All articles by Martyn Fisher – Page 34
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Morrisons latest retailer to post fall in sales
It's been a humbling fortnight for three of the Big Four supermarkets, with Morrisons now posting a 2.9 per cent slump
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ArticleAldi and Lidl's sales keep growing but at slower pace
The discounters remain the fastest-growing businesses in the supermarket sector in terms of sales
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ArticleBig profit on £14.6m turnover for potato firm
Puffin Produce has upped its pre-tax profit and turnover for the most recent financial year
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ArticleNew board members at AD trade body
Julian O'Neill, William Heller, and Dr David Greenfield join the ADBA board, with a farming appointment to follow
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ArticleNorman Collett, SGT and FGA form new top fruit business
Major merger involving Norman Collett and two others will create Avalon Produce, which will start trading in the 2015/16 season
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ArticleStudy claims fructose creates junk food cravings
Volunteers who drank beverage sweetened with glucose in US experiment went on to consume more biscuits and sweets
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ArticleTotal Produce Cornwall set to expand
New facility will boost the business' storage space from 17,000 sq ft to 20,000 sq ft, and has cost the firm £500k
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ArticleCzech-based G's-owned firm in major LED investment
Montano Valtr installs LED lights in its new greenhouse, built byDutch firm Horticoop
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ArticleChinn-grown raw-eating asparagus hits Tesco
The variety, called Burgundine, is a purple and green cross and has been grown in north Norfolk specifically as a new salad crop
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UK trade delegation visits Cuba with potatoes on agenda
Led by the chairman of the UK-Cuba Initiative, Lord Hutton, the trip marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Cuba Initiative
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ArticleIt's another treble for Branston
Carbon Trust recertification for the first firm in the food sector to have achieved the Carbon Trust standard in all three areas
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ArticleProduce firms in 'inspiring' stock exchange honour
Range of firms who work in fruit and veg included on the London Stock Exchange's 1,000 Companies To Inspire Britain 2015 list
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ArticleGreenvale tokens drive volume and value growth
Unit sales have increased by 36.2 per cent year-on-year, and value sales are up by 18.1 per cent y-o-y thanks to 'Potatokens'
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ArticleBarfoots asparagus lands at Ocado
The hand-harvested UK-grown spears are specially-selected for their higher-than-normal levels of the amino acid asparagine
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ArticleBerry growers set to land 'largest ever' rebate
Berry Gardens growers' windfall comes as a result of a 13 per cent hike in UK sales, and through imports growing by 20 per cent
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ArticleMarshal Papworth Fund bolsters committee
The charity education body has welcomed Matthew Studdert-Kennedy and Matthew Naylor as committee members
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Eating an apple pre-shop 'makes you buy more fruit and veg'
US researchers discovered people can be primed to buy healthy food if they eat an apple before going to the supermarket
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ArticleSainsbury's boss sentenced to two years in jail
Mike Coupe has been convicted by an Egyptian court after allegedly trying to seize cheques linked to a firm retailer invested in 16 years ago
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ArticleSwansea looks to offer veg-growing residents a hand
Grow Local Swansea grants scheme offers up to £5,000 to eligible groups, organisations and schools for their own food-growing projects
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ArticleCapespan ‘redefines’ offer and ups profit
For the year ending 31 December 2014, the Capespan's UK arm grew its pre-tax profit from £836,000 to £1.6m