Morrisons makes big investment in food manufacturing with new Greenside Centre
UK retatiler Morrisons unveiled its Greenside Innovation Centre in Bradford, which features a state-of-the-art showcase kitchen that will support the growth of manufacturing divison Greenside and Myton Food Group. Leader of Bradford Council, Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe, and Mayor of West Yorkshire, Tracy Brabin, were on hand to show off a new plaque at the site. […]
WAPA: Southern Hemisphere forecast looks positive for apples but a bit less so for pears
The World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) recently released its Southern Hemisphere apple and pear crop forecast for the upcoming season at Fruit Logistica in Berlin – with good news for one commodity and not-so-good news for the other. According to WAPA’s data revealed at its General meeting and consolidated from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, […]
Have we finally reached a ‘crisis’ moment in the divide between British growers and retailers?
Earlier this week, the chairman of British Berry Growers Nick Marston said that “confidence in their retailer partners had been dented,” notably impaired by an outdated Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP). “It is not fit for purpose in today’s inflationary marketplace,” said Marston, whose group represents 95% of those who grow in the commercial […]
Lemon overproduction from key exporting countries has led to ‘critical global situation’
During the last two decades, most lemon-producing and exporting countries increased their productive area and production volumes. “The volume increased in Spain, Turkey, and especially in South Africa,” José Carbonell, President of the Argentine Citrus Association FEDERCITRUS, told FreshFruitPortal.com. “This led to a doubling of the hectares planted with lemons in the world in the last […]
Worldwide production of table grapes rising for the 4th consecutive year
World table grape production is forecast up 1.1 million tonnes to 27.3 million for a fourth straight year of growth, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Favorable growing conditions in China and Turkey more than offset losses in Chile and India. Chile’s production is projected to drop nearly 9% to 725,000 […]
Tesco sets an example on living wages for banana plantation workers. Who’s next?
The extent of the gap between actual wages and a living wage varies across the principal export banana producing countries, and while Tesco suppliers in Ecuador and Colombia pay very close to minimum living wage levels, there are substantial gaps on many plantations in countries like Dominican Republic, Côte d’Ivoire and the Guatemalan Pacific coast. Tesco defines […]
In Spain, the high cost of low prices hits agriculture hard
If you spend four and earn five, your company is viable, but if after a while you start spending six and keep earning five, the numbers no longer come out in your favor. This is what is happening in thousands of agricultural holdings, the reason why the average age of farmers and ranchers is getting older […]
