Retail news from FPJ – Page 187
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Tesco welcomes new colourful potato line
Lincolnshire grower Branston's Rainbow potatoes have been launched exclusively in Tesco stores nationwide
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Food firms forced to close by price wars
Race to cut prices among major supermarkets is forcing more food producers out of business than last year, report finds
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Fairtrade targets Asda and Tesco banana offering
But Tesco claims it already does more than certified suppliers and pays workers more than Fairtrade minimum wage
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Retailers fined for selling rotten fruit
Owners of Spencer Foods in Bradford admitted ten separate breaches of EU marketing standards for selling fresh fruit and veg
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Nisa's fruit and vegetable sales soar following rebrand
Products in modified Heritage line unveiled in June, and success aligns with retailer's aim to create a £500 million brand
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Tesco store staff welcome help from head office
Move by Tesco’s head office to work one day in stores every two weeks has been 'well received' by in-store teams
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Capital gains as Tesco/AMT parade Spanish citrus
This year's experiential activity to start season centred on handing out fruit at King's Cross and Waterloo train stations in London
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Retailers ‘must close’ one in five stores
Supermarkets need to shut stores to save costs, as price cuts are ‘not enough’ to fend off competition from discounters
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Purple craze set for sprout market
The Redarling variety, grown in Lincolnshire, set to hit the shelves at Waitrose this week, followed by Asda and The Co-op
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Ex-Tesco man joins Co-op in new role
Chris Whitfield joins the Co-operative in newly created role as retail and logistics director, while two new board appointments also named
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New study questions food miles logic
Growing veg in UK greenhouses through winter found to be less energy efficient than transporting outside-grown crops from Spain
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BanaBay to double size of UK HQ
Appointments in 2014 in sales, marketing, quality control and customer services have boosted international team to 18 people
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Bartlett sets up online retail arm
Alan Bartlett and Sons' redesigned website now allows consumers and businesses to buy Bartlett vegetables through its website
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Torquay's 'sole fresh produce shop' made homeless
Gary Wood, of Monkeys Like Bananas, allegedly given seven days' notice to leave his retail unit in town's shopping centre
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Irish produce firm set to axe 98 jobs
Move lined up at Donnelly Fruit & Veg due to changes to outsourcing arrangements by one of its major customers
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M&S on hand to help Manor Fresh toast new factory
The potato and veg supplier and its key long-term retail customer marked the opening of a facility which has been two years in the making
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Morrisons partners with Royal Agricultural University
‘Long-term’ partnership will see retailer offer work placements while RAU students will support applied research on Morrisons farms
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Morrisons LFL sales drop 6.3 per cent
Total sales also fell by 3.6 per cent, but retailer says long-term plans such as moving packing operations to UK yet to benefit sales
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99p Stores to offer more fresh produce
High-street chain sets sights on joining discount grocery market with drive to increase fresh produce supply base
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Netto opens doors of first UK store
MD of Sainsbury’s and Dansk Supermarked JV says ‘there is room for more’ in UK discount market at opening of first store today