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The fifth edition of MARCAbyBOLOGNAFIERE – Private Label Conference and Exhibition, the foremost event for brand names and the reference point for the business community, will be held in Bologna on 15 and 16 January 2009.
SoFresh
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December
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Now in its third year, Planet Retail’s annual awards programme recognises innovations in retailing and foodservice from around the world. With retailers and restaurant operators facing one of the toughest consumer markets in living memory, the judging panel, comprised of Planet Retail’s own global team of analysts, said this year’s innovations “reflect modifications to existing formats rather than totally new concepts which break the mould.”
PlanetRetail
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December
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“And what do you have for breakfast?” is the slogan of a campaign to promote the consumption of healthy foods developed by UCAMAN, the Federation of Agricultural Co-operatives in Castilla-La Mancha. The campaign forms part of the NAOS strategy (Nutrition, Physical activity and Prevention of obesity) promoted by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Castilla-La Mancha and designed to combat the problem of rising child obesity.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Brassicas Today
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December
2008
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With 2009 nearly upon us, look for new product marketers to make the year interesting with beauty foods and drinks, detox products and concentrated liquid cleaners that cut costs and help the environment. Datamonitor's Product Launch Analytics takes a look at these and other trends in consumer packaged goods for the coming year.
Datamonitor
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December
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Spain is the world's leading exporter of fruit and vegetables and one of the biggest producers as well. This much is confirmed by the figures furnished by the Spanish Federation of Fruit, Vegetable, Flower and Live Plant Producing Exporters (FEPEX), the co-organiser of FRUIT ATRACTION, the Fruit & Vegetables Trade Show, alongside IFEMA. This new event is due to take place between 4th and 6th November at Feria de Madrid.
Ifema
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December
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Tesco is in for a very tough time when it reports third-quarter figures this week. The supermarket giant is tipped to reveal its worst sales performance since the early 1990s recession, with like-for-like sales growth in its core UK business from 4% this time last year, to between 1.1% and 2%.
International Supermarket News
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December
2008
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According to a report by the Spanish Retail Business Price Observatory, published recently by the Spanish Ministry of Industry, fruit and vegetable prices can vary by up to 35% depending on the town or city where they are sold, while F&V can cost up to 61% more depending on the retailer or the point of sale.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Brassicas Today
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December
2008
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The German supermarket chain Rewe has increased it’s presence in Russia by the acquisition of 13 Njam Njam supermarkets making it’s Russian estate up to 59 stores. The company is using it’s Austrian subsidiary Eurobilla, which currently controls its Central and Eastern European businesses to oversee the take over.
International Supermarket News
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December
2008
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Thanks to the favourable weather in this season, on the market there are a lot of domestic root vegetables and brassica. The supply is so big that suppliers have problems with selling.
Fresh-Market
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December
2008
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Manual cutting of broccoli and cauliflower florets is a difficult and labour intensive task. In co-operation with the company AIT in Tudela/Spain FTNON supplies a new decoring system for broccoli and cauliflower. They are two innovative machines, which can produce broccoli and cauliflower florets in a quick and careful way.
Food Technology Noord-Oost Nederland B.V.(FTNON)
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December
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The French brand Florette has recently launched a new product: broccoli, ready to cook in the microwave. Together with another new variety, green beans with turnip and carrot, this product forms part of Florette’s extended microwave product range, which first appeared in March and has proved a great success for the company.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Brassicas Today
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December
2008
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Cauliflower crops in the region of Murcia, mainly focused on the Campo de Cartagena area, have shown a strong increase in the last 10 years. In 1998, cauliflowers were grown on an area of 373 ha; nowadays they occupy more than 1,200 ha.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Brassicas Today
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December
2008
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Estimations for this year’s headed cabbage and cauliflower production in Poland made by the Polish central statistical office (GUS) last September and released by Fruit and Vegetable Markets fall below those made in July. Last July, GUS estimated that headed cabbage production would total 1.3m tonnes in 2008, but in September the figure forecast was 1.2m tonnes. Estimated cauliflower production also slipped, from 222,000 to 215,000 tonnes.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Brassicas Today
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December
2008
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The use of fresh convenience products in the food service sector has seen significant growth in the past few years, driven by elements such as personnel cutbacks and hygiene regulations. High-quality fresh-cut convenience products ranging from single-portion fruit for breakfast buffets and tasty desserts, to fresh-cut lettuce served as a delicious salad accompanying the main course have long since become key ingredients in restaurants and catering kitchens.
Freshconex
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December
2008
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The Carrefour Group is launching trials of a new store banner, Carrefour Contact, to build on
the strength of the Carrefour brand.Located at the entry to or in the centre of small towns and villages, Carrefour Contact is a convenience store format offering a selection of everyday essential food items, with a broader range of fresh produce and a butcher's counter. The store also allows customers to
shop for pleasure or for last-minute essentials.
Carrefour
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December
2008
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HORTYFRUTA featured LOLA Andalusian Fresh Produce, as a brand to identify the fresh produce from Andalucia. LOLA is not only a seal but a differentiation brand to highlight products at the market to improve marketing of fresh produce and to enforce the identity of the sector.
Freshplaza
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December
2008
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The FRESHCONEX Virtual Market Place Internet portal at www.freshconex.com presents more information in 2008/2009. This industry platform for the fresh-cut convenience trade is where well-known companies, market leaders and new enterprises from more than 13 countries present their company profiles, products and services. Covering the entire sector, key topics range from fresh-cut products and processing technologies, to special product packaging, food quality and safety.
Freshconex
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December
2008
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Representatives of 17 European countries called on the European Union to take urgent measures to fight the rapid increase of fake and illegal pesticides. At an international conference in Warsaw, 150 participants from European enforcement and control authorities agreed that the problem was increasing in many states, and that coordinated action was needed.
ECPA
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December
2008
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Cabbages returned the fourth-highest export figures of all Spanish vegetables in the period from January to September 2008. These figures showed an increase of 2.5% on the same period in 2007 and only tomatoes, lettuce and peppers were exported in greater quantities. According to the Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Producers and Exporters (FEPEX), a total volume of 246,932 tonnes of cabbage was exported in the first nine months of 2008.
Syngenta Seeds Vegetables Brassicas Today
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December
2008
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The Russians consumed 106 kg of vegetables per person in 2007, the same quantity as in 2006, according to official information published by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) in its bimonthly report.
S&G Brassicas Today
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November
2008
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The fifth anniversary conference "Fruits and Vegetables of Ukraine 2008" promises to have the largest scale in the history of its existence. Eight months before the event "Fruit-Inform" started to receive the application forms, because the conference has been already included to the working schedules of all largest companies of the industry: the producers and processors, the wholesale companies, suppliers of the inputs and equipments, and the supermarket chains.
Fruit-Inform
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November
2008
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The digital Italian publication, fruttaonline.it, reports that according to a recent survey of WUWM (World Union of Wholesale Markets) on the importance of wholesale markets in food distribution, 137 member markets (that have replied to a survey, 99 of which operate within the EU) serve alone 20% of the world’s population and receive 550,000 visitors daily, cover some 5,666 hectares.
Fruttaonline.it
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November
2008
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DEMAND for exhibition space from new and existing exhibitors alike means Asia’s leading trade show for the fresh fruit and vegetable business is set to grow still further when it returns to Hong Kong in September next year.
Fruit Logistica
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November
2008
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METRO Group continued its solid growth course during the first nine months of the year 2008. In an increasingly challenging market environment the company was able to increase consolidated year-on-year sales by 7.1% to € 47.8 billion. The international share of sales grew to 61.2%. Third-quarter sales rose by 6.7% to € 16.3 billion.
Metro
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November
2008
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The digital Italian publication, fruttaonline.it, reports that “Green agreement” is the quality label that will distinguish the Andalusian horticultural products, primarily fresh produce cultivated through integrated production from Almería and Granada. Now it has a promotional campaign established by the government by television, radio, billboards and newspapers with the aim to disseminate the excellence of healthy products as a guarantee for the consumer.
Fruttaonline.it
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November
2008
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The digital Italian publication, fruttaonline.it, reports that the port of Marseille (GPMM) has signed an agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for financing the construction of two new container terminals at a cost of 100 million euros.
Fruttaonline.it
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November
2008
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Export of Savoy cabbage has been rising systematically since 2004. In 2003 the export of this cabbage amounted to 12.5 thousand tonnes, while in 2007 increased to 45.9 thousand tonnes.
Fresh-Market
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November
2008
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Key Technology introduces the redesigned Auto Dryer for removing moisture from fresh-cut produce to enhance shelf life. Available in one-, two-, and four-drum configurations, the new Auto Dryer features a larger 980-mm (38.6-inch) diameter drum that increases production throughput and new electronics that improve reliability and simplify operation.
Key Technology
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November
2008
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The strong demand for fresh-cut convenience products in France, Spain and Italy has led to significant market growth. The spotlight falls on Italy in particular, where sales of fresh- cut fruits and vegetables have been booming in recent years and are now worth some EUR700m annually, second only to the UK in value terms.
Freshconnex
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November
2008
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A fifth of all fruit and vegetables go off before they reach supermarket shelves. A shelf life model created by the University of Bremen aims to reduce this in the future. Ambient Systems is providing the implementation technology with its third-generation active RFID solution.
Intelligent Container
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November
2008
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