All articles by Thomas Hobbs – Page 16
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Americans Love Beets
The American arm of G's Fresh Beetroot business launched its latest product this week in selected US-based Whole Foods supermarkets.
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Report: "UK F&V market set for more price rises"
A new report has claimed the overall value of the UK fresh produce market will rise by 11.5 per cent between 2013 and 2016, largely due to price inflation.
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South Africa calls on UK to prevent citrus ban
The South African citrus sector is calling on importers in the UK to take action or face a total ban of their produce.
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Industry teams up to tackle new fruit fly
The soft-fruit sector is leading a co-ordinated industry response to ward off the potentially devastating effects of a new fruit fly.
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Waitrose has new convenience head
Waitrose has made a change at the top of its convenience tree, with Jackie Wharton promoted from the position of director of commercial operations to a new role as director of convenience.
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Convenience drive for Morrisons
Morrisons has acquired seven stores from closing camera chain Jessops as part of its convenience drive this year.
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‘Engineering can boost farming’ says Tacon
The first Groceries Code Adjudicator, Christine Tacon has called for an increased focus on agricultural engineering to support an increase in food production.
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New Spitalfields named 'Best Wholesale Market'
New Spitalfields Market has been named Best Wholesale Market in the National Association of British Market Authority Awards in Birmingham last week.
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Eosta brings organic innovation to Berlin
Netherlands-based fresh organic fruit and vegetable company Eosta is looking to wow visitors to this year's Fruit Logistica in Berlin by introducing three new product innovations.
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Unite to host two AWB protests this weekend
Unite will stage two protests this weekend - one outside London-based hotel the Savoy and another in the Somerset constituency of farming minister David Heath to increase pressure on the government to save the Agricultural Wages Board (AWB).
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Turnover improvement for ND
French logistics organisation Norbert Dentressangle (ND) has announced an increase in annual turnover of 8.5 per cent for 2012, up to €3.88bn from €3.58bn the previous year.
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Soft drink tax ‘could boost fruit consumption’
Leading medical bodies are calling for a sugary soft- drink tax to be included in this year’s Budget that will be announced by Chancellor George Osborne on 20 March.
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BASF halts GM potatoes
Chemicals firm BASF will no longer seek EU approval of its GM potatoes.
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Abel & Cole success 'can boost veg box category'
Analysts have predicted a bright future for the organic box-scheme sector after Abel & Cole posted an impressive set of financial results.
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Salad growth driven by new packaging formats
Growth in the prepared salads sector is being driven by new packaging formats, according to one leading supplier.
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DFID and Waitrose form new SA worker scheme
The secretary of state for international development, Justine Greening, launched a new initiative alongside Waitrose MD Mark Price this week, which aims to boost the living conditions of foreign workers within the global fresh produce supply chain.
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New development on London Heathrow project
Air service provider dnata has announced a further step in the progress of its dnata City project, a purpose-built cargo logistics centre at the heart of London Heathrow Airport.
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Spanish imports on the rise
Spain's fresh fruit and vegetable imports grew 1.4 per cent on a year-on-year basis for the 11 months to November 2012, according to new data published by Fepex.
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Tesco buoyant as Morrisons decline continues
Morrisons has suffered a share decline of 0.6 percentage points, according to the latest grocery share data from Kantar Worldpanel.
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Ocado lowers specs for fresh produce
Ocado says it is in the process of broadening its quality specifications in order to sell more misshapen fruit and vegetables.