All articles by Tom Bonnett – Page 24
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Banana producers unite to fight black sigatoka
Banana producers’ representatives in the Dominican Republic were due to meet this week to draw up a plan to battle black sigatoka, which is destroying their crops.
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Blow-up potato storage solution
A fully portable, inflatable, short-term potato storage solution has been developed by Preva Produce, LambWeston Meijer and Lindstrand Technologies to reduce the costs of temporary storage.
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Growers concerned by UK market
Southern hemisphere onion growers are facing problems in providing the UK’s off-peak season.
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Food safety campaign ‘flawed’ and ‘confusing’
The Food Standards Agency's hygiene campaign has been slammed by the Fresh Produce Consortium as flawed and confusing.
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GM potato that could 'defend itself from blight'
German biotech firm BASF has applied for EU approval to grow a new GM potato.
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Call for Spanish citrus pickers to strike
Spanish trades unions FITAT and UGT-PV have called an indefinite strike among citrus pickers in the Valencia region.
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Agrexco resumes shipping strawberries to UK
Agrexco has started importing strawberries to the UK once again in what it hopes will be a “grand entrance to the market” after months out of the game.
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Morrisons brand strategist resigns
Morrisons head of brand strategy has resigned after less than six months forcing a staff shake-up in the retailer’s own-brand marketing team.
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Advance savings on Fruit Logistica tickets
Fruit Logistica partner Market Intelligence is offering UK and Irish visitors to the 2012 show significant savings if they pre-book.
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Weather plays havoc with wholesale prices
Wholesale markets hit a pre-December slump this week exacerbated by the warm autumn weather so far.
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Pink Lady launches PinKids mini apple
Pink Lady has teamed up with Disney in a three-year deal to promote small apples to kids.
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Tesco announces Big Christmas Price Drop
Tesco is cutting the cost of 1,000 everyday items in a Big Christmas Price Drop.
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Britain facing £20m garlic bill
The UK faces a £20m bill for duties apparently unpaid on imported fresh garlic, it has emerged.
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CAP reforms slammed for threatening growth
The president of the National Farmers Union (NFU) has criticised the planned reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for increasing costs at a time when the industry needs to increase output.
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Warning over commodity price trap
The vegetable industry is not helping itself when it comes to retailer relations and should unite to prevent further commoditisation of the category.
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Views sought on potato levy rises
A consultation period has begun on plans to increase the levy on potatoes.
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UK increasingly important for kaki sales
The UK is becoming an important strategic market for kaki fruit, according to the regulatory council for the protected denomination of origin of kaki from the Ribera del Xuquer, in Spain.
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Retail statistics are 'overly positive', says BRC
Official figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) paint too rosy a picture of the state of retail, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has said.
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Vacuum-packed avocado halves hit the shelves
To solve the problem of too hard or too brown avocadoes, one supermarket has developed a way of letting shoppers see exactly what they are buying.
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New recruits at Norman Collett
Fruit marketing desk Norman Collett has hired Sam Jarvis from Chingford fruit and former Finlay's employee Lizzie Mallet.