International Supermarket News will be giving £15,000 advertising to the winner of the Fresh-Cut award in a ceremony at the World Fruit and Vegetable Show on 27th October 2010.

Entry for the award will open on 1st September 2010. The competition will be judged by major fresh-cut supermarket buyers. The winner will be able to use £15,000 advertising in the International Supermarket News magazine and on the website.

It’s a dream project, says Ernst Morten Hevrøy about the project granted by the Research Council of Norway under the scheme for excellent young researchers in the field of aquaculture. Ernst Morten Hevrøy is a researcher at the National Institute of Nutrition and Seafood Research

Advent International, the investment and buyout house, is considering selling Poundland, according to the Financial Times.

The private equity firm, which also has interests in HMV and fat face clothing, invested in the value retailer in 2002 in a management buyout. The company was named as 'high growth sub-sector.' The chain has lived up to expectations, having grown from 70 stores to 260, with a workforce of over 7,000 and sales in excess of £600 million.

The fruit exports from Chile have been seriously damaged after the earthquake, which killed hundreds of people, and saw entire towns swept away. Consumers can expect a rise in the price of apples, as Chile tries to recover from the earthquake. Rodrigo Echeverria, the head of Fedefruta said that the apple exports could drop by 5 per cent in 2010. He also said this is an initial estimate after damage to farms infrastructure, and what is important now is to prevent further damage to fruit production.

Avocado crops could also suffer, but grape yeilds should not suffer.

Ports in Chile have been damaged in the earthquake, and Talcahuano will need around US$ 100 million in improvements, according to Director Daniel Ulloa.

The general manager of Puerto de San Vicente International Terminal, Philip Barison, said that the main problem is access to the docks, but work there has resumed. Port of Coronel will start work next week.

For their work on Booths, the UK supermarket chain's web site, Fat Media has triumphed over web design companies worldwide to scoop a prestigious Interactive Media Award. Awarded by the Interactive Media Council, Fat Media was announced as winner of the Outstanding Achievement Award