News from FPJ – Page 466
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ArticleTotal Worldfresh ups turnover but sees profit fall
T&JB Produce acquisition helped boost revenues by more than £20 million at the Total Produce Group subsidiary
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ArticlePotato firm nearly doubles its sales in Lidl
The popular Amber potatoes, which are the Celandine variety, are exclusive to the Kent Potato Company
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ArticleSweetcorn, potatoes and peas 'could cause weight gain'
But eating more blueberries, prunes and cauliflower could help slimmers reach their target weight, researchers claim
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ArticlePrimary school bans fruit juice
A Kent school has ruled that pupils can only drink milk or water during the day while all sugary fruit juices are now banned
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ArticleBarfoots to star in new Harvest series
Popular farming programme returns with spotlight on leading food producers during harvest, fronted by Gregg Wallace
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ArticleNorthern Ireland bans growing of GM crops
Decision follows Scotland’s move to prohibit GM crop cultivation, despite lobbying from farming unions
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ArticleProvide specific origin of produce, Truss urges
Retailers and suppliers encouraged to provide region-specific origin info on produce to inspire pride in British consumers
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ArticleDerbyshire school bans mangoes and kiwifruit
The two fruit products have been blacklisted at a primary school in case staff or pupils suffer a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction
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Children are ‘most likely’ to eat apples
Apples, apple juice, and bananas are among most-consumed fruit by young people and children, a new study has found
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ArticlePrepared salad sales in ‘long-term’ growth
Year-on-year unit sales and category value are both rising as consumers return more frequently to prepared salad fixtures
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ArticleSainsbury's attracts 250k new shoppers and grows sales
Sainsbury’s was the only one of the ‘big four’ retailers to keep pace with the market, latest Kantar Worldpanel data shows
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ArticleIndirect suppliers ‘should be’ covered by GSCoP
Report finds that Kenyan exporters are facing ‘unfair trading practices’ and order cancellations from European retailers
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Morrisons to replace sweets with fruit at checkouts
Morrisons is initially running a trial at ten stores across the country, with full roll-out expected by February 2016
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ArticleGrowing smoothie brand targets commuters
Savse’s new marketing campaign comes months after it was recognised by the UK Government as one of 50 Food Stars
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ArticleNew cauliflower is ‘less intimidating’ to younger consumers
Produce World has launched a new Chinese sweet sprouting cauliflower into select Waitrose stores
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ArticleDutch pepper suppliers see late-summer sales surge
High temperatures and poor Spanish exports sent European retailers knocking on Dutch doors and led to late price spike
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Article'Engage with vloggers', marketers told
The path to teenagers' stomachs is increasingly coming via new YouTube stars, experts tell DOGK
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ArticleLidl to implement new Living Wage minimum wage
Lidl UK employees will soon earn a minimum of £8.20 an hour across England, Scotland and Wales, and £9.35 an hour in London
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ArticleWelsh children now eating more fruit and veg
Despite this, just 35 per cent of children said they undertook physical activity for at least an hour on every day of the previous week in 2014
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ArticleCrackdown on gangs who steal thousands of mushrooms
Anyone taken to court and found guilty of stealing wild mushrooms from the New Forest could be fined up to £200 under the Theft Act