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Supermarkets enjoy 17 months of consecutive growth
18th October 2017, 04:57 London
Supermarkets enjoy 17 months of consecutive growth
Sales rise 3.1 per cent at British retailers, but big four’s market share contracts at hands of smaller retailers
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- Kent fruit firm faces planning decision tipping point
  Kent fruit firm faces planning decision tipping point
  Clock House Farm’s Salmans Farm says a decision to block permanent polytunnels would put its future at ‘immediate risk’
- Eating blueberries ‘improves reaction times’
  Eating blueberries ‘improves reaction times’
  Children who were given blueberry drinks had nine per cent quicker reaction times, new research has found
- Rabobank looks to 'Kickstart Food'
  Rabobank looks to 'Kickstart Food'
  Financial services provider links with UN Environment for US$1bn sustainable food programme
- Grower submits planning for 30 acres of greenhouses
  Grower submits planning for 30 acres of greenhouses
  G Charlton and Sons has submitted proposals for Cravo greenhouses for soft-fruit production and a reservoir at its Church Farm site
- Swedish retailer unveils Halloween produce range
  Swedish retailer unveils Halloween produce range
  Zombie head cauliflower and witches fingers among frightening new produce range at Sweden's ICA
- Lidl plans largest UK distribution centre
  Lidl plans largest UK distribution centre
  Discounter to open 15th RDC in UK as part of £1.45 investment as rapid expansion continues
- Irish growers prepare for Ophelia
  Irish growers prepare for Ophelia
  Growers in Ireland and Northern Ireland have begun picking early today as tropical storm Ophelia moves in
- Growers asked to write to MPs on labour crisis
  Growers asked to write to MPs on labour crisis
  The NFU is calling for growers to write to local MPs to explain current and future impact of labour shortages on farms

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New alliance to tackle soil health
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Banana project boosts smallholders' profits
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Borough gears up for Apple Day
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Borough calls for schoolkids' food education
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SH Pratt Group rewards veteran with Costa Rica trip
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PrepWorld enters Spanish fresh-cut market
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Waitrose buying director expands role
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Why onions make us cry
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  Global demand for nuts continues to grow, driven in the UK by the healthy snacking trend, but negative press coverage in the sugar debate presents a challenge for the dried fruit sector
- Subscribers onlyShoppers warm to the taste of fresh produce
  Health is still a key driver of fresh produce consumption, but don't focus on that alone, writes Kantar's Chris Cowan
- Subscribers onlyJersey stems the tide
  Squeezed by tight margins, Jersey’s fresh produce sector has contracted in recent years, but Tenderstem is one product reversing the decline. Fred Searle meets local grower Richard Le Cornu to find out more
- Subscribers onlyInterview: A view from the US
  Don Cameron, general manager of Californian produce grower Terranova Ranch on climate change, Trump and a pioneering flooding technique
- Subscribers onlyBrands break new territory
  Added-value promotions, online retail and charitable work are increasingly important to the best apple brands and club varieties
- Subscribers onlyWhy Labour backs a new SAWS scheme
  Shadow Defra Secretary of State Sue Hayman outlines Labour's vision for the food and farming sector
- Subscribers onlyGrowers count cost of spring frost
  Panic subsides as retailers show support for larger fruit sizes but growers still face most complicated topfruit season in recent years
- Why onions make us cry
  Duane Mellor, senior lecturer at Coventry University, examines the science behind onions' tearjerking qualities and looks at what can be done to avoid it
- Subscribers onlyOrganic growth in Dutch topfruit
  The Netherlands' organics boom could soon set prices tumbling, says the country's largest organic topfruit grower, Robert Elshof
- Subscribers onlySalads succeed despite shaky start to year
  The leafy salads sector has shaken off challenging growing conditions to see positive value and volume growth
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