All articles by FPJ Staff – Page 209
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ArticleData good for digestion
To subscribe or not to subscribe? When it comes to market data, there seems to be a dichotomy between those who buy everything going and those who boycott the concept altogether. So, are those in the know any better off? Elspeth Waters reports.
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Just what can you say about difficult people?
Adam Bernstein hosts the FPJ’s monthly spotlight on the legislation that affects your business, and how you can use it to your advantage. This month, Anna West points out the dos and don’ts of writing a reference.
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GLA: time to act
If your business uses temporary labour, you should now be taking steps to ensure that you don’t suffer any disruption
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Apples of UK past sadly forgotten
My spies tell me the English apple season is set to get underway by the end of the week with the arrival of the first crop of
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Data can be crucial for self-protection
As our feature this week illustrates (p24), you, the industry, can take statistical data or leave it. Supermarket suppliers,
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ArticleSmile on the face of Cornish King
One of the leading lights in Cornish potatoes, Melvyn Wyer, recalls some of the highlights of 40 years in the trade and tells FPJ readers why he has every confidence in the region’s potato future.
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ArticleCan rail take the strain?
Getting fresh produce from A to B in the fastest, most effective way possible is vital, but mounting problems facing the road haulage sector could see its role cannibalised - in part - by the advent of rail. Emma Twyning reports.
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ArticleConsumers keep up avocado appetite
The UK has become an increasingly attractive market for key avocado producers. With Israel, Peru and Chile all looking to increase their presence this year, Doris Lee Butterworth talks to leading growers and exporters about market conditions.
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Telling great stories with fun and flair
Tina Fotherby is managing director of PR agency, the Yes Consultancy. She talks to Elspeth Waters about the whys, wherefores and myths surrounding public relations and what it can offer fresh produce companies, in particular.
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French in step with European policies
The new fruit and vegetable Common Market Organisation will be central in the European industry’s agenda in the
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All singing, all dancing - cherries on parade
there’s no doubt that cherries are a favourite fruit, both in terms of customer demand and for retailers, because of the
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The truth could save future hurt
There is a thin line between telling the public what it wants to hear or what you want it to hear, and telling it the
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ArticleTailor-made solutions
Doris Lee Butterworth speaks to major shipping lines and logistics firms about changes in the supply chain and initiatives they have implemented to enhance services for their customers.
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ArticleFields of opportunity
New Spitalfields Market has thrived since its relocation to a purpose-built premises in East London 15 years ago. The 31-acre site, which houses more than 100 trading units for wholesalers dealing in fruit, vegetables and flowers, is a hive of activity in the early hours. New health and safety regulations have transformed the market over the last month, and there will be many opportunities for development with the Olympics on the horizon. But traders are divided on their experience of the market and are concerned for the future of the wholesale trade. Anna Sbuttoni, Emma Twyning and Elspeth Waters report.
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Global communication - key for all produce
In this month’s IT update we take a look at two ventures into the world of online and digital communication, which is becoming an ever- increasing reality for players in the fresh produce industry. Meanwhile, Claricom explains how human error could be a thing of the past with its Package Coding Management Software
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Snacking: fresh opportunity?
With snacking becoming more popular than the traditional three-meal diet, consumers are increasingly looking for healthier options. This should spell a great opportunity for fresh produce suppliers, but at the moment they are far from taking centre stage.
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Buy British - but not for sake of it
Without a doubt, there is a refreshing change sweeping through UK horticulture. To my mind it can be described in a single
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We make mistakes - you pay the price
The word “disarray” is almost too kind to describe Defra’s efforts so far at implementing new plant health
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ArticleSpreading the news
British Summer Fruits and Winter Berries won this year’s Re:fresh Marketing Campaign of the Year award, sponsored by Pr2. The campaign is devised and run by London PR agency Sputnik Communications and Tommy Leighton asks Lucy Rickett what made it into an award winner
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ArticleThe value proposition
Redbridge Worldfresh, a division within Redbridge Holdings, was born of the merger between Redbridge Produce Marketing and AFI only two years ago. At that time the combined business had an annual turnover of almost £60m. During the last couple of years, the integration has been completed and the initial period of policy formulation and implementation has begun to bear financial fruit. Tommy Leighton talks to Richard Parke-Davies and Ian Waller about the company’s vision, both for itself and the soft-fruit category