Peppers news archive – Page 26
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ArticleZon and Pamosa form pepper venture
Dutch companies set about improving and streamlining their pepper supply line following years of collaboration
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ArticleHaluco Exports set to ship peppers
New Israeli company set up by Haluco and AdaFresh says it is preparing to begin exporting produce in late October
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ArticleSurprise at Tesco’s in-store tomato warning
The fresh produce industry has expressed surprise after Tesco opted for an in-store message warning customers about weather-related problems on its tomatoes and peppers.
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ArticleHot stuff for Tesco
The Bedfordshire Super Naga will be exclusively sold at Tesco stores in the UK
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ArticleHot Stuff for Tesco
The hottest commercially grown chilli pepper will be exclusively sold at Tesco stores.
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New shapes, tastes and sources on shelf
There is no doubt that plums, or more accurately the hybrids, are being elevated to new heights with new shapes and tastes
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ArticleSalads shine - unlike the sun
The stuttering British summer hasn’t put shoppers off buying salad, with producers and retailers remarkably upbeat about the category’s prospects
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ArticleThe fresh produce industry is perfectly placed to tap into the organic baby food market
The majority of ambient baby and toddler food found on supermarket shelves is older than the child consuming it. Technically
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ArticleMaking fresh produce count
Best known as the brainy former Countdown co-host, Carol Vorderman tells Lisa Kjellsson how she maintains her intellect and enviable figure
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ArticleNew tomato research 'lowers production costs'
Scientists have sequenced the genome of the domesticated tomato in a breakthrough that could lower production costs for growers of tomato crops.
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Tomatoes in every shape and size
Retail descriptions to market fresh produce have always fascinated me, no more so than in the tomato sector where varieties,
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ArticleHot weather boosts fresh produce sales
The recent heat wave combined with excitement over the Queen’s upcoming Jubilee celebrations has been good for fresh produce sales with Sainsbury's reporting record sales of salad.
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ArticleBernard Sparkes retires aged 70
Sparkes, a veteran of the horticulture industry and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award at the Grower of the Year awards in 2007, bows out after 54 years of service.
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ArticleSalad festival on cue in Lea Valley
Mr Tomato, Little and Big Supercue and Pippa Pepper were on hand on 12 May to open the 2nd Great British Cucumber Festival at Waltham Abbey, Herts.
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ArticlePushing the market for melons
The melon sector has had a number of challenges facing it lately, but producers are fighting back with investment and NPD, as Eurofruit’s Steven Maxwell and Gill McShane explain
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ArticleSalads await summer of sales
Salads are a firm fixture on the shelves as summer dawns, but producers will be looking nervously to the skies to help spark the expected sales rush
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Shelves reflect industry changes
The days are long past when capsicums, or peppers as they are now universally known, were a novelty. While still sold loose,
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ArticleMighty Mini Sweet Peppers hit stores
Wilson Produce and Enza Zaden North America launch one-pound bags of new pepper variety
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ArticleToyota plans fresh produce production
Japanese car giant announces plans to grow bell peppers using heat generated from manufacturing plant in tsunami hit region
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Poor prices hit Spanish tomato growers
Spanish cherry tomato producers have lost on average €30,000 per hectare so far this season as a result of the “poor average prices” that have been received since the campaign began in September 2011.