All Fresh produce articles – Page 80
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Vitacress management jobs go as it merges into one operation
Salad supplier Vitacress has embarked on a major corporate restructure, merging its three UK business units.
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Glamour cherries in UK retailers this month
Super-premium Glamour Cherries will return to UK retailers next week…
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Analysis & Features
What does the merger of Chiquita and Fyffes mean to the trade?
Banana giants expect big synergies from proposed merger…
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British asparagus makes early arrival in M&S
Marks & Spencer started selling the first British asparagus of the season this week – three weeks earlier than last year.
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Albert Bartlett enters Middle East joint venture
Scottish potato giant Albert Bartlett is entering the Middle East with a new joint venture in Abu Dhabi….
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Chiquita and Fyffes to merge in banana super-deal
Chiquita and Fyffes are set to merge in a $1bn (£600m) deal that will create the world’s biggest banana business.
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Citrus black spot: EC urged to do more to combat disease
EU fruit growers have called on Brussels to step up efforts to prevent citrus black spot disease spreading to Europe…
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M&S secures first of this year's Jersey Royal potatoes
M&S has become the first of the mults to stock this year’s indoor-grown Jersey Royal potatoes…
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McDonald's bolsters fruit supply for Free Fruit Fridays push
McDonald’s UK has doubled the number of fruit suppliers to four to cope with increased demand for its kids fruit bags…
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Comment & Opinion
A GM spud we just don't need
The latest push to get GM food on our plates came from the John Innes Centre in Norwich…
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Waste-aware Brits cut back on fruit & veg in pricey 2013
Brits bought 91,000 tonnes less veg and nearly 40,000 tonnes less fruit in 2013…
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Fairtrade blasts Morrisons and Aldi for banana price wars
Retailers have hit back at the Fairtrade Foundation after it blamed UK price wars for putting the squeeze on banana produc…
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Comment & Opinion
A bruising battle
The Fairtrade Foundation is making bananas the centrepiece of Fairtrade Fortnight. But will it make a difference to banana pricing?
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Banana pricing needs action, Fairtrade Foundation warns
The Fairtrade Foundation has called for urgent government intervention in the UK banana supply chain, saying that retailer ‘price wars’ have triggered job losses and left smaller producers marginalised.
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Blight-resistant GM potato developed in UK trial
Potatoes are at the centre of a new debate about GM technology in the UK, sparked by news of a successful trial of a blight-resistant variety of genetically modified potatoes.
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Musang King Durian fruit arrives in UK
Malaysian Musang King Durian fruit is now available to buy in the UK for the first time…
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Fresh potato consumption levels hit by higher prices
Brits ate nearly 8% fewer fresh potatoes in 2013 than in 2012, as soaring retail prices took their toll…
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New jacket for Greenvale branded potatoes range
Potato giant Greenvale has added a new jacket potatoes line to its branded range of potatoes sold in paper bags…
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Suppliers say Israeli storms have not hit herb supply
Herb suppliers claim that Israel’s worst storms in decades have had minimal impact on the supply of herbs to the UK mults…
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Potato crop forecasting tool goes online
A crop forecasting tool that helps retailers to more accurately plan promotions on fresh potatoes is being taken online.