All United Kingdom articles – Page 487
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Eating veg every day helps babies to accept it later on
New study finds giving babies vegetables on multiple occasions can help children learn to like them
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Big Four market share 'will have fallen another 4 per cent by 2020'
This will be to Aldi and Lidl, as competition in the grocery retail market intensifies, a report by credit rating agency Moody's claims
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Trio charged with rape after attack at agricultural uni
Alleged incident took place following the Royal Agricultural University's summer ball in May 2014
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Asda launches ‘first-ever’ stripy pepper
Red and yellow striped pepper is grown by Dutch firm 4Evergreen and is marketed as having high levels of vitamin C
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Innovations abound in banana category
Future-proofing in-house is among the items at the top of the agenda for the leading players in the UK banana trade
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Study 'shows strain' on the less well-off trying to eat well
Claims low income households in Northern Ireland must spend one-third of their take-home income to purchase a basket of healthy food
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Sainsbury's suffers sales slump
Trading conditions in the 12 weeks to 6 June 2015 hit by "strong levels of food deflation" and a "highly competitive pricing backdrop"
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Iceland Foods suffers drops in sales and earnings
Iceland chairman and chief executive, Malcolm Walker, said: “This has been an exceptionally challenging year for the group"
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Panorama stokes debate on GM food production
Leading figures associated with the UK food and farming industry weigh into the debate generated by the BBC TV show
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Four decades and out for potato stalwart Eric Ritchie
General manager of Branston’s Abernethy site set to retire, with Kevin Imrie lined up to take his place
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New operations director for Mack
Mat Thewlis joins Mack after an 18-year career at Britvic, culminating in working at the soft drinks giant as operations director
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Farmcare boss Richard Quinn on his firm's growth plans
The Manchester-based firm was born in its current guise in August after The Co-op sold it to the Wellcome Trust for around £250m
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Berry Gardens hires new Tesco and M&S account managers
Former Greenvale employee Chris Hooton and ex-Total Produce worker Lisa Dowding have joined the soft fruit giant
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New technology moves towards absolute traceability
Many new technological developments are focused on ensuring absolute traceability and visibility in the supply chain
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Rhubarb industry in R&D revolution
After forming a crop association earlier this year, focus on the UK rhubarb sector is starting to build as growers prioritise weed control for R&D efforts
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Interview: Something in the watercress
Martyn Fisher meets one of fresh produce’s most innovative business leaders to hear about the future of watercress and salads
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Opinion: We need to counter 'abysmal' career advice
Hadlow College's Mark Lumsdon-Taylor on why a unified approach is needed to help young people to choose a career in horticulture
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Tulip growers 'please please' Paul McCartney
Ex member of The Beatles presented with his own tulip in colours associated with his native Liverpool before gig in the Netherlands
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Tesco trebles its exotic salad lines
Retailer says figures that show exotic salads are becoming lunch option of choice are behind move to expand range
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'Record-breaking' turnout for Open Farm Sunday
LEAF estimates visitor numbers for 2015 will be 250k+, exceeding the record-breaking attendance of 2014 by more than 15 per cent