Onion and garlic news archive – Page 32

  • Jonathan Knight
    Article

    Deliciously helpful for Yorkshire produce

    2008-08-29T11:35:49Z

    Yorkshire is home to a fair amount of local production and two of the major multiples as well as four wholesale markets have their roots in the region. This week, the FPJ team turns the spotlight on the county, and over the next 12 pages, finds out that those roots are still spreading.

  • Allium alert
    Article

    Allium alert

    2008-08-22T08:44:25Z

    Growing and harvesting conditions for both onion and garlic crops in the UK are signalling a healthy season, but if the rain continues to fall the picture could change very quickly. It is now a waiting game. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.

  • David Ough
    Article

    Rush Group goes for global gold

    2008-08-15T09:19:11Z

    Rush Group Ltd is striving towards the creation of a global fresh produce trading entity, to enable and empower growers to obtain a worldwide market. The London-based firm has just changed its name from Rush Potatoes Ltd to build on its 30-year position in the market and its strategic shift into new lines. Anna Sbuttoni met directors David Ough and Murray Hogge in Canary Wharf.

  • Onions gain new mildew control
    Article

    Onions gain new mildew control

    2008-08-08T15:01:01Z

    The granting of a specific off-label approval (SOLA) by the Pesticides Safety Directorate for the use of Valbon on bulb onions and shallots has offered a new option for growers to control of downy mildew.

  • Prepared sector quashes credit crunch effect
    Article

    Prepared sector quashes credit crunch effect

    2008-08-08T10:24:05Z

    With media reports speculating that the credit crunch is having an effect on eating habits in the UK, the prepared fruit and vegetable sector is a likely casualty. But all may not be what it seems. Elizabeth O’Keefe investigates.

  • A few good firms
    Article

    A few good firms

    2008-07-25T09:39:01Z

    When Cardiff Wholesale Fruit Centre relocated in the 1960s to a site just outside the Welsh capital’s centre, the courtyard facility was a dream come true. But as time has moved on, has the market moved with it? Elizabeth O’Keefe talks to key players on the only primary wholesale market in Wales, and weighs up the pros and cons.

  • Perfotec combination for PFM
    Article

    Perfotec combination for PFM

    2008-07-18T08:51:31Z

    Leading UK machinery manufacturer PFM Packaging Machinery Ltd has worked closely with Perfotec, an on-line laser perforation system developer, to tackle the problems of variable shelf life of fruit and vegetables, and has unveiled a groundbreaking approach to equilibrium modified atmosphere packaging (EMAP)

  • Garlic shoots
    Article

    Scottish chef wild for garlic shoots

    2008-07-11T14:25:45Z

    A top highland chef has become the first to use Really Garlicky’s fresh garlic shoots following their harvest.

  • Garlic
    Article

    Garlic glut crushes Chinese exports

    2008-06-30T13:04:23Z

    A build-up of stored and new-season Chinese garlic is sending prices plummeting as exporters struggle to find outlets for their volumes

  • Own-grown broccoli to reach Co-op stores
    Article

    Own-grown broccoli to reach Co-op stores

    2008-06-20T08:01:01Z

    The Co-operative stores in the east of England have started to stock new-season broccoli grown by the retailer’s own farm in Cambridgeshire.

  • Rising costs hit brassicas
    Article

    Rising costs hit brassicas

    2008-06-06T09:23:06Z

    The warmer weather is finally upon us, but the summer brassica sector is under no illusion that it is going to be a sunny season. Doris Lee Butterworth reports.

  • Article

    biofresh storing up produce knowledge

    2008-06-06T09:22:48Z

    With reducing food wastage high on the agenda at the moment, storage technology firms are in pole position to lend a hand. biofresh managing director Richard Barnes talks to Laura Gould about what his firm can do to help the produce industry.

  • Article

    Plenty of summery options - now where is the sunshine?

    2008-06-06T09:22:41Z

    It’s the time of the year when things really get exciting on the shelves, as the soft-fruit and stonefruit campaigns

  • The power of Delia
    Article

    The power of Delia

    2008-05-30T09:24:29Z

    After a four-year hiatus, TV chef Delia Smith made a controversial comeback earlier this year with her new programme and book Delia’s How to Cheat at Cooking. Doris Lee Butterworth talks to leading supermarkets and producers, and discovers how they have benefited from her latest venture.

  • Hampshire rides wave of cress
    Article

    Hampshire rides wave of cress

    2008-05-30T09:24:17Z

    Hampshire is a wide and varied area, and home to an abundance of fruit and vegetable growers. From the ‘watercress capital’ Alresford to the garlic fields of Newchurch on the Isle of Wight, Elizabeth O’Keefe takes a look at the region’s producers and the issues they face.

  • Gourmet gate
    Article

    Gourmet gate

    2008-05-30T09:24:06Z

    Spanning 232 hectares south of Paris, Rungis market is an epicurean heaven, supplying every product imaginable to not only France’s capital and its environs, but also the whole country and international destinations. The market is now looking to forge even stronger links overseas - with the UK at the top of the hit list. Laura Gould reports from the foodie paradise.

  • Article

    GMB blames M&S over factory closure

    2008-05-27T09:01:02Z

    Workers at Northern Foods’ Fenland Food Factory in Grantham blame the group’s customer Marks & Spencer for their factory’s closure, the GMB union said.

  • Article

    Onion supplies cause tears

    2008-05-25T11:01:01Z

    Spanish onions are suffering the effects of mildew and small sizing as producers bemoan the arrival of cheap imports into Europe and a price slump.

  • Article

    Northern follows Taypack lead

    2008-05-15T09:58:03Z

    A week after Taypack walked away from Asda, the UK’s largest ready meals supplier is abandoning a contract with Marks & Spencer as Taypack reports new customer advances.

  • Garden of Europe
    Article

    Garden of Europe

    2008-05-09T10:13:36Z

    Spain truly is the market garden of Europe, providing not only its own fruit and vegetable needs, but also a substantial proportion of those of the rest of the continent and beyond. Kathy Hammond looks across a handful of the different sectors.