Salad vegetables news archive – Page 88
-
ArticleFlorette predicts great summer for salads
Florette believes that this summer will be the best for some time due to consumers holidaying at home, representing increased eating opportunities for salad.
-
ArticleHope shines through as clocks move forward
It is finally looking up for the salad sector this quarter, with UK cucumber and peppers coming on stream and Spanish product returning to form after a cold snap. What’s more, growers and suppliers are finding that orders are steady, despite the economic downturn. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports on the change of tune.
-
ArticleTough 2008 reported by Bakkavör Group
The Icelandic group has revealed a loss in its full-year results, with the group hit by significant one-off costs
-
Article
New sales VP for Natural Selection
The specialty salad group has promoted Glen Daniels to the role of vice-president of sales
-
ArticleOlney Co-op on cue
Visitors to The Co-operative store in Olney, in Buckinghamshire, on March 19 were treated not only to a day of perfect spring weather, but also activity in support of the start of the UK cucumber season.
-
ArticleCanadian retailer inks organic herb deal
Choices Markets has teamed up with Canadian aboriginal descendants to offer a line of indoor-grown organic herbs
-
ArticleFlorette adds new salads to line-up
UK prepared salad specialist Florette is launching two new products, including a market first, ahead of a summer season that is set to be of vital significance to the sector.
-
ArticleSalyer teams up with Marie’s Dressing
Salyer American will promote Iceberg and Romaine lettuce with a range of Marie's dressings to US shoppers this summer
-
ArticleTenderstem comes of age
A relatively new crop on the marketplace, Tenderstem broccoli is managing to battle through the recession and establish itself as a must-have niche line in UK multiples. Elizabeth O’Keefe visits the vegetable’s main areas of production in Kenya to find out how the industry is faring.
-
Article
Kebab salads found wanting
A recent Health Protection Agency (HPA) study has found high levels of unacceptable microbiological quality in salads at kebab takeaways.
-
ArticleUS restricts tomato import access
Tomatoes sourced from certain Mediterranean and northern African countries must now meet additional import requirements in the US
-
ArticleBasket Wash redesign for Key Tech
The US group has announced the launch of its new Basket Wash equipment for fresh-cut produce
-
ArticleBelgian veg struggles on German market
Exports of many Belgian vegetables to Germany have declined over the past year due to tough competition in Europe
-
ArticleMastronardi in High School Musical deal
US company Mastronardi Produce, which owns the Sunset brand, will be marketing salad lines with Disney Garden packaging starting this spring.
-
Article
Syngenta presents new tomato seeds
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables gathered its grower customers together at a working breakfast in El Ejido, Almería, earlier this month to present its latest offer of new tomato, melon and capsicum seeds for the commercial market.
-
ArticleCranberry cheer at Florette
Prepared salad specialist Florette has teamed up with Ocean Spray for an in-pack promotional campaign.
-
ArticleAgriver launches salicornia
Israeli exporter Agriver showcased its new supplies of salicornia, known as samphire on the UK market, at Fruit Logistica.
-
ArticleMixed season for LAVA auctions
Belgium’s auctions chalked up very varied results in 2008, according to Maarten De Moor, executive director of LAVA - the umbrella organisation of Flandria auctions
-
ArticleSummer lovin' for Azura tomatoes
Franco-Moroccan tomato exporter Azura will be growing cherry and cocktail tomatoes during the summer months for the first time this year.
-
ArticleUK supermarket gets Intense
Nunhem’s Instense tomato is about to launch into a UK multiple just a year after winning the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award.