Zespri is now underway with its European sales season after mice on its first shipment into the region caused a delay.
“This is the first time in more than 20 years that we have encountered this issue,” Zespri COO Jason Te Brake says of the discovery of the pests on board a European charter vessel.
Zespri is facing stiffer competition for shelf space in Europe, with a surge in fruit brands offering a premium kiwifruit product.
Cooks Coffee has appointed RSM UK Restructuring Advisory as administrators to its Triple Two coffee franchise business.
The agribusiness builds up its global proteins division by planting a flag in Europe with partner Esro.
Beneficiaries of New Zealand’s newly signed free trade agreement with the European Union have welcomed the deal, which will provide support through to the front line of food production.
The agreement – about 14 years in the making – will remove more than 91% of tariffs from its entry into force slated for 2024.
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins will travel to Brussels to witness New Zealand signing the NZ-EU Free Trade Agreement before heading to Stockholm and the NATO Leaders’ Summit in Lithuania.
Auckland-based international coffee cafe chain Cooks Coffee has reported a preliminary net loss before tax of $3.2m for the year to 31 March 2023, down from last year’s $0.34m profit.
Lab-grown meat has the potential to make our food system more sustainable, but there also needs to be political will to scale up the technology.
A scientifically-validated NZ food dataset is forming the backbone of a new health and wellness app developed in Germany.
Twiice has its sights set on the UK – and is looking for backing to unlock the opportunity to scale into the vast Northern Hemisphere market and continue to stamp out single-use plastic.
CEO Dan Mathieson says provisional fruit loss in shipments to Asia and Europe neared 20% in Q4.
Trade and Agriculture Minister Damien O’Connor will visit Europe this week to discuss the role of agriculture in climate change and food security, World Trade Organization reform, and New Zealand’s agricultural innovation.
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Cooks Coffee Company is expecting to grow the number of cafes operating under its Esquires and Triple Two brands by 10% before the end of the year.
The strategic considerations behind the EU agreeing the NZ FTA demonstrate some of its current thinking about the direction of its global trade policy and its international ambitions, according to University of Canterbury’s Serena Kelly and Mathew Doidge.
A trade agreement with the European Union must include commercially meaningful outcomes for New Zealand’s meat and dairy exporters, National’s Trade and Export Growth spokesperson Todd McClay says.
Meat Industry Association chief executive Sirma Karapeeva and Beef + Lamb New Zealand chief executive Sam McIvor will be in Brussels this week as negotiations between the European Union and New Zealand for a Free Trade Agreement enter a critical stage.
Trade Minister Damien O’Connor is in Geneva for the World Trade Organisation Twelfth Ministerial Conference, where he will help progress New Zealand’s ongoing free trade agreement negotiations with the European Union.
MIA and B+LNZ raise concerns that the EU’s rhetoric on ambition is not being matched in an agreement governing agricultural access.
Vodka company Stolichnaya has rebranded to Stoli following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The company also said today that its Ukraine office was closed as a result of Russia’s invasion of the country two weeks ago.
The move is understood to affect only a small amount of product, primarily butter.
New Zealand exports to the UK could increase by 40% with food and beverage the big winners, according to ANZ research.
“Despite a challenging season, market demand remains positive, following the Northern Hemisphere summer fruit period,” Zespri said.
The premium mixer business is making major inroads in retail, preparing to put boots on the ground in the US, and is about to go live on Amazon.
Forget red meat and dairy, its ice-cream, gin and cereal that are best placed to take advantage of this once-in-a-generation opportunity.
The plan has drawn fire from some in the food industry there but support from others, so what is at stake?
As lockdown restrictions ease across the globe, the Ticker talks to NZX-listed Cooks Global Foods about the relaunch of its expansion plans.
New Zealand’s food exporters can expect a free trade agreement in principle with the UK in August and “substantive progress” on an EU deal by the end of the year, says trade and export growth minister Damien O’Connor.
After dipping its toe into the meatless market, Burger King is going full veg with the opening – albeit temporarily – of an all-plant-based restaurant in Germany.
The former Unilever CEO declares the world’s food system “broken from all dimensions” – but also suggests ways of fixing it.
Nestlé’s Launch of Wunda pea milk in Europe follows Coca-Cola expanding into oat milk in the US.
Maker2U will launch its online farmers’ market sister-website in the UK later this year.
Food exporters have been warned not to fall back on a ‘business as usual’ approach following the disruption Covid-19 because there is more to come.
New Zealand cheesemakers are up in arms over the European Commission’s continuing campaign to restrict the use of common names in international cheesemaking, with halloumi the latest target.
NZ smart cart startup says it has finalised deals with two European retailers.
Questions are being raised about how salmon are farmed in New Zealand following an investigation of the Scottish salmon industry that revealed suffering, breaches of Scottish animal welfare law and high mortality rates.
Significant investment has set the scene for global demand for insect ingredients, says Rabobank.
Air NZ’s cargo business will deliver around five million kilograms of food over summer.
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A Government investigation into the alleged dumping of potato fries and wedges from Europe has begun.
