News from FPJ – Page 403
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ArticleVitacress celebrates record fresh herb sales
Fresh herb grower marks a bumper year with event showcasing new varieties and trends
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ArticleHubbub and Unilever tackle pumpkin waste
Food waste campaign follows research revealing that 15 million pumpkins were carved but not eaten last year
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ArticleLast chance to enter the 2016 UK Fruit & Vegetable Awards
Companies and individuals have until 31 October to submit their entries for the annual reader-voted awards
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ArticleTesco adds pears to Perfectly Imperfect range
Retailer is also launching the Rosedene Farms Pears range to utilise smaller fruit and buy more of a crop
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ArticleBranston appoints new fresh factory general manager
Tesco potato supplier brings in former Produce World and G’s manager to head up fresh factory in Lincolnshire
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ArticleLidl prepares for peak pumpkin sales
Discounter expects to sell over 70,000 pumpkins on one day with sales forecast to be up 50 per cent on last year
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ArticlePreparing potatoes for the future
Difficult growing conditions look likely to reduce yields, while the rising demand for convenience presents both barriers and opportunities in sales
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ArticleUK government ‘looking at’ new GM regulations
The UK government is considering future arrangements for GM regulation post-Brexit, minister George Eustice confirms
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ArticleCornerways nursery to replace tomatoes with cannabis
New deal will see British Sugar-owned horticulture business supply cannabis to pharmaceutical sector to treat child epilepsy
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ArticlePaula Nickolds named as John Lewis managing director
Former commercial director at John Lewis Paula Nickolds has been promoted to MD
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ArticleSimon Martin departs QV Foods
Sales and marketing director departs veg and potato giant suddenly following a decade at the business
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ArticleWhy marmitegate matters for fresh produce
The recent spat between Unilever and Tesco brings the issue of post-Brexit price increases to the fore
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ArticlePackaging Automation wins eco-award
Manufacturer of fresh produce packaging machinery lands prize for reaching zero waste to landfill
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ArticleService for David Shapley
A public event for the late fresh produce journalist will take place in Surrey on 4 November
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ArticleGovernment unveils major export plan
The International Action Plan for Food and Drink will target nine ‘priority’ markets including Australia, Latin America and France
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ArticleLiverpool set for new wholesale market
A £7 million wholesale market to replace the city’s Old Swan site could be ready by September 2017
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ArticleM&S to launch Pink Tiger striped lemon
New Spanish-grown variety from Muñoz has pink flesh and yellow and green striped skin
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ArticleEU extends ban on Ghana imports
Ban on imports of Ghanaian gourds, aubergine and chillies has been extended due to ‘significant shortcomings’ in quality
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ArticleBringing the A game
Asda fresh produce manager Charlie Mills on locking horns with Aldi and revamping the produce category
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ArticleEx-FPJ editor David Shapley dies, aged 77
One of the most prominent fresh produce journalists of the last 50 years passes away after a short illness