All Fresh produce articles – Page 226
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New board for Whitworths
Dried fruit and baking specialist, Whitworths, has unveiled the new line-up for its board of directors. Bernard Cook has been appointed non-executive chairman. David Pratt, who joined Whitworths as group operations director in 1998, succeeds...
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US apples: Washington increase despite US reduction
US growers revised the initial crop estimates made by the USDA downwards last week at the annual conference of its national Apple Association held in Chicago last week. This initial forecast taken a month earlier was reduced from 254 million...
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EU Apples: EU still overproducing by millions of tonnes
Prognosfruit forecasts offer mixed bag of opportunities for coming season As generally anticipated by EU apple growers, this year's crop shows only a marginal fluctuation from last season, although the commercial effects will be far more difficult...
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EU pears: Conference dominates 46% UK rise
The English pear crop is forecast to rise substantially this season and will be up 46% reaching a total of 26,000 tonnes, mainly of Conference but supported by Comice and Concorde. Fruit quality is reported as very good with few mis-shapes,...
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LETTUCE: Increasing growth of prepared salad trade
Growers think BIGA on web Plans by the 18 members of the British Iceberg Lettuce Growers' Association to link together on its new web site to exchange commercial information and crop forecasts will come to fruition next season said chairman...
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Del Monte: SA to reveal new process
Exclusive Tim Palmer, Cape Town Del Monte's South African subsidiary is working on a new process which could revolutionise the fruit processing business. In an exclusive interview with The Grocer in South Africa, operations and production director...
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NEW CENTRE OPENS
A privately owned fruit, flower and vegetable market, the Yorkshire Produce Centre, opened its doors this week. Previously the Booker unit at Cross Green Industrial Estate, Pontefract Lane, the 105,000 sq ft building was redeveloped at a cost of...
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UK Apples: English dessert season set to be disappointing
Shortfalls for Cox and Discovery but brighter news for Gala The forecasts for English dessert apples this year present a mixed picture. With the first Discovery already on supermarket shelves this week, the season is expected to be shorter with...
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Chile: Weather wreaks export havoc
Full programme fails to materialise Chilean global fruit exports are not predicted to improve dramatically by the end of the season following the shortfall revealed in the most recent July figures. A similar pattern is also expected to emerge...
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Soft fruit: Spain boom in organics
Spain has successfully sold at least 6,000 tonnes of organic strawberries to the UK in the past season according to Douglas Kemp, chairman of AFI Sales. The Huelva region has also been the source of limited arrivals of raspberries. English...
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BANANA FRAUD EXPOSED
The scale of the recently discovered EU banana fraud appears to be vast according to Alessandro Buttice representing the anti fraud office (OLAF). A spot check revealed a single cargo of 4,000 tonnes of Ecuador bananas to be an unlicensed import....
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The Grocer guide to wine (an advertising supplement): Seagra
Heard it on the grape vine... Seagram UK Ltd The Ark 201 Talgarth Rd London W6 8BN Tel: 020 8250 1018 Fax: 020 8250 1913 E-mail: jenny_stewart@seagram.com Key contacts Commercial manager, wine Matthew Stubbs MW ...
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Fruit focus 2000
Speciality, added value image needs to be boosted Organics hit by lower returns There is increasing concern that growers of organic crops will be unable to provide greater volumes to compensate for the lower prices. The position could worsen...
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Fruit focus 2000
KG exclusivity for Sovereign varieties Major CalIfornian strawberry breeder Driscoll Strawberry Associates has granted exclusivity to English soft fruit co-operative KG (formerly Kentish Garden) to grow late ever bearers Alta Vista and Bueza in the...
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Starburst turns sour
Mars' latest addition to the Starburst brand is Starburst Sourburst. Containing real fruit juices, the sour fruit flavours include cherry, lemon, apple, lime, strawberry, peach, blackcurrant and grapefruit. Starburst Sourburst is available in...
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CHERRIES: UK crop in short supply
English cherries are in short supply this season, according to growers at the prestigious Cherry and Soft Fruit Show held annually in Kent. The crop is 60% lighter than last year. Cold weather affecting pollination in April and May is to blame,...
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Heinz working with La Doria as it enters the canned tomato m
Exclusive Karen Dempsey Heinz is stretching its reach into canned tomatoes with the launch of a new range due to hit shelves in October. As well as peeled plum (rsp 37p for a single, £1.39 for a four pack) and chopped tomatoes (rsp 39p single,...
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CARROTS: Growers hope market balance will return
Carrots and packers are facing the English carrot season with a greater degree of optimism because overall planting has dropped by an estimated 12-14% compared with last year. Mervyn Negus, md of Norfolk based Watton Produce, believes that while...