All articles by Fred Searle – Page 68
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ArticlePink Lady launches Aussie holiday comp at M&S
Promotion will be available on M&S four-packs with a seven-night trip to Melbourne compete with orchard tour up for grabs
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ArticleOut of gas
Greenhouse growers in the Netherlands are torn between a push to reduce their emissions and the need to generate enough carbon dioxide to stay up and running
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ArticleSainsbury’s-Asda merger could see 460 stores offloaded
Watchdog raises competition concerns after finding that supermarkets’ catchment areas overlap in 463 places
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ArticleNo-deal Brexit ‘could cost food supply chain £9.3bn’
Food and drink imported from EU would be subject to average tariff of 27 per cent, meaning higher costs for suppliers and retailers, report warns
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ArticleHalf-hour customs delay ‘will bankrupt one in 10 firms’
Delays of 10-30 minutes would see one in ten British firms go out of business, according to survey of supply chain managers
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ArticleMorrisons chairman appointed IGD president
Andrew Higginson will replace Coca-Cola's Leendert den Hollander as research charity's president on 1 January 2018
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ArticleGlyphosate could be killing bees, researchers warn
World’s most widely used weed killer shown to damage good bacteria in honeybees’ guts, making them more susceptible to fatal pathogens
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ArticleGem avos take social media approach
Westfalia Fruit is targeting consumers through social media ‘influencers’ after joining forces with Coregeo to market new gourmet avocado brand
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ArticleFruit and veg sales suffer as shoppers dodge packaging
Small retailers say fresh produce wrapped in plastic tops shopper blacklist, with 44 per cent seeing a drop in sales
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ArticleUK planning independent PGI scheme
Government to introduce own geographical indications to “broadly mirror” EU system in event of no-deal Brexit
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ArticleUK set for plant trade disruption in ‘no deal’ scenario
Britain would lose access to plant passport scheme and be treated as a third country when exporting plant products to the EU
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ArticleCaught on the hop: Frog found in Aldi salad
Couple "horrified" to discover live frog in bag of Aldi rocket – the second time this year an amphibian has been found in its Nature’s Pick range
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ArticleCo-op to ditch single-use plastics from own brand
Retailer has pledged to eliminate single-use plastics from own-brand products by 2023 and gradually switch to compostable carrier bags
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ArticleGovt ‘planning inland port’ to ease coastal jams
Customs checks at warehouse facility 75 miles from nearest port could help ease congestion at the coast, insiders claim
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ArticleSunburst volume set to triple in second season
Waitrose to sell 1,500 boxes of new pink-fleshed variety as JV partners Richard Hochfeld and Frank P Matthews anticipate strong demand
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ArticleTopfruit not a ‘low-wage, low-skill’ sector
EAP ‘delighted’ to see Migration Advisory Committee recommend SAWS but says low estimation of sector ‘overlooks potential’ for further growth
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ArticleNo-deal Brexit ‘disastrous’ for Fairtrade farmers
Reverting to WTO terms could result in lower prices, smaller Fairtrade volumes and reduced wages for growers in developing nations, foundation warns
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ArticleNeighbourly calls for charities to join food surplus scheme
Lidl and M&S redistribution partner wants to build on 1,500 projects it has already served and bring new charities on board
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ArticleDiscounters' position evolving as channel grows
Aldi and Lidl now perceived as ‘supermarkets’ rather than 'discounters' by most shoppers with consumers increasingly using them for main shop
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ArticleAll shapes and sizes
Veg box delivery may sound like a middle-class luxury, but one forward-thinking company in south London has been carving out a market for what it calls ‘affordable sustainability’. Fred Searle visits Oddbox to find out more