News from FPJ – Page 264
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Cool profits
Last year’s listeria outbreak may have made headlines, but it didn’t dent sales of frozen vegetables; there have been several major product launches in the past year as manufacturers look to offer retail consumers and foodservice operators more convenience
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GCA launches annual survey
Christine Tacon asks suppliers for annual update on trading relationships with supermarkets, with payment delays emerging as key issue last year
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Aldi 'first with new-season UK strawberries'
Bridgend branch stocks first British-grown strawberries, supplied by Springfield Nursery in south Wales
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Coveris opens sustainable development centre
Packaging specialist says new site in Leeds will address packaging and food sustainability in a circular economy
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Tommy Banks: sticking to the seasons
Tommy Banks is not the only top UK chef who grows his own fresh produce, but he is arguably the most experimental. Fred Searle talks to the Michelin-starred Yorkshireman about self-sufficiency, preserving and how it has given rise to some outlandish creations
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Tough markets worry South Africans
Early table grape regions have completed their packing but in the markets things are far from over
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Branston donates £37k to charity
Major potato supplier sends large sums to mental health organisations and blind charity in flurry of donations to kick off the year
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Report raises new glyphosate fears
People with high exposure to chemical significantly more likely to develop non-Hodgkin lymphoma, researchers find
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Field labs planned to tackle on-farm waste
LEAF project aims to assess levels of waste in apples, tomatoes and carrots and find most effective ways of reducing it
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Avos are the American everyman's fruit
FPJ columnist Amy Cross looks at how avocados continue to take the US retail market by storm
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Natoora ‘to eliminate single-use plastics’
Premium fresh produce supplier sets out wide range of measures to make its packaging more sustainable
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New Covent Garden wins best wholesale market
London wholesale market praised for support it gives traders despite ongoing conflict between market authority and tenants association
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Finding a responsible solution to food surplus
Advertorial: How a growing number of food companies are fighting food waste and hunger by redistributing their surplus food to frontline charities in their communities
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Jupiter Group stays in Sunday Times growth list
Fresh produce supplier remains in top 25 of Sunday Times International Track 200 after doubling its sales in the last two years
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Only nine per cent of kids get 5 A Day
On average, UK children under 12 eat just 2.9 portions of fruit and veg a day, new research reveals
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Tesco to donate unsold flowers
Supermarket extends tie-up with FareShare to ensure leftover Valentine's Day blooms find their way to good causes
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Not just a bed of roses
Supply challenges from Kenya, Brexit and difficulties sourcing labour have been causing headaches in the flower sector, but seasonal blooms and online retail offer hope. Fred Searle speaks to Ian Michell, managing director of Flamingo Produce
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Floating a new approach
University of Nottingham Professors Saffa Riffat and Yijun Yuan are proposing breakthrough technologies to allow intensive food production in seas, coastal areas and rivers. Here, they present their ideas
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JDM fires up for further growth
It’s been a rapid transition from herb importer to major player in the food processing game, and JDM Food Group has no desire to slow down, with an expansion of its Lincolnshire site underway
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“Apple-like” pear called Fred hits Swiss shelves
Firm-textured variety whose juice doesn’t run could offer better transportability and consumer convenience