News from FPJ – Page 189
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ArticleSweetcorn sales soar at Waitrose
Supermarket reports a 30 per cent rise in sales as healthier diets and hot weather drive purchases
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Article£2.5m for NIAB business incubator
New facility will give agritech startups access to technical facilities as well as links to NIAB and the Cambridge tech cluster
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ArticleBusiness guru helps farm shops grow
Kate Hardcastle teams up with Farm Retail Association to help farm shops take advantage of post-lockdown opportunities
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Article£250k for new crop scanning supercomputer
Agri-tech firm Earth Rover receives backing from Midlands innovation fund to develop better crop estimates
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Article"A horticulture revolution for food security"
NFU calls for greater food self-sufficiency to mark notional day Britain would run out of food if relying on homegrown produce
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ArticleGrowth forecast for UK grocery market
IGD report predicts that the coronavirus pandemic will accelerate the transformation of the food and grocery industry
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ArticleUK to host 'world first' robotic fruit farm
Berry Gardens joins tech and academic bodies for groundbreaking multi-million pound project in Kent
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa partners with WWF in Colombia
Alliance aims to restore, expand and protect forests and ecosystems in country where paper packaging giant manages 68,000ha of woodland
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ArticleSpar toasts north-west growers
James Hall & Co, a northern Spar wholesaler, pays tribute to local fresh produce suppliers who kept food flowing during the crisis
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ArticleNew FPJ awards celebrate Heroes of Fresh Produce
Entries now open for awards to celebrate outstanding contributions of companies and individuals in UK during Covid-19 crisis
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ArticleSupermarket sales slow after lockdown
New Kantar data suggests lockdown bulk shopping habits have eased off, but sales remain higher than same period last year
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ArticleM&S to cut 7,000 jobs
Job cuts come amid plunge in clothing revenue, while food performance remains buoyant
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ArticleCash for NI organic conversion
Scheme opens for applications for farmers looking to convert to organic in Northern Ireland
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ArticleG’s does its bit for bumblebees
Partnership with Bumblebee Conservation Trust aims to raise awareness of decline in pollinator’s numbers while raising funds for the charity
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ArticleSalad stories
Hazel Clark of Florette UK talks about the company's plans for 2020 and how the Covid-19 outbreak has affected the market
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ArticleExperienced grower joins glasshouse firm CambridgeHOK
Alan Frampton will lead sales team in south of England as glasshouse construction firm enjoys significant growth
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ArticleMorrisons could ditch reusable plastic bags
Morrisons will become first supermarket to remove all plastic carrier bags from its stores if trial proves successful
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ArticleHelloFresh to open second UK production facility
New base in Warwickshire will provide additional packaging and production capacity for fast-growing meal kit provider
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ArticleFyffes hit by Covid-19 outbreak
All staff at Fyffes’ distribution centre in Coventry to be tested for coronavirus after supplier announced 10 workers had become infected
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ArticleBumper crop of British watermelons
Tesco says heat has produced extra-sweet and large watermelons at a time when it is seeing record demand