All Production & Trade articles – Page 1469
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Discounters head north
The discounter invasion of Europe is stepping up in the UK, with German chain Aldi planning to invest £200m in new stores in Scotland.
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ArticleJuliette finds retail Romeos
UK-based potato supplier, MBMG, has launched its exclusive brand of Juliette potatoes into the retail trade.
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Sterling nears $2 mark after interest rate rise
Analysts expect the pound to hit the two-dollar mark in the near future, after the unexpected increase in UK interest rates shot sterling higher against a whole basket of currencies.
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ArticleMultiples plump for UK apricots
Premium-quality UK-grown apricots have been commanding attention in the supermarkets.
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ArticleMcKeith bigs up berry properties
Celebrity nutritionist Gillian McKeith made an impression at Fruit Focus last week, using her familiar bullying tactics to endorse eating berries.
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ArticleCape makes fruit-eating Eezi
Cape Fruiteezi is being touted as the long-awaited solution to the modern need for healthy, convenient food-on-the-go, by co-developers Capespan and Superior Foods.
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ArticleUK plum season takes off
The Summerfruit Company started marketing UK plums this week as growers began picking at their Kent orchards.
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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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ArticleKiwis back levy and embark on R&D
NZ apple industry body Pipfruit NZ is conducting research to find what it is that sets the taste of New Zealand apples apart as growers back continued levy payment.
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ArticleBanana tariffs affect Chiquita results
The banana import regime in Europe has been cited for a reduction in net profit at Chiquita Brands International in Q2, 2006.
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Defra agrees plant-health funding
IT funding has now been agreed for an electronic plant-health pre-notification system as part of the plant import regime, Defra announces.
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Mudge slams "dismissive" supermarkets
Supermarkets are being “dismissive” of the problems caused by recent heatwaves, according to Tim Mudge of the Processed Vegetable Growers’ Association.
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ArticleOrganic boxers prepare to enter the ring
The impending entrance of Sainsbury's and Tesco into the organic box scheme fold signals ther beginning of a new era for exisiting suppliers.
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ArticleVegetable yields suffer in heatwave
Hot dry conditions over the last two months are playing havoc with the yields of many vegetable crops across the UK, sector leaders have revealed.
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ArticleChina opens up to SA citrus
The Chinese market has opened up to South African citrus exporters.
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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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ArticleSpain forecasts more lemons
Lemon volumes from Spain in the up-coming season are forecast to rise, despite increasing supplies year on year from other Mediterranean sources.
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Matilda uses PA to expand
Australian fresh produce company Matilda Fresh Foods is set to expand its export operation using Packaging Automation equipment.
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ArticlePears have 50 per cent more fibre
Pears have 50 per cent more fibre than previously indicated, according to new labeling values by the US Food and Drug Administration.
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ArticleZespri growers back year-round supply
NZ kiwifruit exporter Zespri revealed at its agm last week that its growers are strongly behind its year-round supply programme which involves growing fruit outside New Zealand.