Salad vegetables news archive – Page 64
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Salad category sees growth as suppliers tackle new challenges
It’s a positive outlook for the salad industry at the end of a year that has been plagued by the summer’s E. coli scares and contrary weather bringing fickle consumer demand. Elizabeth O’Keefe takes a look at the marketplace as winter sets in
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Dole Salads named as marketing leader
Supermarket News lauds Dole for 'reinvigorating' the salad category in US supermarket produce departments
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Dole acquires Fafi Fresh Cuts Oy
Investment marks the start of 'new growth for fresh-cut products in Finland', Dole Europe says
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Lea Valley seeking cucumber PGI
Valley in Hertfordshire are understood to be applying for protected geographical indicator (PGI) status for their product.
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Rijk Zwaan holds first Leafy Event
Group hosts event in the Netherlands to discuss the future of the leafy green salad industry
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Mâche Nantaise set for race
Lamb's lettuce from the western French region of Nantes will see its new campaign kick off with the Foulées du Tram run
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Energy firm powers new giant glasshouse project
A new wave of large-scale green glasshouse developments are set to hit the UK, creating thousands of jobs and significantly increasing UK production.
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Florette in £5m brand spend
Florette is planning its biggest ever brand investment of £5 million next year and an in-store trial that could revolutionise the salads fixture.
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Florette plans major UK push
Group to invest €5.8m in 2012 marketing campaign that aims to tap into sporting and celebratory feel-good factor
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Apio launches Chipotle salad mix
Company adds to salad line with product looking to tap into trend towards bolder pepper flavours
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Fresh Express pushes organic credentials
Chiquita subsidiary introduces two organic salads and begins 'Organic but more' drive
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Rocket EC gets cucumber green light
The Horticultural Development Company (HDC) has secured an extension of authorisation for the use of Rocket EC to control powdery mildew in protected cucumber crops.
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Fresh Express loses E.coli claim
Fresh Express has had its US$12m claim for E.coli losses overturned by a state appeals court
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Key Tech appoints European marketer
Richard van Densen is taking over as marketing manager at Key Technology's European operation
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Rijk Zwaan puts innovation on display
Dutch vegetable seed specialist is to launch outdoor demonstration days in Fijnaart
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APS Salads in Kentish expansion
Tomato grower APS Salads is building new glasshouses as it looks to more than double its existing acreage.
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'Love My Salad', Rijk Zwaan tells Hong Kong
Dutch group will spotlight its consumer website at Asia Fruit Logistica in Hong Kong, from 7-9 September 2011
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Toll of E.coli crisis on Spain revealed
Spanish export figures show collapse in vegetable prices caused by E.coli outbreak during June
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Tomato growers look for late-season surge
UK tomato growers need a warm spell to give their campaign a late-season boost, an industry spokesman has said.
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Salad category experiences the calm after the storm
The salads industry was hit with an unprecedented crisis this quarter. More than any climatic event or economic shift, the E. coli effect has had a catastrophic impact on not just sales, but continued consumer confidence. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports