All articles by FPJ Staff – Page 79
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ArticleTop-fruit market set to shape up clean and strong
It’s smiles all round for the top-fruit industry, now that European supplies are set to come onto a clean market and UK growers are on the home strait to their season. Anna Sbuttoni reports
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ArticleCentre stage for UK sweetcorn
Barfoots of Botley is to hold its annual Cornfest at Sefter Farm, West Sussex, next week. Ahead of the celebration, commercial director Jon Barfoot talks barbecues and bumper sales with Elizabeth O’Keefe
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ArticleSpeakman’s career blossoms
After two decades with the UK’s number-four supermarket, Jane Speakman knows the business inside out. Alex Lawson caught up with Morrisons’ managing director designate for horticulture to discuss her new role as flower boss and the retailer’s transformation
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ArticleThe big freeze
Despite the fact some consumers are switching to fresh, the frozen category is still going strong. And thanks to the recession, retailers’ own label brands are doing better than ever. Jackie Annett reports
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ArticleThe fsa has overreacted with its e. coli advice
We are a Herefordshire business producing organic sprouted seeds which we distribute all over the UK including to such
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ArticleMcDonald's launches PR drive ahead of 2012 Olympics
McDonald’s has launched a charm offensive ahead of the 2012 Olympics to highlight its British sourcing credentials.
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ArticleEarly start for France
Running alongside both the British soft-fruit season and Spain and Italy’s stonefruit offer, the French summer fruits campaign provides consistent supply and quality that keeps UK consumers topped up with this coveted fruit during the summer months. Elizabeth O’Keefe and Tom Joyce take a look at how an early spring across western Europe has made for an unusual season
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ArticleA new audience for micro herbs
In the third article in the Day in the Life series, Elizabeth O’Keefe walks in Integrow’s Simon Coles’ footsteps as VHB’s innovative partnership with Evesham-based Westland Nurseries gets their joint brand, WOW! micro leaf, onto the buyers’ walk
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More crop per drop
For many industry observers, water is the single biggest issue facing horticultural producers today. David Burrows evaluates how the industry is reacting to the situation
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ArticleCitrus fights for basket space at challenging time of year
Price increases on larger fruit have put some growth into the citrus category, but in the past quarter it has also proved a challenge to get consumers buying the fruit. Kathy Hammond reports on the latest state of play in the citrus market
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Clear and concise advice crucial in E.coli case
Last week I was in Brussels, making the case for compensation for all businesses in the supply chain that have been affected
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ArticleAnna Sbuttoni: Good PR can shake off the stigma of imported fruit
The race for the first English apples is on, supermarkets are now stocking 100 per cent British strawberries and the
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Retailers find new ways of marketing traditional lines
Most fruit growers agree that cherries are the ultimate impulse buy, and Tesco has obviously been listening. The fruit is no
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Unite should actively engage with industry
I’ve heard it said that these days you either have to be incredibly good at one thing or offer as wide a range as
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Tesco reveals plan to conquer Europe
Tesco plans to double its returns from central and eastern Europe to 10 per cent.
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ArticleTwo final bidders for NCGM
New Covent Garden Market has announced that it is entering the final stages of planning for the proposed multi-million pound redevelopment of its south London site.
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ArticleUK seed company linked with French E. coli outbreak
Up to 10 people have fallen ill in France in a new E. coli outbreak after having reportedly eaten rocket and mustard vegetable sprouts, which the French authorities have linked with a UK vegetable seeds supplier.
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ArticleIsrael set for summer of strong supply
Israeli stonefruit, grapes and exotics are providing a welcome reminder of summer, even if UK temperatures aren’t quite living up to expectations. Doris Lee Butterworth reports
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ArticleZespri lays down challenge for UK market growth
Issues with disease and opponents of the single desk marketing system have threatened to take attention away from the fruit itself as the New Zealand kiwifruit season kicks off. Kathy Hammond discusses it all with newly-promoted Zespri Europe general manager Bert Barmans
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ArticleLife in the fast lane
A racing driver, a chartered engineer, an amateur grower and a mother of two, Christine Tacon has turned around The Co-operative Farms and made the role her own. Anna Sbuttoni met her to talk marketing, multiple retailing and Morris Minors