Andrew Boxall had been growing the finest strawberries in Kent and that in the past 10 years Andrew had been supplying “Local” strawberries to ASDA in Kent.
The sweet, melodious sounds of Xhosa women singing resonates over the strawberry fields on a Geelhoutboom farm where all types of berries thrive alongside a clear mountain stream
A report compiled for the British government’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has further illustrated the crucial role of seasonal migrant workers and the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Scheme (SAWS) to the horticulture sector.
Cobnuts make retail breakthrough
Kent cobnut growers have received a boost from Yorkshire through additional multiple retailer programmes with Asda and Morrisons.
Picking of the largest crop for...
Super powers
From Goji berries to broccoli – the amount of fresh produce claiming superfood status seems to be growing all the time. Emma Twyning spoke to leading purveyors of the concept to find...
Asda goes local on soft fruit
Asda is extending the scope of its local sourcing when it comes to strawberries, with a little help from Advanced Marketing Services.
Essex has been added to the list...
ASDA Customers say it with fruit
ASDA ran a trial with supplier/grower AMS & Well-Pict European with the launch of a LOVE HEART shaped strawberry pack into 50 of their stores.
All parties are exc...
Earth Exotics makes a splash
The last eighteen months may have been a very busy and exciting time for our operation. As we began developing our own line of vegetable products there were so many quest...
AMS Exotics – Thriving Exports
2005 was a prosperous year for exports. We had unseasonably busy winter months in Jan and Feb with green asparagus and iceberg lettuce to Switzerland and Holland. A bou...
France joins the Well Pict European family
Lots of changes have been occurring for AMS European over the start of 2006. AMS European was formed in the Summer of 2004 as a partnership between AMS Exot...
Sweet Taste of Kent
Andrew Boxall & AMS have pioneered local branding for Kentish strawberries
Local sourcing and locally grown was extended to Kent for the first time this year , whilst continuing wi...
Soft Fruit Grower of the Year 2004
National co-operation hopes
Achievements and plans…
Andrew Boxall’s range of strawberry varieties includes proven names Elsanta, Everest, Diamante and Flamenco.
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AMS awarded total British top fruit supply to Asda
Advanced Marketing Services (AMS) have been awarded the job of supplying the UK’s number 2 retailer, Asda, with their total requirement of British t...
Change for the better - Martin Seymour comments on 2004 and why he is getting excited about 2005.
2004 saw Well-Pict European close down two of our offices, Scotland and Kent. This was not a decision...
Exotic’s display at PMA
What does a natural harbour and mating place for Orcas (Killer whales), large schools of tuna fish, sardines, anchovies, home to some of the loudest sea lions in the world and...
Strawberry and Cream Sampling at ASDA House
In celebration of the start of Wimbledon, AMS was asked to join an event to promote british strawberries and cream at ASDA house in Leeds. New AMS employee...
Value Added Efficiency in LA
At the start of January Duncan Mills, operations manager for Well-Pict European took up an offer from Thierry Delapre and Sinera Chau Pech to visit AMS exotics in Califor...
Moving on up and moving on out.
Well-Pict European Ltd & AMS Ltd Head Offices/Accounts have moved to a purpose built office premises in Barnstaple, North Devon. Formerly the offices were located at t...
Elsanta in early at Asda
Some of the first arrivals of UK Elsanta strawberries hit the shelves in Asda today (April 12) – two weeks earlier than last year – supplied by UK berry grower and mark...
You don`t need to be nuts to enjoy our strawberries, but...if you`re local it helps.
The success of the delivered direct to store" scheme in 2003 has been greater than we at AMS could have expected, ...
What effect do imported strawberries have on UK growers?
The effect of imported strawberries on UK growers varies on the country from where they come from i.e. the time of year, for example Spanish a...
Impressive early results.
Procurement and marketing company Well-Pict European are reporting impressive early results from their attempts to recruit more UK growers to their fold for this season and ...
After the storm a ray of sunshine
The site is located on the west coast, in the Laenteja region of Portugal. Acquired some 6 years ago, it has taken longer than expected to turn the farm into a flags...
Palm Power
Since the end of March AMS has been operating with a new Information System - Prophet 2000. Aurel Voiculescu - Head of Information Systems - said "It was a huge task in changing the existi...
AMS Exotic enjoys an active Mexican grape season.
If you listen to the media, this side of the Atlantic is falling into total paranoia about terrorism but as the weather warms up and people start to ...
Organic Review: Steve Sadler, the "Organic Mechanic"
We are currently supplying grape, plums and kiwi to ASDA with strawberry restarting from the USA. Avocado`s will be up and running from July from ...
Q & A with Martin Seymour
The 2002 Soft Fruit conference gave pre-picked members of the audeience the chance to put a few questions (and gripes) to representatives from the industry. There were a few...
Organics
AMS are currently supplying two of the four main lines to ASDA which are the grape from South Africa and Kiwi from Europe.
Grape: After working USA Crimson Grape and White seedless from Bra...
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