Fruit & veg <span id="Fruit & veg"></span> – Page 42
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Analysis and Features
Why are bananas dying and what are we going to do about it?
A fungus is threatening to destroy the near-universal Cavendish banana. Has the industry learned its lesson?
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Analysis and Features
Tesco's Fresh 5: how do its fruit & veg prices compare to the other mults?
Tesco claims the promotion will make it “easier and cheaper” for its customers to make healthy choices
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News
Goatham & Son to sell Royal Gala apples in summer for first time
Goatham & Son has invested millions in cold storage technology to enable it to sell the apples in summer
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News
Abel & Cole to scale up workplace delivery service in London
The online organic food specialists launched Fed by Abel & Cole in March
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Tesco undercuts Aldi with new Fresh 5 fruit & veg promo
Tesco will discount five fruit & veg lines every fortnight in a promotion reminiscent of Aldi’s Super 6
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News
Morrisons to roll out plastic-free fruit & veg aisles in 60 stores
The retailer said it had seen a big spike in loose sales in a 10-month trial in three stores
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News
Heatwave hits stocks of pears and pushes up prices
It follows a tough couple of years for the European pear crop, large swathes of which suffered frost damage in 2017
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News
Florette launches sweeter crispy salad, backed by rap battle ad push
The launch will be supported by a £3m ad campaign featuring a rap battle between Sweet Crispy and Florette’s classic Crispy variant
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News
Total Produce breaks €5bn in revenue after buying Dole stake
Sales soared by almost €700m, equal to 17%, in the year to 31 December 2018
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News
Albert Bartlett partners with Disney for potato promotion
The on pack promotion is designed to boost potato consumption among children
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News
Tesco extends sole supplier strategy to frozen produce
Through the partnership, Greenyard Frozen UK will increase the volume of frozen vegetables and herbs it supplies to Tesco
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News
Organic body OF&G seals global certification partnership
The body said its deal with Control Union UK would give its certified food suppliers access to global markets
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Comment and Opinion
The not-so-Impossible Whopper: will vegan food change the law?
Progress in food tech will bring about new legal battles, says Will Arends of Marks & Clerk
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News
Whole Foods cuts prices by up to half on fresh food lines
Amazon-owned retailer has cut prices at all 467 US and seven UK branches
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Comment and Opinion
Antibiotic use in fruit juice sector is futile and damaging
Florida orange growers are using antibiotics to fight citrus greening, says Joanna Blythman
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News
Soil Association teams up with French organic body Ecocert
The partnership means companies certified by Soil Association Certification will now have access to 130 international markets
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News
US sweet potato imports to the UK suffer amid shortages
Two hurricanes hit North Carolina – which produces 60% of the US’s sweet potatoes – in the second half of 2018
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News
Wholesale onion prices almost double after 40% harvest drop
Almost half of onion SKUs in the mults are more expensive than they were six months ago
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News
Loose fruit and veg sales growing at double rate of plastic-packed
Twenty one per cent of fruit, veg and salad was sold loose over the past 12 weeks, according to Kantar
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News
Olive supplier builds up six-month stockpiles in case of no-deal Brexit
Bristol-based the Real Olive Co said the move would safeguard supply to its retail customers