Industry analysis from Fresh Produce Journal

Analysis and insight for the UK fresh produce business.

FL 2024 Andrew Morgan Global 78 Logistics Hub

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

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Fruit Logistica: How can the perishable logistics business grow in 2024?

2024-03-06T23:11:00+00:00By

The Logistics Hub hosted a panel discussion involving Maersk’s Bruce Marshall and Rafael Llerena of Easyfresh

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Fruit Logistica: Rethinking horticulture

2024-03-05T15:07:00+00:00By

New solutions for today’s challenges in the world of fresh produce were under the spotlight on the Fresh Produce Forum stage

Pook highlights Oddbox as a brand that plays to many shoppers' interests and values

Fresh produce brands succeed when they nurture shoppers’ trust

2024-03-01T17:09:00+00:00By Katy Pook

Katy Pook, brand and marketing manager at Golden Kings Potatoes, explains how fruit and vegetable brands can build long-term emotional connections with their consumers

Andrew Fitzmaurice says MorePeople’s recruiters make it their mission to understand motivations, culture fit, and personal circumstances

Will robots replace recruiters?

2024-02-15T18:18:00+00:00By Andrew Fitzmaurice

MorePeople CEO Andrew Fitzmaurice discusses the future role of AI and automation in recruitment, and argues there is still much value to be gained from the human touch

Conversations

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Comment: South Africa’s exporters press on as problems persist

2024-02-05T12:27:00+00:00By

As Eurofruit’s Fresh Focus South Africa special reveals, disruption in South African ports has left the country’s fresh produce exporters with a mountain to climb

Martin Emmett meets growers across the country to understand the challenges they face

‘Change is needed for UK sector to grow’

2024-02-02T13:30:00+00:00

NFU Horticulture & Potatoes Board chair Martin Emmett calls for urgent government action to help the UK horticulture sector continue to make a positive contribution to the British economy

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Comment: Bumpy journeys ahead for grape suppliers

2024-01-29T14:46:00+00:00By

Of all the perishable cargoes affected by the Panama Canal drought, the Red Sea crisis, and infrastructure issues in South Africa, table grapes have been worst hit. And now, market prices may be about to fall

PML Seafrigo director Mike Parr

How many more government U-turns on import checks?

2024-01-26T18:13:00+00:00By

Mike Parr, director of logistics firm PML Seafrigo, lays bare the potentially dire consequences of Defra’s controversial decision to reintroduce physical checks on imports of fresh produce from the EU

In a Fresh Produce Quality Culture knee-jerk reactions are avoided when something goes wrong

Does your business have a Quality Culture or a Tick-Box Culture?

2024-01-25T10:52:00+00:00By

Compliance consultant Jim Jefcoate sets out the tangible differences between the two approaches with a view to helping fresh produce companies improve their auditing operations

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Ilip director questions EU packaging policy

2024-01-24T16:06:00+00:00By

Roberto Zanichelli, business development and marketing director at Ilip, offers his insights into the changing dynamics of the fresh produce packaging business

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Is the UK eco-conscious grocery market really growing?

2024-01-23T15:32:00+00:00By Richard Clark

Richard Clark of market analyst MrQual Research delves into data it has gathered on the factors that are important to UK shoppers when buying fruit and vegetables

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Comment: Six essential steps towards sustainability

2024-01-23T10:59:00+00:00By Richard Bonn

Any company that wants to secure its future must integrate sustainability into its business plan. But that’s easier said than done, says Richard Bonn, co-founder of Aethr Associates

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Comment: a faint light at the end of a blustery tunnel

2024-01-22T12:51:00+00:00By

Delays in South African ports have blighted the country’s fruit export business, which finds itself almost powerless to intervene

Trade friction contributed to the salad vegetable shortages seen at UK supermarkets in February and March 2023

If you thought 2023 was turbulent, just wait for 2024

2023-12-19T16:52:00+00:00By

Looking ahead to the next 12 months, John Giles of Promar International predicts further change in the fresh produce industry due to digitalisation, inflation, trade friction and climate change