Retail news from FPJ – Page 193
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‘Emergency’ funding for EU growers
Growers and producers hit by Russia’s ban on EU food imports can apply for funding to compensate market withdrawal
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Tesco produce 'damaged' amid Gaza protest
One arrested as Free Gaza protest at a branch of the supermarket allegedly leads to fruit and veg being thrown on floor
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Asda CEO upbeat despite management changes
Andy Clarke reports 0.5 per cent sales growth and insists supermarket is well-placed for the future
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UK Aldi shoppers pay 'nearly double'
British shoppers at fast-growing discounter pay almost twice what they would pay at German, Spanish and French outlets
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Waitrose hits jackpot with sweetcorn sales
Retailer predicts ‘best-ever’ year for British sweetcorn with a 30 per cent sales uplift driven by warm weather and BBQ trends
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Retailers ‘do not help' shoppers buy seasonal produce
New research shows 86 per cent of shoppers want to buy seasonal produce, despite low awareness of what is in season
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UK industry chiefs play down impact of Russia's produce ban
Association figureheads confident that year-long Russian ban on EU produce shouldn't cause major disruption to UK market
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Morrisons partners with The Sun to promote produce
Retailer uses national and regional press to offer £5 of free fruit and vegetables and publicise price cuts
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Tesco is UK's leading English apples and pears seller
Sales of Conference pears, Cox, Braeburn and Bramley apples are the native varieties that continue to prove popular
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Buoyant Waitrose sees sales growth
Premium retailer said after a ‘remarkable’ year it expects to record 4.5 per cent sales growth for the first half of the year
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Rose breeder launches mini gold
Danish breeder Roses Forever has unveiled Maasland Gold as latest addition to mini rose market
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TV ad with girl removing salad from burger is banned
A Morrisons advert showed a burger as the ‘preferable option to the salad’ as girl removes salad, onions and tomato
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Ocado chief exec to get Tory peerage
Ex-M&S and Booker boss Sir Stuart Rose's peer appointment sparks debate about rewarding party donations with honours
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Co-op Group voted UK's 'most ethical' company
Results of a survey by Ethical Consumer readers come after scandal surrounding Paul Flowers, group's ex-chairman
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Wellcome Trust buys The Co-op's farms
World's second biggest charitable foundation spends nearly a quarter of a billion buying The Co-op Group's farm portfolio
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Tesco veteran to be Morrisons' next chairman
Ex-Tesco finance director Andrew Higginson will take over on 1 October when Sir Ian Gibson retires
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'Hottest-ever' UK-grown chilli hits the shelves at Tesco
The Trinidad Scorpion, which until recently was the hottest chilli in the world, has an average reading of 1.2m Scovilles
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Tesco to stop selling West Bank dates
Decision comes amid renewed tension between Israel and Hamas, but Tesco claims its move is unconnected to conflict
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Aldi breathing down the neck of Waitrose
Kantar data shows that Aldi’s 32% growth rate in last 12 weeks has lifted its market share to 4.8% - just behind Waitrose's 4.9%
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Sainsbury's develops grower links
Supermarket technologist gives wide-ranging speech at Fruit Focus, covering direct sourcing, waste, breeding and GM