Retail news from FPJ – Page 173
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Strawberry sales hike as Wimbledon kicks off
Sales at Waitrose up by 11 per cent year-on-year, with Waitrose Organic strawberries sales up 51 per cent
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New 'sweet' lettuce variety unveiled at Sainsbury's
Launched by Bedfordshire Growers and that company's growing partner Jepco, Red Butterhead is a Red Salanova type bred by Rijk Zwaan
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Morrisons continues to grow ahead of the market
Recording a sales growth of 0.6 per cent, Morrisons has increased its market share to 11 per cent, up 0.1 percentage points on last year
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Branston teams up with Rick Stein's chef son
Jack Stein, son of legendary TV chef Rick, signed up as the ambassador for potato supplier's PR campaign for the Cornish potato season
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Lewis points to Tesco's UK-sourced roots record
Retailer's CEO Dave Lewis grilled by NFU on its promises to improve relationships with suppliers and improve trust throughout the industry
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First Citrus Black Spot interception of season made in UK
Despite this, key South African citrus figure believe there is now more understanding in Europe on risk mitigation being done by South Africa
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Fruit and veg sales hike helps Tesco slow decline
The UK's leading supermarket said overall UK sales fell by 1.3 per cent for the three months to the end of May 2015
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Loudest 'cauliflower creak' for 24 years predicted
Morrisons farmers say the creak will be particularly 'noisy' because of a sudden increase in night temperatures following a cold June
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Aroma mist and levitating berries offer taste of future
Futuristic display by flavour technicians Bompas & Parr, for British Summer Fruits, also includes ‘talking’ strawberry plants
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Biggest UK cherry crop 'in more than 12 years'
This has resulted in a bountiful harvest of cherries for leading retailers, such as Waitrose, with 20 per cent more fruit going on sale this year
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Tesco to trial UK-grown 'sweet' cabbage
Working with TH Clements, retailer bidding to erase 'memories of school dinners and cabbage boiled to within an inch of its life'
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Vitacress launches new pack of BBQ herbs in M&S stores
The product, which includes fresh rosemary, thyme and chives in equal 10g measures, has arrived in time for summer
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Aldi is retailer 'most compliant' on GSCoP
New survey conducted for Groceries Code Adjudicator makes positive reading for discounter, less so for Tesco and Iceland
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Suppliers see GSCoP as 'ambiguous' and 'long road to failure'
Management consultant David Sables tells GCA conference suppliers view the code positively, but deem it 'futile' to engage with it
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Tacon to close one of her 'top five' retailer-supplier issues
Closure comes after a full analysis of the way retailers handle and charge for consumer complaints
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Suppliers 'suffering fewer problems' with supermarkets
New survey conducted on behalf of Groceries Code Adjudicator reveals a fall in perceived code breaches
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CPM Retail launches new berry in the UK
Blue Honeysuckle is being grown by the New Forest Fruit Company and will be available on shelves from June 2016
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Agrexco stock market listing bid
The Israel-based business plans to spin off its strawberry business in a public offer, with the UK one of its biggest markets for the product
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Wellpak launches berry and tomato snack pots
Evesham supplier has launched cherries, blueberries and cherry tomatoes as one 5-A-DAY portion snack-pots
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Parsnip suppliers urge consumers to root for the underdog
What can be done to help boost the image and versatility of parsnips, the roots category’s ‘unsung hero’? Martyn Fisher finds out