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Campbell Soup is in talks to sell its European operations to CVC Capital Partners, but is keeping hold of the largest and fastest growing elements. The proposed deal excludes exports of Pepperidge Farm products to Europe and Campbell’s goods in the UK as well as the Middle East and Africa. Included in the deal are

Phil Richards, past chair of the Ontario Processing Vegetable Growers, speaks about the challenges facing local tomato farmers. (Don Robinet/QMI Agency) A combination of frost in May and heavy rains in June and July means that local processing tomato farmers are looking at about 80% of expected yields, according to the past chair of the

A proposal by Australia’s only tomato processor to raise tariffs could signal the end of cheap, imported tinned tomatoes and fruit on supermarket shelves SPC Ardmona, a major tinned-food supplier to supermarket chains, has pleaded with the federal government to introduce emergency tariffs on canned tomato and fruit imports to help resuscitate the beleaguered industry.

The processing companies of the Republic of Armenia, increased in 2013 the purchase volumes and are ready to buy the entire harvest of the tomatoes produced in the Republic. As Armenpress was reported by the director of the Artfood Artashat Cannery OJSC Vachagan Karapetyan, the company can buy unlimited volumes of tomatoes. « We have all

At the meeting on Wednesday in Tunis, the members of government and representatives of the UTICA decided to adopt, during the summer of 2013 sales (from 15 August), discounts of 10% during the first ten days in August and then 20% or more throughout the sales season. According to a statement released Wednesday by the

Peru’s tomato processing industry Icatom plans to export 17,000 tonnes of tomato paste to buyers in South America this year. The company currently has around 800 hectares planted with industrial tomato varieties and the average yield is expected to reach 120 tonnes per hectare, according to Icatom’s sales manager, Arturo Arredondo Zevallos. Source : Informa

Hail storms of last week damaged around 10% of the fields in the Cremona and Ferrara growing areas. Tomatoland, 22 July 2013 You should login or purchase a subscription to view this content Username or E-mail Password Remember Me     Forgot Password

Global Processing Tomato Volumes METRIC TONS / raw product equivalents 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 forec. North America 13 142 31,06% 12 335 32,81% 12 188 32,47% 12 815 38,38% 11 990 37,17% European Union Amitom (1) 10 726 25,35% 9 557 25,42% 8 526 22,71% 8 371 25,07% 7 259 22,50% Non Europe Amitom

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