Industry analysis from Fresh Produce Journal

Analysis and insight for the UK fresh produce business.

Certain African countries have seen significant growth in fresh produce exports in recent years

‘Lessons from oil industry can help solve talent dilemma in African fresh produce’

2024-09-04T14:11:00+01:00By

Max MacGillivray of executive recruitment consultancy Redfox explains why applying the ‘oil rig mentality’ to fresh produce recruitment could help attract more talent from the UK and Europe to work in Africa

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Lack of experienced leadership is at the heart of Asda’s struggles

2024-08-15T16:34:00+01:00By

Ged Futter, partner at The Retail Mind and former senior buying manager at Asda, examines why the supermarket is continuing to flounder 

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Comment: AI can make a big difference to fruit quality

2024-06-25T15:34:00+01:00By Willie Wood

Worldwide Fruit’s head of technical Willie Wood believes new technology is about to remove all subjectivity from fresh produce quality control

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Comment: Sustainability is no longer an optional extra

2024-06-20T11:12:00+01:00By Richard Bonn

Agrifood companies are well used to tracking key performance indicators. The reality is they now need to monitor sustainability performance closely too

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New CGMA chair promises new era of wholesale collaboration

2024-05-23T15:34:00+01:00

New Covent Garden Market Authority chair Wanda Goldwag outlines the vital role wholesale markets continue to play

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Fruit Logistica: How do we take a fair approach to net zero for airfreighted produce?

2024-05-07T11:10:00+01:00By

The argument for airfreight was put forward on the Logistics Hub stage during day two of Fruit Logistica in Berlin

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Non-destructive tools help predict tomato quality over time

2024-04-25T10:34:00+01:00By

Fighting food waste in tomatoes demands quality modelling using non-destructive tools, says Eva Ketel, scientific researcher in physiology and product quality at Wageningen University & Research

Peter Shakespeare is the country manager of Certis Belchim UK

New bio controls have ‘great potential’ as crop protection toolkit shrinks

2024-04-19T12:22:00+01:00By Peter Shakespeare

Peter Shakespeare of Certis Belchim UK explains that growers must think carefully about how to integrate biorational controls in their IPM programmes as synthetic products continue to be banned

Dr Hans-Christopth Behr AMI FL 2024 Fresh Produce Forum

Fruit Logistica: Avocados – the state of the market and data for optimised marketing

2024-04-18T13:42:00+01:00By

Dr Hans-Christoph Behr and Antonio Lizano studied avocado production, trade and more on day three of Fruit Logistica in Berlin

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Fruit Logistica: Everything in check – How can suppliers continue to reach the UK market?

2024-04-10T12:47:00+01:00By

This Logistics Hub session focused on the impact of new legislation on the UK business and those looking to supply it

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Dr Manuela Zude-Sasse FL 2024 Future Lab

Fruit Logistica: Heat waves in fruit production – do we have enough data?

2024-04-04T14:15:00+01:00By

On day one in Berlin, Dr Manuela Zude-Sasse spoke to Future Lab visitors about data collection and the development of risk models in the face of extreme weather

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Comment: Create a credible brand presence that sells

2024-04-02T22:03:00+01:00By

How can fresh produce brand owners get their trademarked products seen by supermarket shoppers? That’s not always easy, but also not impossible, says Naomi Farmer of Brandbloom

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Comment: The rain in Spain falls mainly on… Northern Europe

2024-03-21T16:48:00+00:00By Richard Bonn

Fruit and veg producers ignore the various climate challenges associated with water at their peril, says Richard Bonn, co-founder of Aethr Associates

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Colombia’s blue dream is still alive

2024-03-19T10:40:00+00:00By

Colombia has the potential to become a key player in the global blueberry market

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Fruit Logistica: The Brexit hangover – How can the UK’s supply chains recover?

2024-03-18T19:06:00+00:00By

Andrew Morgan of Global 78 offered a preview of a new investigation into the long-term impact of Brexit on fresh produce supply chains