News from FPJ – Page 434
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ArticleHort business profitability falls by 7 per cent
RBR survey found that overall output fell by three per cent but this was slightly offset by a similar fall in variable costs
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ArticleNatures Way boss joins IGD as trustee
The appointment of Susan Barratt at the grocery insight charity takes effect immediately and will last until the end of 2019
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ArticleCommercial director of prepared firm dies
FPJ understands that the commercial director of Kanes Foods, Jeremy Folkard, has been killed in a car crash
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ArticleJobs on line as QV looks to address cost base
Veg giant looking at a proposal to consolidate the QV potato business to its Holbeach base in Lincolnshire
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ArticleTotal Produce UK maintains steady revenue stream
Fresh produce giant posted a 2015 full-year turnover figure nigh-on identical to the commanding £401 million 2014 number
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ArticleHere comes the berry in black
Despite promising work being done to boost blackberry sales, growers and suppliers have a number of troubling issues to contend with
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ArticleAdded value sparks interest in salads
The added-value salad sector is a valuable way of sparking consumer interest and boosting the category, but smaller firms can struggle with niche NPD
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ArticleImprove store layout to up fruit and veg consumption - NFU
One of 34 pleas NFU's Horticulture and Potatoes Board makes in its Fit For The Future: Helping Consumers Eat More Fruit and Veg report
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ArticleTaylorgrown's veg estate
Houghton Estate in Norfolk is home to organic veg grower Taylorgrown and its inspiring general manager Joe Rolfe. Nina Pullman went to visit
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ArticleTide turns as veg picks up
Recent shortages of cauliflower and spring greens appear to be over, while new figures show the vegetable category is seeing value and volume growth
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ArticleMorrisons lists ‘ketchup and chips’ hybrid plant
Retailer will also stock the Thompson & Morgan-owned ‘Egg and Chips’ plant to cater to increased demand for grow-your-own
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ArticleGolden Bay Fruit welcomes its first Cox to UK
New Zealand grower-exporter Golden Bay Fruit has delivered its first volumes of new season Cox to the UK and Europe
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ArticleJob of the Week: Head of Knowledge Exchange - Horticulture
Providing strategic leadership on knowledge exchange on behalf of the AHDB, you will ensure that research leads to enhanced best practice and increased competitiveness for Horticulture businesses
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ArticleSoil Association launches soil project
The UK is losing precious fertile soils at an alarming rate. New project Great Soils hopes to prevent that.
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ArticleLearning lessons from abroad
Produce industry experts from Belgium and Norway shared their marketing successes with UK delegates at FPJ Live
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ArticleFPJ Live panel debates Living Wage and Brexit
Delegates at FPJ Live today said they would vote to remain in the EU, while panelists stressed the gravity of New Living Wage costs
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ArticleJerseys, asparagus and strawberries sell well at Waitrose
Positive sales growth in same week as launch of cutting-edge new ad campaign
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ArticleTesco widens Kenyan bean spec and stops trimming
Retailer has ‘overhauled’ ordering, widened length spec and stopped trimming to save 135 tonnes of edible crop a year
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ArticleNFU comes out as anti-Brexit
Nevertheless, the union has said it won't be actively campaigning in the EU referendum, and won't tell its 55,000 members how to vote
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ArticleSainsbury’s produces fruit and veg ‘frenemy’ guide
New infographic guide recommends which pairings of fruit and veg to avoid to preserve shelf-life and cut food waste