All Markets articles – Page 62
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Article‘The UK needs more POs’, says BelOrta
CEO of Belgian fresh produce co-op advises British growers to form more producer organisations to help them command higher prices with retailers
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ArticleBelOrta auctions first green peppers of 2023
The Belgian cooperative has announced the sale of the first green peppers of the year, with red and yellow varieties not far behind
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ArticleNFU launches horticultural growth strategy
Strategy sets out actions government should take to enable horticultural growth and deliver on Food Strategy pledge
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ArticleLogistics UK 'cautiously optimistic' about new NI trade rules
Britain’s logistics sector expresses ‘cautious optimism’ over new UK-EU Northern Ireland trade agreement
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ArticleUK grocery inflation breaks new record
One quarter of British shoppers struggling as grocery price inflation goes above 17 per cent for the first time
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ArticleOishii Introduces the Koyo berry
Group’s newly unveiled strawberry product joins the Omakase berry as a vertically farmed option
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ArticleWaitrose welcomes early UK spears
Upmarket UK retailer announces earliest ever British asparagus deal
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ArticleSouth African avocado export crop to increase
Following a disappointing 2022 season, the industry expects a rise in volumes this year
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Comment‘Retailers’ obsession with price is main cause of produce shortages’
GSCOP expert and former senior Asda buyer Ged Futter says the current supply shortages at UK supermarkets are down in large part to retailers’ all-consuming focus on price at the expense of product availability
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ArticleMoroccan associations respond to UK tomato shortage
Apefel and Amcom say unusual temperature fluctuations to blame for shortening of tomato supplies from Morocco, as effects of climate change increasingly affecting region
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ArticlePuffin Produce to supply Asda with St David’s Day daffodils
Welsh grower to supply Asda stores in Wales with 6m stems ahead of St David’s Day on 1 March
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ArticleWatercress fills UK salad supply gap
As supermarkets ration fresh produce, one salad vegetable remains in plentiful supply thanks to its growing methods, says supplier
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ArticleGrowers warn of leek shortages as weather hits UK crop
Imports needed earlier than usual, UK growers tell retailers, as challenging conditions cut British leek yields by up to 30 per cent
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AnalysisOPN releases State of Organic Produce 2022 report
US organic produce sales increased by 3 per cent while volume decreased by 3.7 per cent in 2022
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ArticleRefresh for CMR’s Cosarica brand
The brand has renewed its corporate identity by modernising both its packaging and labelling
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ArticleCosmic Crisp breaks into US top ten apple varieties
Sales of the variety grew 174 per cent in five months to January 2023 against a backdrop of falling US apples sales
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ArticleScales announces annual results
Lockdowns in China during critical sales window adversely affect the company’s horticulture division
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ArticleAlbert Heijn airfreight ban touches down at start of June
Dutch supermarket chain says it now sources more than half of its fresh fruit and veg from within the Netherlands
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ArticleSNFL and Syngenta announce strategic partnership in China
New venture will focus on developing local production of SNFL’s table grape varieties
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ArticleUK-grown exports reach record high
UK vegetable exports rise 42 per cent in 2022 as value of UK-grown food and drink shipments grows