All articles by FPJ Staff – Page 67
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ArticleGoatham shakes up top-fruit game
Apple grower AC Goatham & Son is moving away from traditional English varieties to invest in extending the season for Gala and Braeburn as supermarkets look to stock more domestic fruit. Tom Bonnett reports
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ArticleMorrisons puts fresh foot forward
Morrisons has put fruit and vegetables squarely at the heart of its impressive growth in recent years, and now it is taking its presentation to the next level. David Shapley reports from one of the newest stores
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ArticleThink Britain
As new markets open up and the world’s growers re-examine their supply options, Lisa Kjellsson looks at why now could just be the moment to take another look at trading with Britain
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ArticleThe sky’s the limit
Consumers just can’t get enough soft fruit and the category keeps on growing, even in the face of recession, with both volume and value sales soaring
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Citrus offer gets extra attention on shelf
The citrus game especially caught my attention this week, offering consumers a taste of sunshine in the depths of winter.
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ArticleAfrican mission
Tom Bonnett reports on how one business is using New Spitalfields Market to help give struggling African farmers a boost
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Time to look again at modern Britain
There’s something quintessentially British about not wanting to shout about our strengths.I’m always amazed when
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ArticleFruit and vegetable purchases nosedive among poorer families
Poorer families in Britain have cut the amount of fruit and vegetables they buy by almost a third to consume little over half the recommended five portions per day.
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ArticlePGI nod for Comber potatoes
New season Comber potatoes from Northern Ireland have been granted European Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) status.
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ArticleAnglia founder David Hurley dies
David Hurley passed away last weekend following a short illness, aged 64.
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ArticleThe green standard
A wide range of innovation and NPD is ensuring today’s packaging is the greenest yet, as Lisa Kjellsson reports
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ArticleFootprinting biodiversity
The debate over footprinting has moved on from carbon to water and now biodiversity. But there are many challenges to overcome to create a valid ‘biodiversity score’, as David Burrows reports
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ArticleChange is on the cards
On first appearances the vegetable market seems to be stable with a minor decline in volume and a slight rise in value, but change may be bubbling under the surface
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Mark Moody: Why investing in a carbon footprinting scheme makes sound financial sense
In the fresh produce sector, renowned for operating on a low-margin, high-volume basis, it is imperative that a business
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New ranges aplenty as stores differentiate
The drive by the multiples to portray even the most humble vegetables as something different - and in so doing elevate their
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Sandys Dawes: Fruiterers welcome new phase as first female Master is installed in the company
In a historic occasion for our company, Jane Anderson will be the Fruiterers’ first female Master on 25 January. It will
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ArticleTurn over a new leaf
In its quest for 10,000 members, Linking Environment and Farming (LEAF) is stepping up its profile. Anna Sbuttoni talks to commercial manager Jeremy Boxall about the need for environmentally responsible farming
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Collaboration is the topic of the day
There’s only been one word on everyone’s lips this week, and for once it isn’t Tesco.Collaboration is the
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ArticleBlow to GM as BASF pulls research base out of Europe
BASF is moving its Plant Science base out of Germany to the US due to “a lack of acceptance” for GM technology in many parts of Europe.
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ArticleThanet Earth is right on cue
Thanet Earth has this week won the race to get the first English cucumbers of the season onto supermarket shelves.