All articles by FPJ Staff – Page 208
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Bryan reflects on three fun decades in trade
Agrexco’s projects manager, Terry Bryan, is bowing out after 30 years of service to the company. He talks to Elspeth Waters about the prospect of retirement and what he has learned and loved about his life in the fresh produce industry
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Market ownership top of the agenda
This summer, the French finance ministry appointed Jean-Luc Lépine to supervise procedures concerning the State’s
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A stickler’s mission: Do the colours live up to claims?
There is no doubt that fruit and vegetables add a lot of colour to the lives of both retailers and customers. But I sometimes
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Let the pesticide-free mud-slinging begin
Brace yourself for the latest round of claims from the organic lobby about the merits of its products against their
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ArticleFatal lack of attraction
Many people in the produce industry would agree that it has not sustained the most fabulous image, a dilemma which is no more apparent than in the bid to recruit fresh talent. So who is to blame? Should companies resign themselves to the fact they will only ever appeal to the minority? Or is there something worth shouting to the masses? Elspeth Waters reports.
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ArticleProducers slice up mango market
The number of countries supplying the UK market with mangoes is growing by the year. Depending on the time of year, consumers can buy mangoes from as far afield as Brazil, Guinea - pictured - and Australia. Doris Lee Butterworth reports.
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ArticleCradling UK ‘cots
With this year’s UK apricot season already done and dusted, Elspeth Waters caught up with Sainsbury’s product technologist Theresa Huxley at the store’s Kent-based source, Highland Court Farm, to find out how things shaped up for the fledgling product.
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End of the road for business cards?
In this month’s IT round-up, the bid to leave paper behind gets a significant boost. Anna Sbuttoni reports on the recent launch of a software programme by Toroblue.com that automatically sends electronic business cards to mobile phones, and could be set to revolutionise business communications.
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Produce voucher debate
In this month’s update from the Produce Marketing Association (PMA), the USDA and IOM disagree on the proposed values for produce vouchers for women, infants and children and PMA’s Education Foundation welcomes a new executive director.
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Expectations are sized up again
The late Florian Brann, who ruled the Outspan Organisation in Europe during the 1960s and into the 1970s, believed public
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Take note of the balanced market
Sometimes it works in your favour, at other times it will completely screw up your plans. One thing you all learned a long
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ArticleGras on trial at Hargreaves
Retailers will be selling a wider range of identified asparagus varieties in the future, all with different flavours, claims Paul Taylor, chief executive of Hargreaves Plants.
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ArticleBabies growth spurt
As the baby vegetable sector strides forward, Doris Lee Butterworth talks to leading producers and suppliers about future opportunities and challenges.
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ArticleCreating a green footprint
The fresh produce supply chain seems to have more environment-unfriendly pitfalls than many other industries, but in recent years it has been working harder to reduce its ecological footprint. Emma Twyning finds out how the industry is trying to do its bit.
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Retailers roll out all things bright and beautiful
there always seems to be something new going on in the salad market. What is particularly interesting is the way the sector is
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As always, trade shows its mettle
There is no doubt that this is a resilient industry, and once again that attribute has been called upon in spades in the last
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ArticleLet them make rain rain
An international team comprising scientists from Belgium, Israel, and the US, is gearing up to perform one of the greatest and most elusive tricks in nature - causing the heavens to bring rain, writes Aaron Priel.
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ArticleAdd value to leeks
A Food Chain Centre Value Chain Analysis (VCA) project, carried out with Emmett UK, has shown that it is possible to reduce costs by 40 per cent, improve quality by 34 per cent, and reduce delivery lead time by 81 per cent in the production of leeks. FPJ exclusively brings you this FCC case study, in the words of FCC managing director Peter Whitehead.
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ArticleSoaking up the sun
The sun has shone on sweetcorn production in the UK and on the continent this season. The hottest July on record has simultaneously stressed the crop and sparked demand and as the golden cobs prove a barbecue favourite, UK suppliers are looking forward to a strong peak season. Anna Sbuttoni reports.