All articles by Fred Searle – Page 100
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ArticleVitacress sponsors robotics workshops
Sessions run by King’s College and Science Gallery London encouraged students to consider application of robotics in horticulture and agriculture
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ArticleKantar: ‘Price drops don't always grow categories’
Consumer panel finds no correlation between retail price reductions and value sales in cauliflower, blueberries, potatoes or courgettes
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ArticleFresca to become majority employee-owned, Mack reveals
Group chairman expects to increase employee ownership to over 50 per cent in next two to three years and appears to rule out family succession
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ArticleSainsbury’s sales slide after challenging year
Retailer sees like-for-like sales and pre-tax profits reduce against backdrop of currency fluctuation and supermarket price war
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ArticleFrance welcomes peach and nectarine forecast
Europech predictions for France are up four per cent on 2016, but Italy, Spain and Greece will wait until 18 May to give their forecasts
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ArticleSpecial report: A shopper's eye view
Rijk Zwaan’s new ‘retail experience’ centre will, quite literally, allow supermarkets to see through the eyes of the consumer. Fred Searle went to Berlin to find out more
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ArticleUni-Vert co-op goes fair trade
Organic growers group is now the first cooperative in France with both organic and fair trade accreditation
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ArticleSavéol launches eco-friendly tomato range
French producer’s Nature range of pesticide-free tomatoes is sold in 100 per cent recyclable packaging
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ArticlePortugal Fresh targets three new markets
Promotional body to send delegations to Mexico, China and Colombia with aim of finding new clients and beginning exports
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ArticlePotato area to grow in Europe's main producing nations
Growing area expected to expand in all of Europe’s five main potato-producing countries, with Belgium’s increasing the most
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ArticleBarfoots wins social media award
Vegetable producer and social media experts Kitch win prize for use of social media at Sussex Digital Awards on 13 April
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ArticleNSure launches new pear pesticide test
Analyst extends test range to pears to determine whether fruit has been treated with shelf life-boosting chemical 1-MCP
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ArticleBakkavor launches recruitment drive at M&S supply facility
Prepared supplier is searching for 86 new staff for its Cucina Sano production facility near Boston
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ArticleSupermarket rocket ‘healthier than homegrown’
Scientists find that processing rocket leaves boosts cancer-fighting compounds, which become more abundant during post-harvest shelf life
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ArticleNeedles ‘found in Morrisons green beans’
Supermarket chain recalls trimmed green beans after metal needles discovered inside 13 beans in Glasgow and Manchester
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ArticleEU brings in new e-certification system for organics
New system designed to improve traceability, boost food safety and reduce potential fraud related to organic imports
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ArticleRetailers switch up cherry supply contracts
Cherry supplier J.O. Sims wins new business as M&S consolidates sourcing strategy while Sainsbury’s shortens its supply chain
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ArticleDelegation set for Brussels to promote Evesham asparagus
Visit to European Paliament on 25 April aims to promote Vale of Evesham asparagus in Europe and thank EU for granting PGI status
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ArticleP&I gives customers a taste of Norfolk’s asparagus
New Covent Garden wholesaler promotes J W Allen & Sons’ Portwood Asparagus brand with cooking demos and tasters
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ArticleInterview: Whatever it takes...
Fred Searle talks to Tony Reynolds and Andy Weir about problem solving, spreading inspiration and 'paranoid control – the keys to Reynolds’ success