All articles by FPJ Staff – Page 91
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ArticleIs Cardiff wasting a golden opportunity?
Cardiff is in many ways the perfect opportunity for food businesses, with an up and coming restaurant and rural retail shopping scenes. So why is the only traditional fruit and vegetable wholesale market in Wales, Cardiff’s Wholesale Fruit Centre, not thriving? Elizabeth O’Keefe casts a critical eye over the diminishing wholesale offer
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ArticleOn the right track
The rail network could offer the fresh produce industry an alternative to the UK’s busy roads, but how do these modes measure up? Here, Anna Sbuttoni and Jerome Butcher ask whether the trade is on the right track
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ArticleA convenient truth: Lettuce takes a leaf out of fruit’s book
Salad sales have held up remarkably well this year, with value sales outperforming price rises and shoppers buying more. And, as Michael Barker reports, a wave of new convenience lines in the lettuce sector is continuing to add interest to the category
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Retailers line up Christmas deals as countdown begins
It is still six weeks or so away, but there is no doubt that Christmas is coming as far as the multiples are concerned. Even
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Alternative shopping routes provide a draw
I get the feeling that, while the fresh produce aisles of the major supermarkets represents the majority of shoppers’
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Supply chain efficiency - what are we measuring?
A recent white paper published by a company targeted at the food manufacturing sector makes interesting reading. It flagged
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Mixed messages will dilute health focus
The news that Innocent has lost its fight to reclaim VAT on its smoothies (p1) will come as a blow to campaigners for healthy
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ArticleItalian kiwifruit promise
The Italian kiwifruit season is set to get off to a promising start this month, with producers looking to make the most of new markets and varieties. Anna Sbuttoni reports
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ArticleWinter warmers
Britain’s food garden blooms during the chilly winter months with high quality and availability of winter veg. But with largely flat sales over the past year, Doris Lee Butterworth weighs up the prospects for a better season ahead
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ArticlePromotional fortnight spearheads sales upturn
Despite the organics category continuing to suffer an overall value and volume decline in the past year, figures from the last few weeks have indicated the sector is fighting back. Alex Lawson reports on the impact of September’s Organic Fortnight
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Does size matter? It does in the modern retail war
Nature dictates that fruit and vegetables grow to different sizes, resulting in a wide range of descriptions when they appear
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Presentation of fruit to the Lord Mayor
Each year in October the Fruiterers visit the Lord Mayor of London for a ceremony of some antiquity. This usually occurs at
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Good time to invest in the mushroom trade
It’s always good to be able to bring news of a major investment by a British company, especially in a sector where
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ArticleTo tweet or not to tweet?
Social media might be firmly entrenched in the daily lives of many Britons, but the fresh produce industry has been relatively slow to get involved. Chloe Ryan asks what the industry has to gain from increased online interaction
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ArticleMorocco seeks UK link
Moroccan fresh produce has seen a vast improvement over the last five to 10 years since the introduction of free trade and the privatisation of the Maroc Export board. But is the UK marketplace giving it a chance to prove itself? Elizabeth O’Keefe reports
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ArticleBanana sales prove immune as retail price war rages
A tough banana market has left the multinationals struggling of late. As the retail price war rages on in the banana category, Alex Lawson takes a look at shopper trends and retail patterns that define one of the hottest debates in fresh produce
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Colder nights bring more winter veg to the fore
I get the feeling that most retailers are devoting more space to winter vegetables as temperatures fall. Good news, of course,
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Consumers are still no closer to getting 5 a day
Everyone readily accepts that fruit and vegetables are good for you. Apart from being part of the diet since mankind arrived
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Asparagus move is a watershed moment
John Chinn’s extraordinary achievement in extending the UK asparagus season into November could change the face of the