Salad vegetables news archive – Page 48
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ArticleSeed firms gear up for kale growth
The ever-increasing demand for kale is bringing challenges and opportunities
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ArticleValefresco manager named new leafy salads boss
Jackie Harris replaces Graham Clarkson as chair of the BLSA, after Clarkson left Vitacress to join soft fruit firm Edward Vinson
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ArticleWellpak enters salads market
Evesham supplier is launching a new salads business unit, headed up by new commercial manager Rebecca Quiney
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ArticleBrand refresh and new pack sizes for Florette
Salad giant says move is aimed at 'solving the wastage issue and injecting growth into the leafy prepared salad category.'
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ArticleAquaponic farm gets green light
A London warehouse will be converted into a salad, herb and fish farm, and will produce 200,000 bags of salad a year
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ArticleNew director in charge at La Linea Verde
Andrea Battagliola succeeds Massimo Bragotto, who has decided to leave the fresh convenience group after eight years
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ArticleManufacturing efficiencies help Florette up profits
Salad giant posted a pre-tax profit of £5.2 million for the year ending 31 December 2014, up from £4.1m in 2013
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ArticleVision starts Mexican cucumber programme
Vision Produce announces its La Visión cucumber programme, sourced from Caborca, Mexico
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ArticleEating spinach and kale could 'keep your brain young'
Pensioners monitored in study who had just one or two helpings a day allegedly had brainpower of people 11 years younger
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ArticleFresh liquidity: new direction for Chiquita
New owners Cutrale and Safra have wasted no time in building a team with the potential to diversify and expand
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ArticleOwnership tussle delays Chiquita recovery
Chiquita reveals it made a US$62.5m loss in 2014, mainly due to the costs it incurred trying to merge with Fyffes
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ArticleFresh Express in multi-product launch
Group debuts eight new products, including Functional Health Salad Kit line
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ArticleVitacress to take five UK farms 'out of production'
Group CEO tells FPJ that sites in Hampshire and Dorset will be "rested" as they have produced more watercress than the business can sell
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ArticleGrowers asked to help with crop loss research project
“Ground-breaking” project into the scale of crop loss on farms is seeking help from strawberry, potato and lettuce growers
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ArticleNew boxes for Eosta chicory
The Dutch company has launched a new chicory carton designed to boost shelf life and reduce waste
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ArticleCucumbers feel the squeeze
Cucumbers are not without their struggles, with pressures coming from supermarket price wars and little product development
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ArticleLea Valley powers into the future
The Lea Valley growing region is powering ahead as growers are diversifying into becoming small-scale energy suppliers. Nina Pullman visits the region
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VideoNew snack grows sprout and mushroom filling
3D-printed pastry case embedded with spores and seeds could offer new means of producing healthy and sustainable food
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ArticleBonduelle HY turnover tops €1bn
French prepared food and salad specialist sees half-year turnover climb 3.1 per cent on the previous year
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ArticleFlorette makes Danish move
French bagged salad specialist has made a deal with Denmark’s Lammefjords Gront as it looks to grow in the north