All articles by Anna Sbuttoni – Page 7
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ArticleRed Tractor reaches £10m milestone
The Red Tractor logo has this week reached a new milestone in that it now features on products with an annual retail sales value of £10 billion, up £1.5bn in the last 12 months.
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ArticleBlueberries hit small screen
Blueberries from the South will launch a TV advertising campaign to raise both awareness and consumption of blueberries from Uruguay, Argentina and Chile.
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Thetford bust uncovers herb-picker abuse
A joint operation co-ordinated by the Eastern Region Intelligence Unit and involving Norfolk Constabulary, the UK Border Agency (UKBA), the Immigration Crime Team, the UK Human Trafficking Centre, the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA), Inland Revenue and migrant workers’ helpline staff uncovered the exploitation of herb pickers in Thetford this week.
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ArticleBenn launches produce task force
A task force to support English production and boost the consumption fruit and vegetables was launched this week by environment secretary Hilary Benn.
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Friday D-day for S&A
S&A Produce is waiting for the results of a planning decision this week that it hopes will give the green light for plans at its Brierley site.
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Techno Fresh in ISO9001 first
Techno Fresh Consultancy Ltd has this week been accredited with ISO9001 and claims to be the first company that has achieved this standard for surveys, quality inspections and technical management within the fresh produce industry.
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ArticleTenderstem judged most tender broccoli
Research conducted by Warwick University’s Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) has confirmed that Tenderstem broccoli is the most tender variety of broccoli available on the market today, outshining both purple sprouting and traditional varieties, as well recently introduced newer varieties.
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Southern Salads at Lunch!
One of the UK’s leading processors and suppliers of ready-to-eat leafy bagged salads, fresh fruit and vegetables, Southern Salads shared its latest range of baby leaf lettuces for the winter season at Old Billingsgate’s catering exhibition Lunch!, from October 1-2.
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Greyfriars to move on after planning rejection
Greyfriars UK has described the rejection of its plans for a multi-million pound extension to a mushroom site in North Yorkshire as a “temporary setback”, as it waits for planning permission on a new site to come through within eight weeks.
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ArticleThe Co-operative continues climb
The Co-operative Group has reported that its growth in the first half of the year has been driven by its food business.
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ArticleMack acquires Percy J Down
Mack has expanded its wholesale presence in Bristol, with the acquisition of Percy J Down on the city’s market last week.
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ArticleBarlow warns on prices
The top-fruit industry marked the official start of the English apple and pear season with a launch in London last week.
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ArticleTomato growers warned on two new pests
UK tomato growers were last week warned about two new threats to their crops that are expected to be the worst to hit for some time.
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Compass makes English top-fruit pledge
Compass Group UK has made a commitment to source 100 per cent English apples and pears throughout October and November.
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ArticleApprentice star Makes her Mark
Entrepreneurship from young people both within and outside the markets sector was held up at the NABMA conference as the best way for industry to thrive in future.
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ArticlePotato Council cooks up autumn campaign
The Potato Council is calling for growers, packers and retailers to help its drive to boost potato consumption among young consumers this autumn.
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NABMA offers consultants olive branch
NABMA chief executive Graham Wilson has held out something of an olive branch to the consultants who broke away from their existing partnership with the association earlier this month.
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ArticleSupermarkets to be markets role model
Supermarket strategies must be harnessed by retail markets in order to secure the long-term future of their offer, market representatives were warned last week.
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ArticleMarkets seeks national education officer
A national markets education officer could help turnaround the perception of food and where it comes from in the future, the trade was advised last week.
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Markets consider landmark report
Market representatives from across the UK considered the next step for the industry at the NABMA conference, in the aftermath of the publication of the select committee report, Market Failure? Can the Traditional Market Survive? this summer.