Analysis from FPJ – Page 10
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Organic retail buyer: 'Where is the innovation in fruit?'
Planet Organic says fresh produce category is 'most challenging' as leading delegates come together to assess the organic market
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Opinion: Why we should promote Africa
Susie Emmett, creative director of agricultural digital media company Green Shoots, on why fresh produce firms should shout about the benefits of doing business with Africa
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Opinion: Retailers must consider margin appropriation
David Chalk, a consultant with Practical Solutions International, and ex-Barfoots of Botley technologist, on why suppliers and retailers need to look at margins in order to counter price deflation
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Opinion: Fresh produce is 'intimately tied' to British economy
Business journalist Richard Jackson explains why the fruit and veg industry is key to success, or failure, of the UK economy
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Opinion: How to pass an audit
Lauren Hakes, of management services firm Alomora Group, offers her best tips for completing an audit and explains why one manager once ate a failed compliance form
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Opinion: Why immigration makes commercial sense
Industry veteran Professor David Hughes, and marketing specialist Miguel Flavian, on why immigrants benefit the food supply chain
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Opinion: Why fresh produce needs more subsidies
Freshfel's Philippe Binard explains why lowering the price of fruit and veg is not the way to boost consumption
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Opinion: We need to counter 'abysmal' career advice
Hadlow College's Mark Lumsdon-Taylor on why a unified approach is needed to help young people to choose a career in horticulture
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Analysis: Which party manifesto stands up for food?
Imagine the election was being fought on agricultural issues only. Martyn Fisher (MF) reviews the key pledges made on policy related to food and growers in the manifestos of the UK’s five biggest political parties ahead of the vote on 7 May
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Opinion: Industry shouldn't get distracted by general election
Long on ambition and short on detail: EFFP partner Duncan Rawson on why politicians aren’t the top priority for farming
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Election promises: What will they really deliver for food and farming?
Chairman of the Oxford Farming Conference, Alastair Brooks, on why politicians' 'sabre-rattling' on an in-out EU referendum is helping no one
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Analysis: Global stonefruit round-up
New marketing deals in Italy, export increases from Chile and Chinese R&D. FPJ rounds up the global stonefruit stories
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Grocery 2035: What is the future of retail?
One of the big four going under? Town centres once again becoming the heart of the economy? That’s what one expert reckons
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Opinion: Why promotions deserve more attention
Ex-supermarket category manager and supply chain consultant Darren Smith on why suppliers should spend more time on a promotions strategy
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Opinion: Guy Watson laments the demise of cooking
Why has cooking from scratch become a spectator activity, despite the ongoing rise of foodie media? Riverford Organic founder Guy Watson discusses
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Opinion: Why solar is a good use for land
Iain Watt, sustainability advisor at non-profit body Forum for the Future, explains why there is a case for solar on prime agricultural land
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Opinion: IPL's Mark Taylor embraces change
Director of IPL potato operations and previous Fenmarc director explains why IPL’s acquisition of Fenmarc potatoes is exciting for growers and customers alike
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Russia's import ban: What happens next?
Several months after Russian president Vladimir Putin announced a ban on the import of agricultural products, Promar International consultant Lizzie Bonsall assesses the impact
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Opinion: Evesham transformation
David Parriss, managing director of Evesham importer Hillfox Produce, explains how the region became a distribution satellite hub
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Analysis: Tesco trauma
Tesco’s revelation that there is a £250m question mark over its finances has set the scene for a bare-all debate on supplier relations at the UK’s largest supermarket