All Production & Trade articles – Page 1535
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ArticleHortResearch searching for UK partners
HortResearch, the New Zealand-based research organisation, is looking for strategic alliances in the UK to develop commercial opportunities.
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Carbon reduction project's £800,000 boost
Leading academics and industrialists are to work together on an £800,000 research project to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released by the food industry.
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Kiwifruit disappointment for Seeka
A major New Zealand kiwifruit grower and packer has announced a predicted short-fall in its annual interim profit report.
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Campari has other cocktail tomato varieties on the rocks
Retailers need a bona fide leader, not an apprentice, to drive sales of their tomato categories, said the Campari Marketing Group at PMA in Atlanta. And Campari is trumping all others in the US market.
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Del Monte profit drop
Higher spending on promotion and production has cut Fresh Del Monte’s latest profits by more than half despite an upsurge in sales.
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Grape change for South African producer
This year’s South African grape season will spell great change for one of the Orange River region’s best-known suppliers.
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PMA establishes Recruitment Foundation
US trade association PMA has decided to establish an Education Foundation, to enhance the training and recruitment facets of the produce industry.
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ArticlePhenomenal strawberry performance
Spalding-based Hargreaves Plants Ltd is reporting record strawberry plant sales in 2005 and sees underlying trends that illustrate changing varietal preferences in the UK marketplace.
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Rot warning for potatoes
Potato growers are being warned to look out for rotting tubers soon after storage following outbreaks of rain-induced soft rot in some fields.
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ArticleEdible pumpkins on the rise
Tesco has double its sales of pumpkins this year, but is not putting its success entirely down to the witching season.
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Prescott rejection for S&A appeal
S&A appeal against decision to scrap accommodation site is turned down.
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ArticleSuperior results in
The official figures for the Spanish Superior Seedless grape have been released for the season, which ended in August.
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South African grape speculation inaccurate
Speculation that the South African table grape industry is on course to harvest an unusually large export crop this season is inaccurate, according to one exporter.
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Farm profits continue to fall
Environmental concern is on the up but farmers are losing money producing food according to Deloitte's latest farm income survey.
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ArticleCook aims for closer connection
An award-winning retailer is looking for closer links with suppliers to help reconnect consumers with the supply chain.
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Chiquita's ethical move
Banana giant Chiquita has signed up to a new scheme by the Ethical Trading Initiative to improve the labour rights of its workers in developing countries.
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ArticleScots farmers hit streets against multiples
Scottish farmers will be on the streets tomorrow (Saturday) to continue their action in protest against supermarket margins.
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ArticleWallace gets tender
Former greengrocer turned Masterchef judge, Greg Wallace, has been signed up as the new face of Tenderstem broccoli.
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£1m booster for waste scheme
A new farm plastic-waste collection programme has received £1million funding from Defra.
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ArticleMore produce lines join ECR elite
Three produce lines join elite as record number of products score 100 per cent in the quarterly ECR UK On-Shelf Availability survey.