All Production & Trade articles – Page 1663

  • Article

    IRI seminar tackles retail issues

    2004-06-15T15:01:01Z

    How can you maximise the chance that customers choose to purchase your product? An IRI event in London later this month will attempt to answer this question and others.

  • In store now
    Article

    Waitrose talks up home-grown fruit

    2004-06-15T12:01:01Z

    Waitrose is highlighting British-sourced strawberries and raspberries, cherries - when they come into season in about a fortnight - and some high volume tomato lines, with a new tray talker.

  • JS customers to become mango experts
    Article

    JS customers to become mango experts

    2004-06-15T11:01:01Z

    Sainsbury’s is kicking off an exotic fruit education programme tomorrow, June 16.

  • Australia's apple and pear orchards would be devastated by a Fire Blight breakout
    Article

    Aussie apple protesters take to streets

    2004-06-14T14:01:00Z

    Australia’s apple and pear growers take to the streets to fight New Zealand import plan.

  • Chiquita negotiates Colombian sale
    Article

    Chiquita negotiates Colombian sale

    2004-06-14T09:31:54Z

    Chiquita Brands International is negotiating the sale of its Colombian banana and port operation to CI Banacol.

  • Article

    Pepper interest hots up

    2004-06-13T09:01:00Z

    Orange sweet peppers have attracted huge interest from the trade following their launch within the Flandria range at the beginning of March this year.

  • Article

    FPC issues SPV warning

    2004-06-11T11:01:01Z

    THE FRESH Produce Consortium is seeking views from members on proposed amendments to the EU's simplified procedure values (SPVs) for calculating import duty.

  • Article

    Tariff-only negotiations near

    2004-06-11T10:01:00Z

    Banana growers in leading producing countries are bracing themselves as the European Commission took the first step earlier this week in seeking a mandate from the European Council to negotiate terms with third countries for the new banana regime.

  • Article

    CCFRA looks at rapid cooling

    2004-06-10T17:01:00Z

    CCFRA’s latest review, Rapid Cooling of Foods, describes a range of emerging developments and novel methods for the rapid cooling of foods.

  • Favorita diversifies its position in Russian market
    Article

    Favorita diversifies its position in Russian market

    2004-06-10T13:01:00Z

    The Favorita Fruit Company has terminated a commercial agreement for the sale of bananas in Russia with JFC International under mutual accord.

  • Veridian  is expanding its processed onion production capacity
    Article

    Veridian expands production capacity

    2004-06-10T08:01:01Z

    Processed onion supplier Veridian has expanded its production capacity by 50 per cent to satisfy growing demand from food manufacturers.

  • Article

    Irish mushroom growers merge

    2004-06-09T13:01:01Z

    Two of the Republic of Ireland’s biggest mushroom growers are merging to form the biggest player in Europe’s mushroom industry.

  • Article

    Syngenta makes new appointment

    2004-06-09T08:01:01Z

    Syngenta Seeds has confirmed that Keith Harwood has been appointed as the UK sales manager for vegetables.

  • Apple Mint is Sainsbury's herb of the month for June
    Article

    Sainsbury's pushes mint in June

    2004-06-08T13:01:00Z

    Sainsbury's has announced it will be focusing on apple mint as its June herb of the month.

  • Article

    Willowbrook takes on PropaFresh

    2004-06-08T11:01:02Z

    Willowbrooks Food, fresh produce processor and packer, has started using a high-performance anti-mist film from Surface Specialities UCB.

  • Bown: plums duff
    Article

    Chile increases European sendings

    2004-06-07T16:01:01Z

    Chile is enjoying a successful season in Europe, with sendings up by more than 10 per cent overall.

  • Global shipping markets exhibited unprecedented growth in 2003
    Article

    Summit addresses China factor

    2004-06-07T14:01:02Z

    World Shipping (China) Annual Summit aims to explain the reasons behind unprecedented growth in the world's shipping markets.

  • Salad days are here again...
    Article

    Mushrooms back in salad role

    2004-06-07T08:01:01Z

    The Mushroom Bureau is telling the world that mushroom guideline changes now make them the ideal salad ingredient this summer.

  • The signing: Pipfruit NZ ceo Paul Browne (r) with chairman Phil Alison (l) and HortResearch ceo Paul McGilvary (c).
    Article

    World apple breakthrough

    2004-06-06T16:01:00Z

    In a world first for the apple industry, Pipfruit New Zealand and NZ crown research body HortResearch have announced a joint venture with Associated International Group of Nurseries (AIGN), based in the US and Apple & Pear Australia (Apal).

  • Article

    Belgians aim for veg standard

    2004-06-06T08:01:00Z

    LAVA, the umbrella organisation that groups seven Belgian auctions is working towards one single standard for assessing vegetable quality.