News from FPJ – Page 396
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ArticleNisa launches Festive Five veg deal
Maris Piper, Brussels sprouts, carrots, parsnips and a Savoy cabbage are on sale at 39p each until January
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ArticleJapanese firm acquires UK freeze-dried foods producer
Nagatanien's acquisition of Kent-based Chaucer will help both companies expand their global reach and enter new markets
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ArticleAshfield to replace Baines as Aldi head of buying
Group buying director Julie Ashfield will replace MD of corporate buying Tony Baines when he retires next year
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ArticleIcelandic government rejects Iceland olive branch
Trademark dispute between Iceland Foods and Iceland (country) looks likely to end in legal action
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ArticleChina set to remain biggest grocery market
Experts forecast Asia to continue as the biggest engine of growth in the grocery market with the UK ranking as number seven
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ArticleLidl to open new £70 million depot
Lidl will open 13th UK warehouse and join other household names at Verdion's iPort site in Doncaster, South Yorkshire
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ArticlePea industry launches young chef competition
Yes Peas! opens cooking competition for second year running with a new sponsor and category for secondary schoolchildren
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ArticleSainsbury’s ‘selling more produce than ever before’
Commercial director Paul Mills-Hicks says retailer is seeing transaction growth and is 'keeping head above water' on volume
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ArticleTesco, JS and Waitrose follow banana price rises
Retailers break price hold and follow rivals to new price point of 72p per kilo following import cost inflation
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ArticleBiobest buys Kenyan biopesticide firm
Belgian firm has acquired Real IPM to grow foothold in Africa and further develop biopesticide portfolio
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ArticleCartoon: Patoka on the growing free-from market
Patoka imagines the future for the fast-growing trend of 'free-from' products and food-to-go options
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ArticleSpecial report: Poland's Brexit blues
Polish blueberry exporters may look to new markets if exchange rates worsen, but for the time being the UK remains an important trade partner
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ArticleKnow your top consumer complaint, suppliers urged
Sainsbury's head of quality Beth Hart said all suppliers should know the top complaint in their category ahead of Christmas trading
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ArticleRain in Spain hits salad veg supply
Salad veg supply is tight as rainfall has halted picking in some areas while cooler temperatures have slowed crop growth
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ArticleSprout shortage threatens Christmas supply
Prices are up by 50 per cent on the markets while Diamondback Moth issues have led to lower yields and smaller sizes
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ArticlePotato exports power growth at Grangemouth
Reefer volumes are up 30 per cent as Scotland’s seed potato industry continues to grow global exports
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ArticleScottish grower signs six-figure Lidl deal
Stirfresh will supply six new products for the discounter’s new Ready to Cook prepared veg range in Scotland
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ArticleIceland in talks with Iceland after trademark row
Retailer to send high-level delegation to Iceland to resolve spat over claims company is ‘aggressively' protecting trademark
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ArticleUK's largest food firms send Brexit asks to PM
Letter signed by likes of Fresca, G’s and Poupart calls for tariff-free access to Single Market and access to labour post-Brexit
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ArticleWatercress Company in cancer patient trial
Patients at Dorset Country Hospital will receive one watercress smoothie a day under a new trial to improve health