News from FPJ – Page 384
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ArticleFireblight in apples and pears doubles in 2016
Enquiries about incurable bacterial disease fireblight, which devastates apple and pear plants, have doubled since 2015, according to RHS
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ArticleLidl pilots fun size veg range
New range includes cutely named lines designed to get children closer to their 5 A Day
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ArticleEuropean grocery market grows at fastest rate for year
Europe's retailers enjoy 1.8 per cent sales rise in FMCGs at end of 2016, with shopping basket value increasing by 41 per cent in ten years
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ArticleStudents explore future buying habits with JDM Food
Food manufacturer sets essay competition on consumer buying habits as part of working more closely with University of Lincoln
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ArticleSales served ice cold
Fresh produce suppliers are investing in frozen as a way of extending the season and entering valuable export markets
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ArticleBetter storage guidance 'would cut food waste'
Reducing the number of date labels on produce has helped consumers but there is more work to be done on storage guidelines
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ArticleAudio: In conversation with Daniel Gunner
Michael Barker chats to Daniel Gunner of ISS, winner of the MorePeople Young Person of the Year award at UKFVA
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ArticleManaging the media during #vegcrisis2017
G's marketing director Anthony Gardiner on the impact of national media coverage of recent veg and salad shortages
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ArticleWaitrose trials video shelf labels
Video labelling features tasting tips from buyers and can help promote seasonal campaigns
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ArticlePromising results from new carrot trials
Octavo F1 shows promising ability to combat cavity spot and virus resistance, according to Hazera
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ArticleNew Tesco frozen line tackles food waste
Supermarket leader launches frozen pomegranate, beetroot, watermelon and coconut
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ArticleInnocent launches new ‘Super Juices’
New vegetable and vitamin drinks from smoothie giant designed help consumers reduce fatigue and meet 5 A DAY target
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ArticleTesco claims 'earliest-ever' English strawberries
Medlar Fruit Farms-grown Driscoll's Lusa strawberries are available on shelves in February for the first time
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ArticleFairtrade banana sales up six per cent
Bananas were the second fastest-growing Fairtrade product during the last year and grow ahead of declining grocery market
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ArticleFood firms among SME Export Track 100
A range of businesses with fresh produce interests included among ranking produced by the Sunday Times
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ArticleCarbon Gold shines in tomato root mat disease trial
A biological treatment from the biochar company was most effective in limiting spread of the root disease in AHDB trials
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ArticleGreenvale hits FareShare milestone
Supplier has sent food waste charity enough potatoes for 200,000 meals in the past 12 months
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ArticleFresh produce firms rise in value
Fresh produce firms have risen in value by five and 10 per cent over the last 12 months, a new study has found
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ArticleWaitrose 'first' to launch UK-grown salad bag
Retailer has said Wingland Foods' new energy efficient glasshouse will mean it can stock British salad all year round
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ArticleResearcher calls for start-ups to invest in robotics
Industry must rely on start-ups to bring robots into use with large machinery manufacturers reluctant to invest, leading researcher tells NFU Conference