All articles by Fred Searle – Page 35
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ArticleR&G Fresh sees bright future for herbs
MD Mathew Prestwich is confident that through category planning and a greater understanding of consumers, the herbs sales boom will continue
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ArticleWaitrose expands trial with Deliveroo
Retailer beefs up delivery pilot to cover 30 stores and more than 650 products after positive initial response from customers
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Article‘Protect British standards,’ NFU President urges PM
Minette Batters meets Boris Johnson to warn against undermining food and farming standards after rejection of Ag Bill amendment in Commons
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ArticleAldi doubles size of Deliveroo trial
Trial now operating from 42 stores as discounter continues to explore possibilities in e-commerce
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ArticleTesco launches rail reefer service from Spain
Transfesa Logistics will transport fruit and veg from Valencia to UK as retailer looks to shift more of its distribution network from road to rail
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ArticleShopper confidence dips due to Covid-19 and Brexit
Rise in cases, renewed restrictions and Brexit damage consumer confidence but trust in retailers to ensure product availability stays high
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ArticleAldi reaching out to charities again this Christmas
Retailer wants to combat rise in food insecurity and expects to surpass the 450,000 meals it donated through Neighbourly last Christmas
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ArticleRaymond Blanc launches British topfruit season
The UK harvest is underway with 1.6 billion apples forecast and fantastic eating quality expected
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ArticleBrakes surpasses 5m charity meals with FareShare
Foodservice giant used FareShare’s Surplus with Purpose Fund during lockdown to cover extra costs of diverting surplus food
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ArticleMorrisons helps small suppliers with cashflow
Retailer says it will continue making immediate payments to its small farmers and food producers to support them through the pandemic
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ArticleNew protections for British seed potatoes
Amendments to Red Tractor’s Safe Haven certification scheme provide added protection against pests and diseases introduced by seed
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ArticlePML appoints youngest-ever board director
Perishable logistics firm rewards 25-year-old Ryan Parr with promotion to operations director and strengthens imports division ahead of Brexit
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ArticleHarvest London invests in state-of-the-art vertical farm
New facility in Leyton is vertical producer’s second site in north London and the latest construction project by booming tech firm CambridgeHOK
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ArticleFerryFast and Waste Knot rack up 1.5m charity meals
Two organisations have been working with FareShare since launch of its Surplus with Purpose Fund in July 2019
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ArticleSecond wave poses retail availability challenges
New research from tech company outlines difficulties for retailers as they battle to keep pace with fluctuations in consumer demand
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ArticleUK named ‘exemplar’ in food waste reduction
Champions 12.3 says UK is leading by example in efforts to halve food waste, but Dave Lewis calls on companies and countries to do more
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ArticleTough times ahead for food to go
IGD expects sector to decline by over 40 per cent in 2020, with recovery expected to be slow and gradual
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ArticleRiverford excels in ethical assessment
Riverford becomes second highest-scoring B Corp food business after its first assessment by the social and environmental certification body
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ArticlePotato sales boom expected to continue
Covid-19 has driven dramatic revival in potato sales, with Branston’s James Truscott confident category can continue to prosper in longer term
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ArticleBallet stars shine in Albert Bartlett campaign
Dancers Reece Clarke and Fumi Kaneko perform The Sleeping Beauty in video to mark time that Jersey Royal seed potatoes are ‘put to sleep’