News from FPJ – Page 345
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ArticleWaitrose buying director expands role
Paul Walker is now director buying for whole fresh category and head up agricultural strategy following Heather Jenkins’ retirement
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ArticleHigh potato prices push PI turnover over £200m
Greenvale owner reports higher prices and new business wins driving revenue in "a year of two halves"
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ArticleThird Veggie Pret opens in London
Store opening in Clerkenwell to coincide with launch of new vegetarian and vegan sandwiches and wraps
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ArticleTory MP wades into labour debate with ‘misogynist’ remarks
South Thanet MP Craig Mackinlay says unemployed young Brits should take up farm jobs so they can work alongside “gorgeous EU workers”
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ArticleSpanish Persimon season kicks off
PDO-branded Persimon season returns to the UK market with support from the Foods from Spain marketing campaign
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ArticleWalsh Mushrooms launches Vit D mushrooms into Aldi
Mushroom supplier invested £250,000 over two years to gain novel food status for its vitamin d-enriched mushrooms
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ArticleMicrogreens 'much more than just confetti'
Educational programme from Koppert Cress encourages budding chefs to use microgreens for nutrition and flavour, not just aesthetics
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ArticleDave Lewis to deliver 2018 City Food Lecture
Tesco chief executive to speak at leading food industry event, which takes place on 28 February at Guildhall
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ArticleDeath at mushroom processing plant
One man died and two others were taken to hospital following an incident at a mushroom processing facility in Ireland
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ArticleAlmost 10 per cent of strawberry crops go to waste
New Wrap report highlights waste in strawberry and lettuce categories to encourage benchmarking and best practice
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ArticleFormer Sainsbury’s head of ag joins Red Tractor
Sue Lockhart joins Red Tractor Assurance as new head of assurance after four years heading up farming team at Sainsbury’s
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ArticleRecord banana imports for EU
EU to import record level of bananas this year as consumption hits new high across the continent
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ArticleOrganic growth in Dutch topfruit
The Netherlands' organics boom could soon set prices tumbling, says the country's largest organic topfruit grower, Robert Elshof
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ArticleTaking strawberries to the next level
At the 3rd International Strawberry Congress in Antwerp delegates heard ideas for how the sector can sustain its impressive recent success
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ArticlePlant burger that ‘bleeds’ to star at London conference
US meat substitute to be sampled by Joanna Lumley at conference highlighting environmental impact of livestock production
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ArticleIsle of Wight grower extends speciality tomato season
Production will continue into early November this year, capitalising on strong demand particularly for green tomatoes
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ArticleManufacturer tackles EU on buprofezin
Nichino America argues the product has a long history of safe use in insecticides and the EU is not taking a risk-based approach
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ArticleAC Goatham buys eight new farms
Acquisition of new orchards and cold storage facility means company now owns over 2,650 acres across Kent
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ArticleMoín port to open in January 2019
Major new Costa Rican port project will see banana-producing nation able to take ships up to 16,000 TEU
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ArticleSpain fears rise of the Egyptians
As Egypt ramps up its citrus production and turns desert into groves, Spain’s citrus producers are keeping a close eye on the competition