All articles by Fred Searle – Page 103
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ArticleLabour would ban junk food ads before watershed
Opposition health secretary pledges to ban adverts for unhealthy foods before 9pm if Labour wins general election
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ArticleMelvyn Wyer celebrates 50 years in potatoes
Rowe Farming sales manager, instrumental in Duchy Potato Group’s formation, receives recognition for services to potato sector
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ArticleBlue Whale to extend organic apple range
French apple giant to invest in specific organic varieties and convert Ariane variety for organic production as demand rises
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ArticleAmazonFresh launches in Germany
Amazon begins fresh food deliveries to selected postcodes in Berlin and Potsdam, with plans to roll out nationwide
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ArticleNew growing media could 'reduce reliance on coir’
Coir-free growing media could be just as effective as coir blends for growing strawberries, trials show
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ArticleBlue Whale takes on SH with Joya expansion
French apple giant to step up production of Cripps Red variety and compete with southern hemisphere braeburn imports in the UK
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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