News from FPJ – Page 465
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ArticleProduce World hires two agri-food trainees
Will Shields and Tom Collison will work at vegetable supplier while studying for Food Manufacture degree
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ArticleProduce traders left reeling as hospital 'orders closure'
Twelve people could reportedly lose their jobs as a result of hospital bosses in Stoke alleged bid to close the fruit and veg stalls
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ArticleBranston bunch get on their bikes for charity
Nearly £4,000 has been raised by workers at the potato giant, a figure which Branston has pledged to match
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ArticleAldi to start online sales for first time
Discounter will enter e-commerce market with wine and non-food products as it announces record sales for 2014
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ArticleProduce team raises €45k for cancer charity
Forty workers at Quality Produce International participated in the cancer fundraising Ride for the Roses bicycle race in the Netherlands
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ArticleGhana places ban on aubergine and pepper exports to EU
The move follows advice by the Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) of the European Commission about pests on veg and salad crops
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ArticleSH Pratt founder Bob Wells passes away aged 93
Founder of UK banana giant, whose son Robert now leads the business, was a well-known and well-liked person within the fruit trade
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ArticleCompagnie Fruitiere UK back in profit
The banana giant’s accounts show that it bounced back from a £55,000 loss in 2013 to a £3 million pre-tax profit in 2014
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ArticleSending the right message
Large companies are switching on to the need for good internal communication to keep staff in the loop
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ArticleMelon market in flux
Direct sourcing, market share and varietal development means the melon category is seeing its fair share of fluctuation, according to one key supplier
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ArticleSustainable growth for Rocha pears
Aristides Sécio, president of the National Association of Rocha Pear Producers (ANP), tells Andre Azevedo why the industry is taking a slow-but-steady approach to export growth
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ArticleDutch top-fruit season takes off
Dutch growers are harvesting this year’s top-fruit crop, with two varieties leading the way in the apple and pear categories respectively
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ArticleGrower gets council go-ahead after polytunnel protests
TW Busby & Son, which supplies BerryWorld, had seen its bid dogged by claims that it would harm the environment
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ArticleHeat hits French apple crop
One French apple marketer has cast doubt on the reliability of the Prognosfruit European apple crop forecast, claiming the summer heatwave may limit yields
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ArticleLJ Betts aims for own-brand growth
Own-brand baby leaf success, a growing imports business and a new £2.5m packing facility are at the heart of LJ Betts’ future plans
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ArticleMixed bag for UK salad season
Commodity lines in lettuce and salad veg continue to feel the squeeze from the retail price war, while growers have faced troublesome aphid issues
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ArticleBristol retailer fined £5,620 for selling rotten fruit
Rotting Cripps Pink apples and mouldy lemons was among produce being sold at Rehan’s Foodstore
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ArticleWholesaler retires after 53 years
Covent Garden stalwart Christopher Kensit is preparing to hang up his high-vis vest for the last time
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ArticleTwo Tesco stores to cease 24hr trading
Retailer said this was localised decision and it will continue to trade 24 hours a day elsewhere
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ArticleMigrant killed by Eurotunnel train
Young boy is reportedly the 11th person to die close to Channel Tunnel during this summer’s migrant crisis