All articles by Fred Searle – Page 40
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ArticleOcado listing up for grabs at 2021 BOOM awards
Whoever picks up the Winner of Winners prize at Soil Association’s organic awards will be offered a listing by Ocado
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ArticleCanadian telecoms firm launches agritech giant
UK's Muddy Boots is among multiple businesses acquired by Canadian telecoms titan Telus as it looks to optimise global food production
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ArticleGreen new tech
Two of the three winners at this year’s GreenTech Innovation Awards in Amsterdam offer major benefits for sustainable glasshouse production. Fred Searle speaks to the people behind the cutting-edge new systems
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ArticleNottingham Uni ‘played key role’ in Agriculture Act
Evidence from University of Nottingham’s Farm Business Survey was central to decision to extend BPS transition period to seven years
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ArticleAgriculture Act ‘marks new era’ for UK farming
NFU welcomes landmark legislation, saying it “properly recognises” importance of UK food production and food security
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ArticleSales growth continues but no panic-buying
Supermarket sales rise by 9.3 in three months to 1 November but there is no evidence of consumer stockpiling despite local lockdown measures
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa targets net zero by 2050
Corrugated packaging giant wants to reach “at least net zero” emissions by 2050, with a beefed up 2030 target of a 55 per cent reduction
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ArticleLogistics UK tie-up to help with customs after Brexit
Trade body’s collaboration with customs declarations experts AEB will help its members prepare for trade next year
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ArticleHome delivery services “will get more imaginative”
NCGM wholesaler Vernon Mascarenhas expects foodservice suppliers to think outside box during second national lockdown
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ArticleChopped salad chain launches in London
German co-founder Nikras Agha is hoping the chopped salad trend will take off in Britain after launching healthy fast-food franchise
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ArticleSainsbury’s launches trial with Deliveroo
Delivery pilot has begun from store in Hammersmith, with nine more UK shops to be added in coming weeks
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ArticleFormer PI man launches executive coaching business
Leon Mundey is bringing senior-level business coaching to the food and drink trade with a new training programme called Scaling Up
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ArticleDan Masters among the winners at WCF Awards
Norton Folgate’s procurement manager lands Fruiterers’ Under-30 Award for becoming one of the country’s “top stonefruit specialists”
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ArticlePandemic ‘sparks rise in demand for green products’
More than a third of UK consumers are buying more from companies with strong environmental credentials, according to research from E.ON
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ArticleWaste Knot diverts surplus pumpkins to Pasta Evangelists
Wonky gourds are being used in special pasta menu with aim of inspiring consumers not to waste the flesh from their Halloween pumpkins
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ArticleAI ‘key to managing local lockdowns’, says logistics giant
UK head of C.H. Robinson says businesses must build more visibility and resilience into logistics operations as Covid-19 restrictions are ramped up
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ArticleUK leek campaign centres on health and waste reduction
Working with nutritional chef Julie Cleijne, leek trade body wants to boost consumption through messages around healthy and sustainable eating
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ArticleAldi opens 900th UK store amid major expansion
Discounter plans to operate 1,200 stores in Britain by 2025 and is investing £1.3bn over next two years
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Concerns mount around labour shortages
NFU VP getting "more and more worried" that politics will get in the way of securing SAWS expansion to prevent major worker shortfall next year
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ArticleJazz triumphs again as NFS goes digital
Club variety named Britain’s Tastiest Apple for fourth year running, with Bardsley England crowned Best in Show at virtual edition of NFS