All articles by Fred Searle – Page 95
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ArticleUK to continue duty-free trade with poorest countries
Tariff-free trade will continue with 48 nations worldwide when Britain leaves EU, government has promised
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ArticleGreenvale scoops green award
Potato supplier wins 'Manufacturer of the Year' at BusinessGreen Leaders Awards for ambitious environmental strategy
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ArticleLandgard’s 2016 profits hit record highs
German co-op puts recovery down to concentrating on core business and lowering material and personnel costs
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ArticleAldi launches Wimbledon tennis apples
Discounter selling Granny Smiths in tennis ball tubes and strawberries in limited edition packaging to mark start of tennis tournament on 3 July
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ArticleScotland to miss CAP payment deadline
Only ninety per cent of payments set to be made by 30 June deadline, with government seeking extension from European Commission
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ArticleWalmart calls for blockchain collaboration
US retail giant urges fresh produce sector to come together and build transparency into supply chain using ‘blockchain’ technology
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ArticleBrassica prices rocket after heatwave
Wholesaler reports 30 per cent rise in broccoli and cauliflower prices, with high temperatures pushing strawberries into Class 2
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ArticleTesco takes extra raspberries after warm weather
Retailer buys extra 40 tonnes of Driscoll Maravilla variety from Berry Gardens following sun-related increase in yield
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ArticlePotato planted area ‘to rise four per cent’
AHDB analysts predict return to 2014 level, matching similar estimates in mainland Europe
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ArticleScotland set for first commercially viable vertical farm
Facility at James Hutton Institute to be operational by the autumn, with trials planned in various crops
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ArticleNielsen: ‘Old path to purchase is obsolete’
Way consumers shop both online and offline is evolving fast, forcing consumer goods firms to adapt business models
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ArticleConsumer goods sector ‘must heed rise of populism’
Rise in populism threatens ‘open cooperative world order’, FT’s chief economics commentator warns consumer goods leaders
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ArticleWealth gap causing 'existential crisis' in consumer goods
Rising income inequality challenges business models underpinning entire consumer goods industry, report warns
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ArticleHot weather ‘likely to cause broccoli shortages’
Recent hot weather set to dent volumes, particularly in broccoli, New Covent Garden Market supplier expects
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ArticleCherries suffer sales slump
A decline in frequency of purchase has hurt the British cherry market, but volumes are looking good for the season ahead
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ArticlePrice row amid stonefruit glut
European retailers have been accused of keeping prices artificially high despite an abundant crop, while sterling is also proving an issue
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ArticleHealth of a nation
As obesity and other diet-related conditions reach crisis levels, the Nuffield Conference looked at what the food and farming sectors can do to drive health
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ArticleSainsbury’s to buy Nisa in £130m deal
Supermarket chain enters exclusive talks with mutually-owned buying group in ‘defensive move’ following Tesco-Booker deal
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ArticleHammond: 'UK will leave single market and customs union'
Chancellor to push for hard Brexit after all, rejecting recent speculation he was urging PM to water down her stance
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ArticleChinese firm lets growers produce Trump-shaped veg
From a Trump-faced pumpkin to a Budda-shaped pear, one company in eastern China has designed moulds to grow novelty fruit and veg