Tomato news archive – Page 87

  • The Co-op strips its cucumbers
    Article

    The Co-op strips its cucumbers

    2007-08-29T08:01:01Z

    The Co-operative is to become the first retailer in the UK to launch “naked” cucumbers - by stripping the plastic shrink-wrap from whole cucumbers.

  • Article

    Slicing made easy

    2007-08-28T16:01:01Z

    Gilberts Food Equipment has launched the new Nemco Easy Tomato Slicer II.

  • Sweet music at Southport
    Article

    Sweet music at Southport

    2007-08-28T16:01:01Z

    Flavour Fresh Salads faced the music at the recent Southport Flower show.

  • TGA knows the score
    Article

    TGA knows the score

    2007-08-27T11:01:01Z

    British tomato growers have added another medal to this year’s crop, when Flavourfresh Salads won gold at the Southport Flower Show.

  • Article

    The industry will not lose its spirit

    2007-08-23T17:48:03Z

    I get the feeling that the natural resilience of the industry is being tested to breaking point at the present time, and will

  • Article

    Get ready for the city harvest

    2007-08-19T14:01:01Z

    Urban gardeners and farmers across the capital are gearing up for the eighth City Harvest Festival.

  • Article

    Yorkshire day in store

    2007-08-15T12:01:01Z

    English Village Salads (EVS) and Asda celebrated Yorkshire Day in style on August 1

  • EVS/Asda celebrate Yorkshire Day
    Article

    EVS/Asda celebrate Yorkshire Day

    2007-08-13T08:01:01Z

    English Village Salads (EVS) and Asda celebrated Yorkshire Day in style on August 1, with in-store activity at six of the Yorkshire-based retailer’s stores in the county.

  • Article

    Canaries counts cost of fires

    2007-08-10T13:01:01Z

    Forest fires in the north and north west of the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands have destroyed farms and potato and tomato production land.

  • Avoid climatic consequences
    Article

    Avoid climatic consequences

    2007-08-09T16:41:39Z

    The possible consequences of climate change have been well documented this year and, with the UK forecast to have hotter, drier summers and warmer, wetter winters, the fresh produce industry is working to adapt to future conditions. But a new survey shows that UK growers believe climate change could benefit their businesses. Anna Sbuttoni reports.

  • Close up of Sea Buckthorn berries
    Article

    Sweden’s fruit secret

    2007-08-08T15:21:03Z

    In Sweden, profitable fruit crops are being grown in areas that would not have been thought possible. Members of the Essex and Suffolk Fruit Growers Society recently undertook a study tour to find out more, as Joanna Wood reports.

  • The Yaara tomato
    Article

    Hazera launches new tom variety

    2007-08-08T10:01:01Z

    Israeli breeder Hazera Genetics has launched the new Yaara tomato variety.

  • Article

    A nicer Nisa today

    2007-08-05T12:01:01Z

    Nisa-Today is adding its voice to those of other retailers with a pledge to promote up to five different fresh produce lines every three weeks on its consumer leaflet in a bid to further raise the profile of the 5-A-Day initiative.

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    Canary Islands fires affect farms

    2007-08-02T09:01:01Z

    Forest fires in the north and north west of the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands have destroyed farms and potato and tomato production land.

  • Salad days
    Article

    Salad days

    2007-07-27T11:31:55Z

    David Shapley rounds up the latest developments in salad varieties and looks at what marketing trends are currently affecting the sector.

  • Firmly in the saddle
    Article

    Firmly in the saddle

    2007-07-26T16:52:15Z

    While it may have had something of a makeover since its thriving heyday in the 1970s and 1980s, the Paddock Wood trading estate in Kent has still managed to maintain a key presence in the UK’s fresh produce sector in recent years. Laura Gould visited some of the companies based on the site to find out why.

  • Article

    Electronic tongue trial

    2007-07-26T14:43:10Z

    Trials on electronic taste-tesing procedures for Flandria tomatoes are underway in Belgium.

  • Article

    Cash splurge for export veg

    2007-07-26T11:46:02Z

    New Zealand vegetable exports are set to benefit from a multi-million dollar research project.

  • Yes Peas! reaches for the sky
    Article

    Yes Peas! reaches for the sky

    2007-07-25T15:01:01Z

    The award-winning campaign to get the nation eating more frozen peas - Yes Peas! - has stepped up its promotions by working with UK electrical retailer Comet.

  • Tomato specialist gains new shareholder
    Article

    Tomato specialist gains new shareholder

    2007-07-25T09:48:21Z

    Wight Salads Group (WSG) yesterday acquired a new majority shareholder. RAR Group, a private Portuguese company, now controls 70 per cent of the WSG shareholding.