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FPC Fresh Awards – Winners The Fresh Produce Consortium held its annual industry awards dinner at the Tower of London in June. We were proud to have been announced winners of the Foodservice Supplier of the Year 2018! Well done to the winners in our other nominated categories, we are pleased to have been recognised…

Will we see the end of bananas? As there’s talk in the press of a banana ‘apocalypse’ we’ve got our expert team together here at The SH Pratt  Group  to discuss the current situation.  As owners of one of the largest ripening centers in Europe their expertise is invaluable. What’s the story behind the news?…

we only buy fruit from certificated farms. Our procurement director works very closely with all our farmers to ensure the wellbeing of their workers and to guarantee that we can supply the best quality fruit to our customers. Many of the farms that we work with have projects in place to give back to their…

Here at SH Pratt Bananas, we pride ourselves on being passionate about delivering quality fruit. We implement many processes across every sector of our business to make sure the fruit that reaches our customers is the best it can be. We do this through regular visits to our growers to the quality control process’ that…

TR4 Panama disease  Panama Disease is caused by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum forma specialis cubense. This certain type of fungus is difficult to treat with fungicides due to the long lived spores it produces. Historically Panama disease has wiped out whole banana varieties. This is actually one of the main reasons we started to use the Cavendish variety…