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Supers offer more fruit & veg deals - but savings shrink
There were 309 featured space promotions on fruit and 225 on vegetables in the major supermarkets last month
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Analysis and Features
Global banana glut sees wholesale prices fall
Average prices of imports to the UK are down 11p/kg on the equivalent week to 21 January during the past two years
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Food Foundation vegetable campaign hits ITV
The ‘Eat them to defeat them’ concept will air on ITV tonight (25 January)
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M&S trials plastic-free packaging for fruit & veg
The retailer is stepping up a commitment to become a zero-waste business by 2025
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Crops already suffering from scant labour, warns NFU
Farmers and growers are now facing further uncertainty after the Commons voted down Theresa May’s Brexit deal last night
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David Frankish to chair Covent Garden Market Authority
Frankish was appointed by Defra chief Michael Gove
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Mash Direct to phase out black plastic packaging
It plans to replace difficult-to-recycle black plastic with green alternatives
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Morrisons apologises for Union flag seen on Spanish veg
One consumer claimed in-store staff ‘didn’t seem bothered’ by the discrepancy
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Former Brakes boss Christiaanse takes helm at potato processor Aviko
Christiaanse is a former CEO of Grampian Food Group and Vion UK
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Growers defend standards after norovirus link to fresh produce
A survey funded by the FSA found that more than 5% of lettuce sold in supermarkets carried the bug
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Tesco brings back Festive Five 29p fresh food promotion
Festive Five was launched by Tesco boss Dave Lewis in his first Christmas as CEO, in 2014
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Berry sales boom in year of extremes for fruit & veg
Brits splashed out an extra £100m on blueberries, strawberries and raspberries in 2018
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Morrisons adds discount produce box to cut food waste
The Too Good to Waste boxes are set to go on sale this week at £1
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Potato processors to feel impact of heatwave until next summer
The total tonnage fell to 4.9 million tonnes, compared to the five-year average of 5.6 million tonnes
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Analysis and Features
Does the rise in popularity of the avocado have a dark side?
The popularity of the millennial’s superfruit of choice has been linked to cartels and deforestation
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Banana supplier Reybanpac faces worker abuse claims
Ecuadorian union ASTAC has accused Reybanpac of a host of workers’ rights abuses
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Tesco switches to single supplier for own-label potatoes
It dropped Greenvale as a supplier and will now only source own-label potatoes from rival Branston
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Ex-Dairy Crest dairies MD Mike Sheldon takes reins at Vitacress Salads
Sheldon most recently worked for Medina Dairy, and left Dairy Crest in 2015
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Christmas citrus supplies set to be hit by Spanish floods
Heavy rain has caused coastal deluges from Murcia in the south east to Barcelona in the north east of Spain
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Iceland and Unilever to roll out Marmite Sprouts
The launch was an effort to rekindle the UK’s love of sprouts, said Unilever