All articles by Nina Pullman – Page 76
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Tesco launches online supplier network
Growers and suppliers can now connect directly to Tesco teams, as well as share ideas on sustainability and food waste
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UK demand for organic veg at ‘all time high’
Organic cauliflower tops list with value up 66.7 per cent, with brassica, broccoli and root crops also in growth over Christmas
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Freshtime sponsors local netball team
Lincolnshire prepared and salad firm has provided Boston West Academy with a new kit for the mixed netball team
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Retailers ‘do not create’ majority of food waste
Most of the food wasted in the UK comes from the home or the supply chain, new WRAP report finds
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Potato Council should spend less on R&D, says NFUS
Growers have called for potato levy body to switch funding from R&D to promotional activity to boost consumption
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Scottish tomato firm in liquidation
Scotherbs-backed Clyde Valley Tomatoes folds after three years of business sees it ‘not proving financially viable’
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Wild pollinators threatened by commercial bees
Diseases such as Deformed Wing Virus are spreading from commercial colonies to wild pollinators, study finds
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UK appoints agri counsellor in China
Head of Defra’s farming team Karen Morgan will aim to grow British exports to China and is part-funded by AHDB
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Asda reshuffles top executives
Ex-M&S buyer Andrew Moore promoted to chief merchandising officer with responsibilities for food, and Barry Williams takes on customer officer
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Lincolnshire gains new Food Board
Senior farming figures will help champion food producers and help double value of Lincolnshire’s food industry by 2030
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Interview: Bowling towards the future
Florette’s commercial manager Sandy Sewell chats to Nina Pullman about marketing plans for 2015, the trend for ‘extra convenience’ and the potential for the salad bowls
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Tip of the iceberg
In a season dominated by retail price wars on iceberg lettuce, the salads category has seen deflation drive volumes up with growers left feeling the squeeze
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Focus on the future
Speakers at this year’s Oxford Farming Conference tackled some of the key industry issues for the future, including climate change, supply chains and the EU
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Lea Valley plans spark outrage
Park development plan would ‘resist’ glasshouse expansions and could use land-purchasing powers to force growers out
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Tesco launches app on Google Glass
Retailer becomes first to launch its grocery app for Google Glass to work alongside shoppers’ Tesco online accounts
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Waitrose halves price of 13 fresh produce items
Avocados, citrus and Pink Lady apples among produce with slashed prices in month-long ‘half price’ promotion event
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Fourayes invests £100k in new Bramley orchard
Kent’s largest fruit processor says ‘heavy investment’ in close-planted Bramley orchard will pay off as yields will double
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British Herbs revamps logo and website
Trade body unveils image makeover in time for annual conference, and says it aims to reach more in the herb supply chain
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Morrisons CEO Dalton Philips to step down
Retailer’s boss set to leave as like-for-like sales fell by 3.1 per cent over Christmas period, the worst results out of the big four
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Rival to Oxford Farming Conference sells out
Oxford Real Farming Conference welcomed a record 650 delegates, and launched manifesto for “under-represented” farmers