleGlobalGAP widens its appeal
The public sector is increasingly looking at private sector standards and certification body GlobalGAP as an example to be followed.
-
Article
Ethics report misses whole picture
A report by the Food Ethics Council on the future of food distribution has found that calls for local food are prone to overstating the climate benefits of short supply chains, and risk excluding ethnic communities in the UK, for whom speciality produce forms an important part of diet and culture.
-
ArticleMcDonald's bags Collingwood apples
Apple and grape bags at UK branches of fast-food chain McDonald’s will exclusively feature Kentish apples this winter, grown by John Collingwood.
-
ArticleWalter Braund (Western) closes
Walter Braund (Western) Ltd ceased trading at Western International Market in west London on October 9, when manager Sammy Karahassan tendered his resignation to the firm’s owner John Johnson.
-
Article
Fairtrade 'will survive'
Organic, Fairtrade and ethical products will keep their market, despite the volatile, economic climate, keynote speakers concurred at the International Trade Centre’s World Export Development Forum in Switzerland last week.
-
ArticleFPC wins PEACH amnesty
In a major victory for The Fresh Produce Consortium, the trade body has secured an amnesty worth some £1 million on charges for plant health imports through the government’s PEACH system.
-
Article
Belgian kiwifruit almost ready
Belgian fruit auction Profuco hopes to have grape-sized hardy kiwifruit grown in Belgium on offer for its customers by autumn next year.