All articles by FPJ Staff – Page 141
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Time for Gordon to sit up and listen
While Mr Brown and his party lick their wounds following their pasting in the recent local elections, it is to be hoped that
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All change makes for fresh outlook
It is a great honour to have been elected as the new chairman of the World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM). If someone had
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ArticleCould exotics become a credit crunch casualty?
Demand for exotic fruit has been strong over the last quarter, although supply issues on certain lines have made life tough for importers. However, could sales be set to fall as the usual summer lull and the credit crunch make their impact felt? Laura Gould reports.
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Retail competition hots up in preparation for summer
Late spring is certainly in the air, which is probably the reason why more retail space seems to have been given over to
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Do or die decision a brave one?
Perhaps this week’s revelation that Scottish potato supplier Taypack has backed out of what appeared, on the surface, to
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ArticleDelivering the goods
Since scooping the Foods from Spain Multiple Retailer of the Year award at both Re:fresh 2006 and 2007, Waitrose has continued to secure its position in the hearts and minds of UK consumers as a supermarket renowned for both high quality and innovation. Laura Gould caught up with the produce buying team at the firm’s Bracknell headquarters.
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ArticleReclaiming the street
Street markets may once have been at the heart of communities across the UK but, these days, traders are having to pull out all the stops to makes their markets work as a vibrant hub of activity and a centre for fresh, local food, or risk fading away. Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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ArticleUK gras spearheads demand
The fresh produce industry is gearing up for another successful UK asparagus season, despite a cold spring delaying the outdoor crop. Elizabeth O’Keefe talks to the key players involved with this year’s PR campaign, and the increasing demand for asparagus in the UK.
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Paynter assesses the global apple canvas
FPJ was in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, in March, to visit some of the leading Kiwi apple growers and exporters. Tommy Leighton asked Paul Paynter of Yummy Fruit Company for his take on the global apple job.
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New bill dredges up same old worries
Here we go again! The new bill regarding “the modernisation of the French economy”, proposed recently by the
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No looking back for Stubbins’ Skarpetowski
Stubbins Marketing’s Pawel Skarpetowski was the proud recipient of Re:fresh 2007’s MorePeople Young Person of the Year award and, 12 months on, his career has never looked in better shape. Laura Gould finds out more.
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ArticleIs grape bubble bursting after years of growth?
Following encouraging rates of growth year on year for a decade, the development of the grape market in the UK has been showing the first signs of a slowdown this quarter, as yet another three-month period is dogged by difficulties in supply. Kathy Hammond reports.
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Tall order for small retailers
Fresh fruit and vegetables featured prominently in the six-hour debate on improving the lot of independent retailers that took
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Who’s afraid of the ombudsman?
I’ve already put on record my support for an independent ombudsman, to oversee and enforce the code of practice that
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ArticleSouth African avos power through
Due to an uncharacteristic frost, the anticipated South African avocado crop is down in volume but, despite a predicted low yield, the industry is looking forward to some good-quality fruit. At the start of the South African avocado season, Elizabeth O’Keefe talks to key players in the industry about what lies ahead.
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ArticleEgypt hotting up
Mother Nature has been in a contrary mood over the last few months; just ask the Egyptian fruit sector. Producers there have handled extreme weather conditions, resulting in supply volatility, and marketers are forecasting a premature end to the citrus season. Doris Lee Butterworth talks to leading producers and importers to discuss the state of play.
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ArticlePlanting stops and starts while old crops keep moving
Erratic weather has hit the potato category in the last three months, with low temperatures, rain and snow causing setbacks in the planting process, and very occasional bouts of sunshine failing to lift the gloom. But market prices are firming up now that the new crop will be delayed. Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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Deep fried kiddies anyone?
Hardly a day goes by without new concerns about our children’s diets. Despite it being newsworthy, the attitudes of our
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Internet has more to offer small businesses
This month in our regular IT pages, we take a look at the results of a recent survey into internet usage in the fresh produce supply chain and, still on the web theme, Tesco comes up trumps in an assessment of the best online grocery retailers. Meanwhile, organic delivery company Abel & Cole invests in a new software solution from Index.
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Spring in the step of new seasons everywhere
According to most weather forecasters, spring has now arrived, and if produce proof were needed, newly picked, harvested and