News from FPJ – Page 168
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ArticleJack & Bry secures new investment
Jackfruit meat-alternative start-up Jack & Bry raises £1.25m as UK demand for plant-based food soars
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ArticleCity Harvest calls for support amid soaring food poverty
Sharp rise in destitution during pandemic has left London redistribution charity in need of more donations from fruit and vegetable suppliers
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ArticleCameo launches fresh campaign on Facebook
British apple brand hopes new promotional videos will encourage more consumers to actively seek out the club variety
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ArticleGround-breaking tomato research set to boost yields
Growers and researchers are teaming up to explore new sensor technology that could significantly increase yields
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ArticleSwansons becomes employee owned
Scottish fresh produce wholesaler switches ownership model as founder Magnus Swanson plans for the future
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Article£34m flood defences for Port of Tilbury
Collaboration with Environment Agency aims to safeguard homes and businesses with dual-function flood lock gates
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ArticleWaitrose tops up Healthy Start Vouchers
Waitrose has committed to help new families buy fruit and veg through voucher top-up scheme
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ArticleNew UK institute to tackle food insecurity
Norwich Institute for Sustainable Development will look at global solutions to the impact of climate change on crops
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ArticlePlant-based sales soar at Tesco
Supermarket reports its best-ever January for sales of plant-based products, with many lines seeing triple-digit growth
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ArticleBritons value farmers, survey reveals
New polling by YouGov shows that people in the UK value farmers more than in any other country
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ArticleAHDB plays vital role in ag, says NFU
Offering value for money is key for AHDB, NFU consultation response highlights
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ArticleHauliers switching to unaccompanied ferry freight
Brittany Ferries reports that proportion of unaccompanied containers already much higher than in previous years due to Covid-19 regulations
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ArticleGrocery sales accelerate during national lockdown
Retail sales up 12.2 per cent, with Veganuary boosting vegan ranges and older shoppers spearheading the online sales boom
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ArticleConfidential platform for reporting retailer abuse
'Tell the GCA' is set up to offer suppliers an anonymous way to report potential code breaches by supermarkets
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ArticlePlanted area could shrink, predicts AHDB Potatoes
AHDB forecasts possible contraction of planted area in both ware and seed potatoes but pandemic continues to benefit retail sales
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ArticleWholesale trade body slams lack of govt support
FWD warns that 'letting wholesalers fail' while propping up major retailers during pandemic risks a supermarket monopoly
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ArticleTotal Produce UK completes switch to renewable power
Group targets 20 per cent CO2 reduction across its British operations, with all 24 UK sites now powered by renewable electric energy
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ArticleHealthy, local food should be part of Covid response
Comment: Jules Siedenburg, research fellow at the School of International Development, University of East Anglia, and John Paul Cauchi, PhD candidate in public health at Queensland University of Technology, discuss the valuable role fresh produce can play in tackling coronavirus
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ArticleCompetition to raise profile of leeks
Lockdown recipe competition asks entrants to minimise food waste and use as much of the vegetable as possible
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ArticleVeg Power postpones campaign until summer
'Eat Them to Defat Them' initiative to boost children’s vegetable consumption put on hold amid coronavirus lockdown restrictions