All articles by Martyn Fisher – Page 14
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AMT Fruit mucks in with Tesco to collect food donations
More than 60 cases of food collected as part of the Neighbourhood Food Collection initiative in Newmarket
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Clem sales soar at The Co-op
Clementine craze has led to a more than sevenfold hike in sales this year following the introduction of an easy-peeler seedless sweet clem fridge pack
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Natures Way Foods awarded ISO 50001 standard
Certification, which recognises best practices in energy management, complements NWF’s ISO 14001 accreditation, which it achieved in 2001
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Nisa lands £75m Channel Islands deal
An extension to an existing long-standing partnership, which sees Nisa secure the business as supplier of its grocery lines to Sandpiper CI
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More promo work helps veg processor grow
Emmett UK recorded a turnover of £52.3 million for the 15-month period from 24 February 2014 to 30 May 2015
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Produce World and LFP JV set to end
Brassica JV ending at the start of 2016 as Produce World Group instead wants to focus on what it sees as its four key categories
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UK Muñoz firms eye up move to ‘secure their futures'
New facility is being designed around MM (UK) and MM Flowers' future plans, and incorporates the latest processes and techniques
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Banana supply spotlight: Ecuador
Martyn Fisher takes a look at the latest developments in Ecuador, one of the planet’s most vital banana-exporting countries
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Banana value dips in static market
The banana market has its usual share of weather issues, and the looming threat of a deadly disease, but those two fears aside, the category is in good health
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Canned fruit giant fined after worker suffers burns
A hose carrying a caustic substance spilt, spraying a Princes employee with the solution
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Greengrocer faces hefty bill for selling rotten produce
Mohammed Sakur of Burnley reportedly insisted other grocers in the town were worse than him, and allegedly also tried to blame wholesalers
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Plant protection product erosion 'harming industry'
Complexity and cost of plant protection product registration process is disincentive for suppliers to put new products onto market, BGA claims
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New Tesco melon may become 'the next Brussels sprout'
Sweet Snowball has been grown by Tesco supplier partner Agricola Famosa in the north-east of Brazil, but its origins can be found in Korea
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Average grocery basket price 'rises again'
Latest monthly increase was driven by a sharp rise in the price of apples, up 12 per cent, grapes, up 10 per cent, and broccoli, up 8 per cent
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Walsh Mushrooms opens new site extension
The £2.25 million investment sees an additional 15,000 ft2 to increase the facility by a third
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Wellpak launches 'first of its kind' berry punnet
Firm claims no other product like the Ezo Punnet is being used to pack berries in the UK, making it a "milestone" in fresh produce packaging
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Abreys opens new packhouse to help business diversify
Pre-pack onion and roots specialist plans to use packhouse to pack other vegetables grown on the farm
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Two in five Brits 'skip breakfast'
And the number is even higher than that in certain parts of the UK, according to research by breakfast firm
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Morrisons facing FTSE 100 relegation
Morrisons has been hovering near the bottom of the index over the last year, and narrowly avoided ejection in the last quarterly reshuffles
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C-store giant Nisa appoints four new directors
Former board member Vimanji Odedra, plus Bharat Amin, Sukh Gill and Harry Goraya, have joined the business' three exec directors