All articles by Martyn Fisher – Page 37
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ArticleVeg firm sponsors world-record Everest attempt
Produce World will be donating all of the vegetables being used for a unique dinner party attempt on the world's highest mountain
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ArticleMangetout and sugarsnap prices set to stay high
Range of issues in key supply nations have caused price fluctuations on popular exotic veg products
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ArticleM&S launches 'plango' hybrid fruit
Cross between plum and mango launched in UK, with retailer predicting it will be a roaring success with its customers
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ArticleSupplier scores with sports club deals
Foodari has started supplying locally-grown fresh produce to Kent County Cricket Club, and League One side Gillingham FC
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ArticleNew jobs with foodservice firm's £750k expansion
Work to KFF's Witney depot will open up new markets on the M4 corridor to the business
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ArticleSales and profit up at The Co-op's food business
The UK's fifth-largest grocery retailer said underlying profits increased by 1.5 per cent to £251 million in the year to January 3
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ArticleAldi ousts Waitrose as UK's sixth-largest supermarket chain
Aldi now claims 5.3 per cent of the UK grocery market, as the hard-discounters continue their assault on the UK’s grocery retail scene
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ArticleBooker toasts 'good year', as chairman announces exit
Richard Rose is leaving the wholesale giant, which saw sales rise by 1 per cent in Q40
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ArticleBritish asparagus tips set to hit Sainsbury's shelves
Staffordshire-based supplier will harvest around 280 kilos of the product for the retailer
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ArticleIt's no mirage: Loch Ness beer using local berries launched
The Berry LochNESS beer uses blackberries from the region famed for its mythical monster
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ArticleUnlicensed apple-picker gangmaster arrested
Romanian national apprehended as part of GLA's investigations into unlicensed labour provision on fruit farms in County Armagh
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ArticleRecord season for seed potato exports
Current 2014/15 non-EU figure is already up 4,000 tonnes on 2013/14’s final total of almost 78,000 tonnes of Scottish seed exports
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ArticleHelp Potato Council pick car sticker slogan
Levy-payers are being asked to decide on the body's latest promotional message to lead the One Voice campaign through 2015
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ArticleFresh produce firm in 'sewage stench' complaint
Greencell has reportedly stepped up the pressure on a neighbouring business to take action over a 'tourist-deterring' foul odour
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ArticleM&S posts increase in food sales
Food sales for Q4 2014/15 were up by 3.7 per cent, while like-for-like sales were up by 0.7 per cent
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ArticleTesco in £5m deal with children's food charity
Cookery clubs will be set up and concentrated in disadvantaged areas with a high proportion of low-income families
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ArticleRuling in landmark broccoli patent case
Director at John Innes Centre, which brought the case on the Beneforte variety, said the decision gives 'much-needed clarity'
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ArticleEaster surge for bunched carrots
Produce World Group believes authentic look and feel of bunched carrots may be behind these huge increases in sales over Easter
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AHDB levy rates maintained for third successive year
Forecast total net levy for 2015/16 amounts to around £57.3 million, with £7.7m from horticulture and £5.9m from potatoes
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ArticleNew £20m UK port scheme 'to create 500 jobs'
New 'state of the art' distribution centre at Tilbury in conjunction with NFT Distribution will be able to handle more than 2.5m cases per week