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Internet adds to growth potential

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:48:00 +0200

The trend of purchasing goods on the internet will play an increasingly significant role in boosting the demand for express courier delivery.
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Demand boosted by need to move products quickly

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:51:00 +0200

The scope of services on offer from courier services companies has broadened extensively over the past few years and they are fulfilling an increasingly important role in the supply chain.
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Callebaut and Unilever sign new chocolate, cocoa agreement

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:29:00 +0200

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Swiss chocolate and cocoa giant Barry Callebaut on Monday, 23 January, announced a new partnership agreement with Unilever that will double the Anglo-Dutch company's cocoa and chocolate volumes.
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Clover to up raw milk prices for producers

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:58:00 +0200

Clover Industries announced on Friday, 2 December, that its milk producers will receive an average price rise of 19.5 cents per litre, effective from 1 January 2012 and a further increase of 22 cents per litre with effect from 1 February 2012.
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Small organic farmers foiled by red tape

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:36:00 +0200

In the face of a rising obesity rate and the complicated health risks that come with it, organic foods have become a sizeable industry.
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Milk crisis looms as farmer's prices slump

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 10:56:00 +0200

According to Bertus de Jongh, CEO of the Milk Producers' Organisation (MPO), "Producer prices are on average 10% below the 2009 level, which is not sustainable.
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Ah-Vest profit down slightly

Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:48:00 +0200

Food group Ah-Vest (AHL), formerly All Joy Foods, on Tuesday, 15 November, reported diluted headline earnings per share of 2.27 cents for the six months ended September compared to a loss of 2.40 cents per share for the former comparable half-year.
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Agility and flexibility provide competitive advantage

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:52:00 +0200

We live in an information age of consumerism and globalisation. Product lifecycles are getting shorter. Customers are becoming ever more perceptive and fickle. Demand cycles are increasingly volatile. Goods need to go from research and development to the shelf in record time in order for companies to compete for a shrinking slice of a rapidly evolving market. Logistically, the goalposts are continually shifting.
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Food prices put farmers in trouble

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:15:00 +0200

As food inflation gallops ahead of general inflation, new figures show that farmers are also struggling to make ends meet. In time this will place further upward pressure on food prices as some farmers may be forced out of business.
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SA deciduous fruit industry 'transforming'

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:07:00 +0200

The South African deciduous fruit industry has made material progress in the transformation sphere, although there is a long and challenging road ahead, according to Hortgro Services executive director, Anton Rabe.
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