Kiwifruit news archive – Page 90

  • A cut above
    Article

    A cut above

    2008-03-07T09:36:49Z

    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.

  • Fruity Faces teams up with Mr Fruitness
    Article

    Fruity Faces teams up with Mr Fruitness

    2008-02-16T17:21:01Z

    Fruity Faces is to reach out to the European market with a deal with the Fruitness - enjoy it! project, aimed at five target countries, including the UK.

  • George Kallitsis, Protofanousi Fruits
    Article

    Greek kiwis bow out of UK market

    2008-02-16T14:01:02Z

    Greek kiwifruit exporters are seeing a downturn in their volumes to the UK this season, and are finding the market increasingly tough to supply.

  • Jeroen Rooders of Fruitmasters Groep
    Article

    Kanzi volume increases

    2008-02-15T13:01:02Z

    The volume of Kanzi apple production has increased, according to FruitmastersGroep at Fruit Logistica this year.

  • Consumers keen to take further leap into the unknown
    Article

    Consumers keen to take further leap into the unknown

    2008-02-15T09:24:14Z

    While other categories may be struggling to pick up new punters, growth in exotics is far from abating, and consumer taste is, if anything, leaning towards the more adventurous, writes Laura Gould.

  • The real-life Mr Fruitness dropped in at Fruit Logistica
    Article

    Action needed against childhood obesity

    2008-02-13T12:01:02Z

    Warning bells for childhood obesity were sounded at an update of the Fruitness - enjoy it! campaign at Fruit Logistica last week.

  • Sainsbury's cops a fine
    Article

    Sainsbury's cops a fine

    2008-02-12T10:01:02Z

    Sainsbury’s has fallen foul of Horticultural Marketing Inspections (HMI) for selling out of grade and rotten produce at its town-centre store in Northampton

  • Italian kiwifruit down by almost a third
    Article

    Italian kiwifruit down by almost a third

    2008-02-05T11:01:02Z

    Production of Italian kiwifruit could be down by as much as 30 per cent this season, it has been reported.

  • Israel’s finest gather at Tel Aviv forum
    Article

    Israel’s finest gather at Tel Aviv forum

    2008-01-18T09:47:11Z

    Israeli fresh produce exporters, farmers, technology companies and agricultural bigwigs arrived en masse in Tel Aviv last week for the 18th outing of the country’s annual Agro-Mashov trade fair. Laura Gould was among the visitors.

  • Mr Fruitness powers on with kiwifruit
    Article

    Mr Fruitness powers on with kiwifruit

    2008-01-13T16:01:01Z

    The third phase of in-store promotions for the Fruitness - enjoy it! campaign is now underway in the UK, Austria, Germany, Poland and Sweden, with the focus on kiwifruit.

  • HortResearch the bees knees
    Article

    HortResearch the bees knees

    2007-12-22T09:01:01Z

    Scientists at HortResearch have successfully bred honeybees that fight back against varroa, which will come as a welcome relief to the country’s fruit exporters.

  • Article

    Summer kiwifruit shines for Italy

    2007-12-10T14:01:01Z

    New variety Summer kiwifruit is helping fill the gap between the end of the Chilean season and the start of Hayward supplies from Italy.

  • Some of the new Israeli varieties on offer
    Article

    Israeli researchers release new cultivars

    2007-12-04T13:01:01Z

    Last week, Israeli researchers introduced several new varieties of fruits and vegetables, in a bid to improve on existing cultivars in the marketplace.

  • Herbert’s twin big bag tipper
    Article

    Grand designs

    2007-11-22T16:47:07Z

    A growing armoury of equipment is available to the root crop sector. Designed to help producers and processors cut their costs and achieve maximum efficiency, the diverse range of products is enough to make the layman’s eyes boggle. Doris Lee Butterworth dons her technological spectacles to find out more.

  • New look for French kiwifruit
    Article

    New look for French kiwifruit

    2007-11-19T16:01:01Z

    Two major French kiwifruit operators have clubbed together to form Swiki, a new marketing approach set to update the way kiwifruit is displayed and sold on the French market.

  • Dr Rory Flemmer
    Article

    Kiwi robot revolution

    2007-11-19T08:01:02Z

    An automated kiwifruit packing system is set to revolutionise the New Zealand industry.

  • Zespri revises forecast returns
    Article

    Zespri revises forecast returns

    2007-11-13T08:01:01Z

    New Zealand kiwifruit marketer Zespri is forecasting an NZ$19 million (£7m) drop in returns from this year's kiwifruit exports.

  • Sunrise has double the vitamin C content of green kiwifruit
    Article

    Sunrise, early in the morning

    2007-10-29T08:01:01Z

    Sunrise kiwifruit, which hit the UK for the first time in commercial volumes last week, is being promoted as an early morning pick-me-up.

  • Italians foresee kiwifruit drop
    Article

    Italians foresee kiwifruit drop

    2007-10-16T08:01:01Z

    The Italian kiwifruit harvest kicked off last week, with production forecast to fall by 13 per cent on recent seasons’ averages.

  • NZ kiwifruit growers' confidence knocked
    Article

    NZ kiwifruit growers' confidence knocked

    2007-10-05T14:01:01Z

    A new survey has found that Zespri growers in New Zealand are less confident of the future than they were two years ago, with most concerns tied up with the strength of their currency.