All articles by Kathy Hammond – Page 79
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Concordia in new management scheme
Farm employment and training specialist Concordia has launched a new programme to prepare horticulture workers for their first supervisory and management roles.
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Tomato growers focus on disease
The British Tomato Growers’ Association (TGA) held a workshop last week with the Horticultural Development Company to identify how growers and scientists can work together to combat the new pests and diseases that threaten British tomato supplies.
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HL Hall opens in France
HL Hall & Sons, well known for its South African avocado production, is expanding its European presence with the opening of a French office.
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Greencell welcomes new md
Fruit importer and supermarket supplier Greencell has appointed Andrew Cooksey as managing director.
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ArticleOnline spend set to double
New research from IGD forecasts that online grocery shopping will almost double in value over the next five years.
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Citrus rootstock sales plummet
Sales of citrus rootstocks in Spain are plummeting, putting in doubt the future capability of the country’s citrus producers.
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Panama set for pineapple export boom
Panama is starting 2010 with a boost to its fresh produce exports, as vice-minister for foreign trade José Domingo Arias announced at a press conference last week that Panama aims to rival Costa Rica as Central America’s largest exporter of pineapples.
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ArticleScratch meal kits stack up
Start-up food company Scratch has reported a surge in demand for its fresh-prepared meal kits as ice and snow force shoppers to stock up emergency supplies.
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Strawberry genome breakthrough
The genome of a model plant related to peach, cherry and cultivated strawberry has been sequenced by a consortium of international researchers.
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FPC slams Food Standards Agency guidance
The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) has warned that the Food Standards Agency’s (FSA) guidance on increased controls on so-called “high-risk” imports of certain fresh produce is belated and inadequate.
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TNS unveils Christmas analysis
Supermarket figures on Christmas spending indicate that recessionary buying behaviour is “all but over”, according to TNS Worldpanel.
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ArticleFreeze causes further disruption
Producers of winter vegetables are incurring harvesting costs more than double those foreseen at the start of the season, as snow and icy conditions continued to grip the UK and continental Europe this week.
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Fyffes expects top-end earnings
Fyffes has revised its earnings target for 2009 toward the upper end of expectations announced four months ago.
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ArticleTesco reveals strong Christmas trading
Tesco has enjoyed its strongest Christmas trading for three years, buoyed by a double Clubcard points deal.
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Spanish close 2009 with export values down
Spanish produce exports have ended 2009 down in both volume and value on 2008, according to estimated figures released by Fepex, the national federation of producer-exporter associations.
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ArticleChile prices riding high
Limited supplies of grapes to the US and cherries to Europe from Chile have meant early prices have been riding high.
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FPC looks forward to ALV live date
Long-awaited benefits for importers and agents from simplifying procedures for importing fresh produce and cut flowers will be realised when the Automatic Licence Verification system is implemented fully on February 16 - estimated to save the industry around £1 million each year.
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Co-op and Somerfield in dual-brand campaign
The Co-operative Group launched a multi-million pound advertising campaign to communicate the coming together of The Co-operative and Somerfield food businesses.
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ArticleFlorida handling cold snap
A cold air mass over central Florida was welcomed this week by grapefruit growers, as orange producers further north in the state bemoaned the low temperatures.