All Production & Trade articles – Page 953

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    Nestlé boss warns industry must tackle water crisis

    2013-04-16T10:16:44Z

    Nestlé chief executive Paul Bulke has painted a picture of a bleak future for global food production if farmers, suppliers and even consumers do not get a grip on water preservation.

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    Onion investment pays off

    2013-04-16T10:16:43Z

    A new onion palletiser at Bedfordshire Growers is giving the firm a 10 per cent efficiency uplift.

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    Coca-Cola steps up control of Innocent

    2013-04-16T10:16:42Z

    The Coca-Cola Company has announced that it has increased its investment in UK-based smoothie giant Innocent by buying the majority of the founders' remaining shares, a deal that is subject to governmental approval.

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    NFU sets out new agenda for growth

    2013-04-16T10:16:42Z

    The NFU horticulture and potatoes board has laid out an ambitious growth strategy to reverse the downward trend of plummeting incomes set last year.

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    New face for Interfarm UK

    2013-04-16T10:16:39Z

    A leading agricultural and horticultural supply company has added a new face to its management team.

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    Double tragedy at Blackmoor as two staff are found dead

    2013-04-16T10:16:38Z

    Fruit grower and packer Blackmoor Estate in Hampshire has been hit by a double tragedy when two members of staff died at work earlier this week.

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    NFU offers growers negotiation advice

    2013-04-16T10:16:38Z

    Producers and their representatives need to be better prepared and have every issue costed out in their negotiations with buyers, delegates at the first NFU grower representative summit were told last week.

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    NZ strikes back on frozen produce claims

    2013-04-16T10:16:37Z

    New Zealand growers are hitting back at claims by an Australian trade body that its trans-Tasman neighbour is sending sub-standard frozen vegetables to its shores.

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    EWT revamps business following trading loss

    2013-04-16T10:16:32Z

    Top-fruit grower, packer and supplier Empire World Trade (EWT) is bouncing back from a “very tough year” which saw it post a loss for the 12 months to 28 April 2012 of £174,000 after tax.

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    Pom Wonderful outlines UK push

    2013-04-16T10:16:31Z

    Pom Wonderful, the 100 per cent Californian pomegranate juice, is set to hit UK television screens during March and April with a £1.2m (€1.42m) advertising campaign.

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    'Pear volume down 20 per cent', says BFV

    2013-04-16T10:16:29Z

    Belgium-based pear producer Belgische Fruitveiling (BFV) has confirmed that there has been a 20 per cent decline in current volume.

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    Industry teams up to tackle new fruit fly

    2013-04-16T10:16:25Z

    The soft-fruit sector is leading a co-ordinated industry response to ward off the potentially devastating effects of a new fruit fly.

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    Turnover improvement for ND

    2013-04-16T10:16:22Z

    French logistics organisation Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has announced an increase in annual turnover of 8.5 per cent for 2012, up to €3.88bn from €3.58bn the previous year.

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    Abel & Cole success 'can boost veg box category'

    2013-04-16T10:16:21Z

    Analysts have predicted a bright future for the organic box-scheme sector after Abel & Cole posted an impressive set of financial results.

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    Spanish imports on the rise

    2013-04-16T10:16:19Z

    Spain's fresh fruit and vegetable imports grew 1.4 per cent on a year-on-year basis for the 11 months to November 2012, according to new data published by Fepex.

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    Chiquita reveals preliminary results

    2013-04-16T10:16:17Z

    Chiquita Brands International has outlined its preliminary results for the fourth quarter and full-year of 2012, with sales forecast to remain stable and yearly income expected to fall on the previous 12 months.

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    Fresh produce behind Eurotunnel success

    2013-04-16T10:16:16Z

    Eurotunnel says that flowers and fruit and vegetables helped it to achieve record revenues of £843.8 million for 2012.

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    UK Fairtrade Foundation announces new CEO

    2013-04-16T10:16:16Z

    The UK's Fairtrade Foundation last month announced the appointment of Michael Gidney as its new CEO to replace Harriet Lamb, who became chief executive of Fairtrade International last summer.

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    UN urges people to buy ugly fruit & veg

    2013-04-16T10:16:16Z

    The United Nations has urged shoppers around the world to buy misshapen or aesthetically imperfect fresh produce in a bid to limit the volume of fresh produce that goes to waste every year and feed millions of people around the world who go hungry every day.

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    Thanet Earth harvest first cucumbers of 2013

    2013-04-16T10:16:04Z

    Thanet Earth has begun harvesting its first cucumbers of the year and says that despite recent low light levels plants are looking strong and healthy.