News from FPJ – Page 343
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ArticleSpecial report: Snacking goes nuts
Global demand for nuts continues to grow, driven in the UK by the healthy snacking trend, but negative press coverage in the sugar debate presents a challenge for the dried fruit sector
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ArticleIrish growers prepare for Ophelia
Growers in Ireland and Northern Ireland have begun picking early today as tropical storm Ophelia moves in
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ArticleGrowers asked to write to MPs on labour crisis
The NFU is calling for growers to write to local MPs to explain current and future impact of labour shortages on farms
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ArticleWaitrose opens ninth store in UAE
New convenience outlet in Dubai will stock a range of fresh fruit and veg and builds on partnership with Fine Fare Food Market
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ArticleRetailer expands recipe box trial
Waitrose has added 60 new recipes and a larger family-sixed option to its recipe box scheme Cook Well from Waitrose
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ArticleShoppers warm to the taste of fresh produce
Health is still a key driver of fresh produce consumption, but don't focus on that alone, writes Kantar's Chris Cowan
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ArticleBatchelar leads beehive mission to Tanzania
Sainsbury’s director of brand Judith Batchelar and Helen Brierley of Vitacress join 14 businesswomen on Farm Africa project
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ArticleRetailers should ‘reject’ plastic, says former Asda boss
Andy Clarke has said supermarkets should showcase alternatives to plastic packaging and backed a ‘plastic free aisle’
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ArticleUS agriculture secretary arrives for Brexit talks
Talks between UK’s Efra committee and US secretary for agriculture Sonny Perdue focused on post-Brexit trade
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ArticleNew alliance to tackle soil health
Sustainable Soils Alliance to launch later this month in a bid to "restore British soils to health within one generation"
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ArticleMajor growth predicted for online grocery
IGD says online will be fastest-rising grocery channel over the next five years with over 50 per cent growth
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ArticleJersey stems the tide
Squeezed by tight margins, Jersey’s fresh produce sector has contracted in recent years, but Tenderstem is one product reversing the decline. Fred Searle meets local grower Richard Le Cornu to find out more
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ArticleAmazon Fresh lists northern retailer Booths
Booths joins Morrisons and Whole Foods as latest major retail listing at online giant’s grocery retail service
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ArticleInterview: A view from the US
Don Cameron, general manager of Californian produce grower Terranova Ranch on climate change, Trump and a pioneering flooding technique
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ArticleBrexit could halve farm profits
The AHDB has modelled various Brexit scenarios based on possible new trade tariffs between the UK and EU
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ArticleBanana project boosts smallholders' profits
Fairtrade-funded Programme for Increased Productivity helps put smallholder famers on more competitive footing
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ArticleProduce firms named in top 250 growth list
Richard Hochfeld, Branston and Natures Way Foods are in the Sunday Times top 250 ranking of mid-market growth companies
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ArticleSH Pratt Group rewards veteran with Costa Rica trip
Longstanding employee David Whitlock was presented with a trip to Costa Rica in thanks for 50 years' service at banana supplier
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ArticleBorough gears up for Apple Day
London Market to host annual celebration, with a range of activities to boost interest in and knowledge of apples
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ArticleR&D key to organics' future - report
Soil Association study examines supply chain and concludes collaborative, technical-based approach is key