News from FPJ – Page 400
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Morrisons begins one-hour deliveries through Amazon
Supermarket chain hopes extended deal with online retailer will contribute to profits of between £50 and £100m
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ArticleKenya and Scotland sign trade deal
Scottish seed potato exports have a “significant” new market as Kenya currently grows only two per cent of crop from certified seed
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ArticleWaitrose to lead growing research projects
Ambitious initiative aims to focus on issues from soil health to biodiversity and waste reduction
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ArticleJunk food advertising 'holding back' obesity fight
Less than two per cent of food advertising spend is spent on fruit and veg compared to 20 per cent on snacks and sweets
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ArticleSarah Calcutt heads up Avalon’s new PO
Former fresh produce marketer to manage newly-formed producer organisation while continuing at Partners in Produce
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Article‘In-store experience key’, says IGD chief
Grocery shoppers will continue to seek out excitement in store despite greater automation of everyday purchases, IGD chief predicts
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ArticleAlbert Bartlett celebrates decade of FareShare tie-up
Food charity has praised ‘steady and reliable stream of potatoes’ that have helped feed those in need over past 10 years
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ArticleHerb grower invests £200k in packhouse expansion
Yorkshire-based Herbs Unlimited has also been presented with the Best Fresh Produce Award at the 2016 Taste Awards
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ArticleFood waste champions call for more transparency
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Tristram Stuart join in call for supermarkets to be more open about their food waste
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ArticleTesco's turnaround gathers pace
UK’s biggest retailer records fastest sales growth in three years while Aldi and Lidl’s march slows
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ArticleDiamondback moth ‘resistant to pyrethroids’
AHDB is hosting a workshop in January to update growers on the latest control methods for DBM
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ArticlePink Lady sponsors women’s rugby team
Apple brand signs two-year deal with Kent rugby team, who now wear pink branded shirts
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Article‘True gentleman’ John Marshall passes away
Former Empire World Trade and Swithenbank employee John Marshall has passed away after losing a battle with cancer
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ArticleFresh produce ‘could learn from health sector’
The fresh produce industry could learn from the health sector how to better turn R&D into commercial application
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ArticleElsoms appoints head of business development
Plant breeder appoints former technical director from Westland Horticulture to newly created post
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ArticleNFT wins Essential Fruit contract
NFT’s base at the Port of Tilbury will provide storage and distribution to prepared fruit supplier in six-month rolling contract
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ArticleInterview: Sargeant marches on
G’s Fresh chief operating officer Peter Sargeant talks Nina Pullman through his 20 years at the company and how he caught the bug of ambition
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ArticleSuppliers should ‘absorb cost rises’ – Sainsbury’s chief
Sainsbury’s CEO Mike Coupe has reportedly said large suppliers should absorb any cost increases from the falling pound
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Article‘Innovation pipeline’ drives sales growth at Bakkavor
Prepared produce giant has record like-for-like sales growth across the group and confirmed continued capital investment
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ArticleBusiness growth ‘down to staff’, says Langmead
Investment in staff to thank for projected 50 per cent business growth, according to herb supplier