News from FPJ – Page 395
-
ArticleRetailer loyalty falls as shoppers hunt Christmas deals
Shopper loyalty decreases during festive period, particularly among female customers, according to new research
-
ArticleBakkavor brings experience to its board
Two new board members have experience across food and retail with previous roles at McDonalds, Co-op and Majestic Wine
-
ArticleSainsbury's launches training to stop exploitation
Retailer will introduce two schemes for suppliers to prevent worker exploitation within their supply chains
-
ArticleAll hands on deck at Tesco for festive period
Tesco is putting an extra 15,000 staff in stores including from head office to help shoppers over Christmas
-
ArticleWhole Foods predicts 2017 purple food trend
US-based retailer forecasts wellness tonics, products from by-products and purple foods as top food trends for the New Year
-
ArticleOcado posts sales rise in final quarter
Online retailer saw gross sales rise by 13.1 per cent in Q4 while average orders per week rose by 17.6 per cent
-
ArticleVale of Evesham Asparagus wins PGI status
Regional asparagus has been awarded with Protected Geographical Indication status by the European Commission
-
ArticleYorkshire veg supplier awarded Sword of Honour
Troy Foods has been recognised by the British Safety Council in recognition of excellent health and safety management
-
ArticleNew refill technology could halve waste at retail
Technology that automates shelf refill decisions will benefit grocery retailers by replacing 'gut feel' replenishment in stores
-
ArticleRipe opportunities in organic bananas
Post-Brexit exchange rates have pushed up prices, but the growing organics market is proving fruitful
-
ArticlePGI products 'to be protected post-Brexit'
Protected name products will maintain European protection from imitations as long as the UK does the same for EU products
-
ArticleGreenvale names new site operations director
Former Bakkavor and Moy Foods employee Phil McCaul has joined potato supplier to oversee Cambridgeshire potato site
-
ArticleAsparagus specialist joins Global Plant Genetics
Claire Donkin joins as technical associate and will focus on growing the company’s overseas asparagus client base
-
ArticleNew app trades in surplus produce
A digital marketplace that helps distribute surplus produce to willing buyers will launch as an iOS app soon
-
ArticleFruit and veg is 'vital to shopper loyalty'
New research suggests that consumers will pay extra for quality produce and switch stores if their favourites are not available
-
ArticleComplacency 'could hamper kale growth'
Opinion: Kantar Worldpanel consumer insight director Chris Cowan on why kale's success should not be taken for granted
-
ArticleA Coupe for produce
At the Sainsbury’s Farming Conference, Nina Pullman caught up with CEO Mike Coupe to get his views on produce, price and the discounters
-
ArticleTime to vote for your UK Fruit & Veg champions
Voting is open till Wednesday 14 December in FPJ reader-voted awards, with 12 categories up for grabs
-
ArticleDole uses ice stunt to promote new range
A new range of frozen fruit from Dole was promoted in central London via giveaways and giant ice sculptures
-
ArticleGraham Cottee appointed as new AKP director
Cottee returns to AKP after four years as potato and brassica buyer at Morrisons and will head up company's grower group