All articles by Kathy Hammond – Page 126
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Worcestershire source
Fifty-year-old Worcestershire tomato grower Haven Nurseries is enjoying new-found success with its Drews of Worcester tomato juice, which is selling through Budgens and at local markets.
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ArticleNZ apple crop shrinks
New Zealand top-fruit body Pipfruit NZ has revised the NZ apple crop down still further to just 15.3 million cases.
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Industry wastes £387m
A new report has found that 740 companies in the UK fresh produce industry would make more profit if they were taken over.
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ArticleFrost fear for Hass
The Chilean Hass Avocado Association is looking into the effects on crops of freezing conditions that have swept southern South America.
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Whole group plan for Bomfords
Deloitte Birmingham, the administrator called into the Bomfords Group, is still working to sell the group as a whole.
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ArticleGrapes struggle in two tiers
A two-tier grape market is rapidly developing as importers scramble to find fruit in the right specification for supermarket orders as several sources struggle with sizing and sugar levels, leading the wholesale markets to become awash with poor quality supplies.
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ArticleAgrexco exports get a boost
Israel’s primary fresh produce exporter, Agrexco, plans to export 10 per cent more fresh produce in the upcoming season.
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Chiquita enjoys the chase
Chiquita enjoyed a day out in the London sunshine on Sunday supporting the Leukaemia Research Fund (LRF) through the London Chiquita Bananaman Chase 10K at Regents Park.
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Asda in carbon-neutral research
A new study has shown that a low carbon and carbon neutral fresh produce supply chain is economically viable.
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ArticleTough times for tomatoes
Demand for tomatoes in the UK has plummeted due to variable weather, and pushed sales right down in the peak of the domestic season.
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Bananas washed out
Floods in Costa Rica and high winds in the Dominican Republic are causing problems for banana growers.
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ArticleChile set to address sector crisis
The Chilean Fresh Fruit Association is calling for 1,000 delegates to come to an emergency industry meeting on August 8 to urge the national government to take action in the face of the Chilean fruit sector’s “dramatic loss of competitiveness”.
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Panama call for diversification
Panamanian labour minister Reynaldo Rivera has surprised the banana sector in his central American country by saying the trade is “especially delicate” and that producers should look to other crops.
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Pesticide lawsuit fear
A lawsuit was due to begin in LA county in California this week, brought by Central American banana plantation workers over alleged damage and injury they suffered while using DBCP in the 1970s.
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ArticleVegetable alarms ringing
The wettest June on record and a below-par July so far mean that most crops are suffering at a time when demand for them is unseasonably high.
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ArticleEnergy crisis hits citrus
The energy crisis in Argentina is affecting the citrus sector and will have an impact on lemon exports, sector leaders warn.
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Aldi gunning for Morrisons spot
Aldi is setting out on an expansion drive to oust Morrisons from the fourth spot in the UK retail market.
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Kwik Save franchisee trades on
Since Kwik Save went into administration last week, one fresh produce franchisee has been trading through a fire escape at one of its stores.
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ArticleJohn Dennis in liquidation
Barnsley-based John Dennis Fresh Produce went into liquidation on Monday.
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ArticleKids eating more colour
Consumption of fresh produce - particularly among the young - is creeping up as the effects of campaigns to increase uptake start to take hold.