All Production & Trade articles – Page 1524
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Tesco on stream with new spuds
New season potatoes from Cornwall and Pembrokeshire arrived in Tesco stores this week as part of the market leader’s local branding initiative.
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Israel in stone fruit bonanza
Israel will focus export attention on a new destination for its peaches and nectarines this season.
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ArticleRe:fresh award winners revealed
Bristol Fruit Sales were celebrating last night after doing a double at the second annual Re:fresh Awards in London.
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Uganda's EU exports suffer
Uganda's horticultural export earnings from the European Union are on the wane, the Uganda Export Promotions Board (UEPB), has warned.
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Red tape is producers' main concern
The rural sector does not find much to choose from among the main political parties as the general election looms, but bureaucracy must be cut by whoever wins, says the NFU.
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Asda claims victory on Welsh potatoes
Asda is claiming victory in the race to get Pembrokshire new potatoes into Welsh stores this week.
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German asparagus production on the rise
With the UK asparagus season beginning to get underway, the supply of German produce is reported to be on the rise with prices looking healthy.
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ArticleNature's Way takes on Linkfresh
A fresh produce packer and distributor has taken the LinkFresh route with Anglia Business Solutions.
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ArticleArgentine exports rise
The exports of fresh fruit from Argentina in the first trimester of 2005 amounted to 410,085 tonnes.
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Kiwifruit under pressure
A late start to the season is already putting pressure on New Zealand kiwifruit marketer Zespri.
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Cornish Earlies heading for plates
The first Cornish Early new potatoes have been dug to launch the 2005 new season and will be hitting the shops in the next few days.
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San Miguel secures IFC loan
Leading Argentinean citrus exporter San Miguel is signing a deal for a $20 million loan over a 10-year term.
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Lamb's lettuce campaign races ahead
French lamb’s lettuce producers were in London last week to kick-start a €100,000 PR and promotional campaign for their product in the UK.
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Industry risks killing its golden goose
Laurence Olins, managing director of Poupart, believes that constant pressure on growers and supermarket suppliers to drop prices for their major customers can only lead to a deterioration in the quality of fruit on the supermarket shelves.
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ArticleTomatoes tighten up
Supplies of tomatoes are attracting keener prices on the UK market at the seasons' switch-over.
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Morrisons moves Dutch operation
Morrisons wholly owned Dutch pre-packer subsidiary Bos Brothers is on the move.
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OFT invites farmers' views on code
The Office of Fair Trading has invited the NFU, on a confidential basis, to build up and submit a dossier of alleged breaches of the OFT Code of Practice for supermarkets and their suppliers.
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ArticleBanana availability threat as Jamaica returns
Bananas from Jamaica will soon be back on stream, meanwhile UK importers are strapped for the cash necessary to buy licences.
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ArticleLettuce supplies swing
Supplies of lettuce have been oscillating on the UK market as sources switch over and extremely changeable weather has an impact.
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ArticleSpanish decry Egyptian imports
Citrus growers in Spain are protesting the arrival of peach-fly infected oranges from Egypt.