All articles by Martyn Fisher – Page 28
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ArticleTesco to trial UK-grown 'sweet' cabbage
Working with TH Clements, retailer bidding to erase 'memories of school dinners and cabbage boiled to within an inch of its life'
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ArticleGovernment funding to aid year-round berry production
£1.3 million from the government’s £70m Agri-Tech Catalyst has been awarded to projects being worked on in Scotland
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ArticleVitacress launches new pack of BBQ herbs in M&S stores
The product, which includes fresh rosemary, thyme and chives in equal 10g measures, has arrived in time for summer
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ArticleAldi is retailer 'most compliant' on GSCoP
New survey conducted for Groceries Code Adjudicator makes positive reading for discounter, less so for Tesco and Iceland
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ArticleSuppliers see GSCoP as 'ambiguous' and 'long road to failure'
Management consultant David Sables tells GCA conference suppliers view the code positively, but deem it 'futile' to engage with it
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Article'Rottweiler' Parish wants GCA help on farmgate prices
New EFRA committee chair Neil Parish has called for the Groceries Code Adjudicator to help him tackle the ongoing issue
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ArticleTacon to close one of her 'top five' retailer-supplier issues
Closure comes after a full analysis of the way retailers handle and charge for consumer complaints
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ArticleSuppliers 'suffering fewer problems' with supermarkets
New survey conducted on behalf of Groceries Code Adjudicator reveals a fall in perceived code breaches
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Fruit farm manager found guilty of manslaughter
Andrew Stocker convicted over deaths of Scott Cain and Ashley Clarke in oxygen-deprived apple storage tank on the Blackmoor Estate
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ArticleNigel Shepherd leaves New Spits role
Superintendent of the East London fresh produce wholesale market has moved onto a new job after nearly six years in the role
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ArticleAgrexco stock market listing bid
The Israel-based business plans to spin off its strawberry business in a public offer, with the UK one of its biggest markets for the product
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ArticleEnglish Apples & Pears lands industry funding increase
So-called ’80 per cent group’ of producer organisations and major growers have agreed to continue support of industry-wide promotion
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ArticleSuppliers see potential in eastern Europe
There’s lots going on in eastern Europe, on many levels. In fresh fruit and veg, several UK businesses have spotted opportunities to succeed
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ArticleParsnip suppliers urge consumers to root for the underdog
What can be done to help boost the image and versatility of parsnips, the roots category’s ‘unsung hero’? Martyn Fisher finds out
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ArticleDrug addict jailed after stealing from potato firm
Kirk Scott, of Kidderminster, stole nearly £2,000 in a tin containing wages from MC Potatoes
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ArticleSwancote offers potato education
Children at a school near to its Market Drayton HQ were given the chance to learn about potatoes with the help of Swancote
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ArticleWaitrose starts 'pick your own offers' grocery scheme
'Groundbreaking' move allows customers who are members of myWaitrose to choose products they’d like to save 20 per cent on
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ArticleFamiliar face set to retire
Richard Warburton, of Ripple Aquaplast, on course to retire after a career in agriculture that began in the 1970s
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ArticleFood waste an ‘asset’, Coupe claims
Sainsbury's boss Mike Coupe, one of several high-profile speakers, in call to arms on issue of food waste at Fareshare conference
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ArticleBudgens unveils 'free fruit for kids' scheme
The ‘Free Fruit Challenge’ offers schoolchildren one free piece of fruit every day from participating Budgens stores during the campaign