Melon news archive – Page 52
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ArticleSpain’s salad hopes
As the first supplies of Spanish salads trickle through to the UK, growers are generally optimistic about the impending season. However, with last year’s cold temperatures still on the minds of many, overcoming the changeable weather is the sector’s major challenge. Emma Twyning reports.
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ArticleFyffes announces surprise de-merger
Fyffes has announced it plans to de-merge its general produce and distribution business into a new business separate from its banana, pineapple and melon operation.
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ArticleReal concern underpins Brazilian plans
Brazil is famous for its juicy melons, but a strong Brazilian currency has led to repercussions for the industry. Doris Lee Butterworth spoke to leading producers and UK importers to find out what’s in store for the 2006/07 campaign.
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Cantaloupes linked to food poisoning
Cantaloupe melons have been identified as a common cause of food poisoning.
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ArticleSpanish growers lament poor season
The 2005-06 season has closed leaving growers in the Spanish production region of Almeria licking their wounds as production rose and prices fell.
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ArticleWatermelons square up at Tesco
Square watermelons are set to hit Tesco stores across the UK in October.
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Low prices fail to boost demand
The 2005-06 season has closed leaving growers in the Spanish production region of Almeria licking their wounds as production rose and prices fell.
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ArticleMelon market crisis
UK importers are reporting a crisis in the melon market as soaring temperatures surprisingly fail to boost consumption.
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ArticleSize matters in melon world
The introduction of smaller-sized, seedless watermelons is lending a different dimension to offerings available in the UK. Doris Lee Butterworth speaks to leading producers and importers about their plans for the season
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ArticleDover success down to cranes
New cranes at Dover Cargo Terminal have been instrumental in getting the port new business.
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Stonefruit sensations for all occasions
I get the impression from reports on European stonefruit harvesting that it has been a bit of a bumpy ride so far this season,
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Burma looks to expand fruit exports
Commercial authorities in Myanmar (formerly Burma) are urging farmers to expand exotic fruit exports to boost foreign exchange earnings.
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ArticleRe:fresh win just reward for JP
JP Fruit Distributors Ltd picked up two awards at Re:fresh 2006, including the blue-riband title of Overall Produce Trader of the Year. Emma Twyning finds out how the business fought off stiff competition to claim the titles, and why a shift in mood is paying dividends for the company.
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Anyone for tennis? Produce shelves serving up a treat
The arrival of hot weather and the imminence of Wimbledon mean that soft fruit and stonefruit are beginning to fill up the
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ArticleGrowers issue melon warning
Area under production of early melons in the Castille-La Mancha area of Spain is 10-15 per cent up this season on last, but sector bosses are warning already that late varieties could bunch up and upset the marketing campaign.
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Fruit fingers and living lettuces defy the weather
May will certainly go on record as a month during which weather conditions were hardly conducive to the start of a long, hot
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Finding the key to foodservice
The demand for consistent quality, product innovation and food safety are the main factors influencing the partnership between the foodservice sector and fresh produce, according to industry experts at United 2006, in the US.
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ArticleMelon conference sets a date
The Latin American and Caribbean melon sector is meeting up at the XIV Central America, Caribbean, Panama, Mexico and South America Melon & Watermelon grower/exporters congress on August 9-11 in Costa Rica.
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ArticleMajor boost to EU research
The drive to increase fruit consumption received a major boost this week when multi-million pound EU research programme Isafruit welomced HortResearch New Zealand as a partner.
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ArticleMelon woes worsen
Spanish melon growers have reduced plantings, competition, low demand and water worries to contend with as the season gets underway.