Potato news archive – Page 95
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Greenvale makes new board appointments
Greenvale AP has strengthened its board with a number of new appointments.
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ArticleBranston restructures development department
Branston promoted Vidyanath Gururajan to group head of development and projects, following the restructure of its development department.
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ArticleBuché2 becomes Campéol
The name change from Buché2 to Campéol is just one step in the company's quest for international success
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Potato heavyweights reap rewards
Three schools out of the thousands that took part in this season’s Grow Your Own Potatoes project have been rewarded for producing the heaviest crops of Vales Emerald and Rocket.
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ArticleA few good firms
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.
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Potato Council appoints new chairman
Allan Stevenson took the reins as chairman of the Potato Council this week.
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ArticleFPJ archives see NFU to glory
FPJ archives proved pivotal to the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) winning the Best in Show, Millennium Award (The Doncaster Cup) and Premier Exhibit Award at the Great Yorkshire Show earlier this month.
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ArticleCornish growers invited to Eden Project
Cornish potato growers headed to the Celebration of Food and Farmers at the Eden Project last month, alongside the procurement, agronomy and marketing teams at Branston.
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ArticleCosta Ricans look to UK
Representatives from Costa Rica were out in force in Europe this week within the framework of the fourth round of negotiations of the Association Agreement between Central America and the European Union.
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ArticleTesco and Kent grower support local kids
Thirty schoolchildren joined Kent potato producer St Nicholas Court Farms at the Kent county Show last week, to encourage visitors to buy local produce.
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ArticleLove Potatoes campaign reaches seven million
Seven million more shoppers are already thinking more positively about potatoes, following the start of the Love Potatoes campaign this summer.
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Further price cuts announced at Morrisons
Morrisons is cutting prices on a range of summer lines, including some fresh produce items, to offer consumers a basket of eight goods for just £4.
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Clutterbuck joins Pseedco team
Dr Brian Clutterbuck, former head of agronomy at South Lincolnshire potato business QV Foods Ltd, is joining Perth-based Pseedco as retail seed sales manager.
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ArticleTesco marks arrival of Scottish potato crop
Tesco and Greenvale AP have launched a three-week celebration of local produce in Edinburgh to mark the first of the East Lothian potato crop, as part of their joint ‘direct from farm to store’ initiative.
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ArticleShoppers watch their wallets as credit crunch bites
With the credit crunch starting to have an impact and consumers rapidly tightening their purse strings, are sales of organic fruit and vegetables, with their traditionally higher price tag, set to feel the squeeze? Laura Gould reports.
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ArticleGrowers join TV chef to promote spuds
West Country potato farmers joined with celebrity chef Simon Rimmer and the Potato Council at a farmers’ market in Exeter in a bid to boost potato consumption.
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ArticleClimate change presents new opportunities, says trade
Predicted radical climate changes may still appear to be a long way off, but eventually they could dramatically alter the fresh produce seasonal calendar, delegates were told at the latest Warwick HRI conference held in London, supported by Defra.
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ArticleWholesaling with a twist
After more than 100 years in the business, Norfolk-based wholesaler D&F McCarthy Ltd is thriving where others have failed. Elizabeth O’Keefe talks to the family-run company about its expansion through times of trouble, and how winning the Re:fresh Capespan Wholesaler of the Year award was the icing on the cake.
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ArticleGrowers help 300,000 kids harvest their own
More than 300,000 primary school pupils across the country are gearing up to harvest their Grow Your Own Potatoes project.
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ArticleParents face 5 A DAY confusion
Parents are claiming that rising food prices have put their recommended 5 A DAY out of reach, a new government study has found.