News updates for the UK fresh produce business.
Veg Power launches free eLearning platform to improve UK’s veg consumption and dietary health
Nigel Jenney slams government ‘incompetence’ in outspoken tirade
Supermarkets’ senior executives to face questions from MPs over food price inflation, profits and relationships with producers
The UK foodservice provider says its latest innovation is set to reduce food waste
Wood has previously held senior global roles at SIG Group and Honeywell
Move follows reports in the press suggesting a delay, which Defra refuted
BAPL study shows Sainsbury’s and Lidl have upped their purchases of British apples and pears the most
Earliest production zones are reporting a good quality crop this year
Two tech firms have joined forces to help cut convenience-store-customer grocery-bills and reduce food waste
Government initiative hopes to find solutions for the conservation of water
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Paddie Allen hired to head up the company’s UK air freight operations
IGD is carrying out ongoing work into how to encourage healthier diets
Latest Worldpanel by Kantar data also reveals fruit is increasingly popular as a snack
Retailer says move backs British growers and is a UK retail first
The government has denied reports that post-Brexit checks on EU goods “won’t be ‘turned on’” from the end of the month
Greg Hands and Mark Spencer are set to face the EFRA Committee
Heavy rainfall and damaging storms have played havoc with food production
Shadow environment secretary outlines Labour plans to support farmers and put money in pockets of food producers
World’s first electric straddle carrier fleet arrives at DP World’s London Gateway Hub
Tim O’Malley, group managing director of UK grower-importer Nationwide Produce, highlights the current weather challenges facing the fresh produce industry