Retail news from FPJ – Page 85
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ArticleGove appoints new food waste "champion" for 2019
Ben Elliot will aim to drive down Britain's wasteful habits, estimated at around 250 million binned meals a year
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ArticleWaitrose to sell Christmas "sproutlets"
Smaller Brussels sprouts resulting from 2018's dry summer are hitting supermarket shelves for the festive season
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Article‘Wash your avos,’ says FDA
US Food and Drug Administration urges consumers to wash skin of avocados after study shows almost a fifth contain harmful bacteria listeria
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ArticleWaitrose backs laser-bot venture
Growers for the supermarket will trial robot prototypes from British tech firm The Small Robot Company
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ArticleAC Goatham & Son completes major planting operation
Kent topfruit producer plants 220,000 new trees in varieties such as British Royal Gala, Cameo and Conference
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ArticleSoil Association in organic marketing push
Certification body launches new marketing materials and urges producers to sign up to its revamped veg box finder
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ArticleUK lays out waste strategy
Under the UK government’s new plans to reduce plastic use and waste and boost recycling, extra responsibility and costs are set to fall to retailers and producers
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ArticleNorovirus discovered in five per cent of lettuces
Vomiting and diarrhoea bug present in 30 out of 568 lettuces tested by FSA, which accuses food industry of “serious negligence”
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ArticleFlorette wishes shoppers a Merry Crispy
Brand’s Crispy bagged salad range will feature Christmas-themed packaging and money-off vouchers over festive period
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ArticleMorrisons to trial new It’s Fresh tech
Undisclosed active ingredient is printed directly onto packaging to boost product life by absorbing natural ripening hormone ethylene
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ArticleMorrisons launches end of shelf life veg boxes
£1 boxes of assorted fruit and veg will help fight to food waste and make unusual produce more affordable, says retailer
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ArticleDouble-digit sales growth for Ocado
Online retailer reports strong increase in fourth-quarter revenue as new facilities come on line
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ArticleVitacress Salads appoints new managing director
Mike Sheldon takes the helm of the salad growers after working in the dairy industry
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ArticleFood and grocery sales set to rise this Christmas
Retail revenues expected to increase by 2.4 per cent this year compared to last, with nearly one in ten planning to eat a veggie Christmas dinner
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ArticleMorrisons to sell "wonky" sprouts stalks
Morrisons offer shorter stalks this Christmas after the summer heatwave stunted sprouts growth across the country
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ArticleTesco directors acquitted of fraud
A judge has thrown out the case against two senior managers at Britain's largest retailer, calling it "weak"
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ArticleGovernment reveals £60m "bioeconomy" fund
UK leaders call on entrepreneurs to overhaul packaging materials and labelling with new investment programme
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ArticleEdible Christmas trees on sale at Waitrose
Supermarket stocks edible rosemary trees to appeal to customers looking to cut down on unnecessary waste
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ArticleGreengrocers gain from "Blue Planet effect"
Smaller shops with less plastics on produce are benefitting from millennial buying habits in the wake of anti-plastic trend
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ArticleSprouts "more popular than pigs in blankets"
New Tesco Christmas survey reveals yuletide dining trends with veg holding up as a festive essential