All articles by Martyn Fisher – Page 48
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Waitrose unveils new speciality grape pack
Retailer looking to cash in on the rise of the fruit's popularity in the run up to the Christmas holidays
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ArticlePacking in packhouses
FPJ speaks with Keelings Fresh International MD Steven Fagg on how his firm is bouncing back after closing its packhouse
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ArticleSt Lucia sets record for UK banana exports
Figure reflects growers' success in overcoming an outbreak of a disease, Hurricane Tomas and the flooding of Christmas Eve 2013
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ArticleFrench tomato giant installs Marco machinery
Six members of the €100m Les Paysans de Rougeline co-op install UK machinery firm's packhouse technology
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ArticleNI potato growers stump up in bid to halt sales decline
£120,000 campaign is being driven by the recently established Northern Ireland Potato Promotion Stakeholder Group
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ArticleOrganic farming 'more productive' than previously thought
New research reanalysed data collected in 115 previous studies comparing organic and conventional agriculture
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ArticleFoodservice firm snaps up Elveden Food Hub
Deal sees Elveden’s local food distribution operations transferred to Thomas Ridley Foodservice, complementing its existing business
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ArticleFirms offered chance to help structure training standards
Employers are being given the opportunity to directly set the industry standards that they want in place for apprentices
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ArticleTesco rolls out G's Pickle Your Own kit
The retailer has given an exclusive listing to the grower's promotional boxes after seeing an increase in demand from customers
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ArticleRotten fruit and veg sees retailers fined
HMI inspectors found multiple items of fruit and vegetables affected by rot on several visits to A and Z Dadipatel in Batley
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ArticleBelgium bid to UN for 'fries' heritage recognition
Long believed to have been created in France, Belgian officials are seeking for potato fries to be officially endorsed by UNESCO
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ArticleCo-op in £1.5bn UK sourcing pledge
The retailer, which has 2,800 stores across the UK, said backing British farmers was about more than 'just rolling out the bunting'
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ArticleVeg picker jailed for attacking his former gangmaster
Dean Millington, 35, attacked victim - his ex-employer - at his home in Lincolnshire, armed with a foot-long cauliflower machete
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ArticleCouncil gets tough on street traders' appearance
Traders will need to use stalls with a pastel-coloured canopy by January 2017 to "fit in" with Bath's World Heritage status
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ArticleUK's first food waste cafe faces closure
The Real Junk Food Project in Armley, Leeds, needs to raise more than £100,000 after its premises were put up for sale
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ArticleShipping costs to Jersey and Guernsey set to rise
Although the islands are not in the EU, ships operating near EU coasts must comply with tighter rules from January
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ArticlePotato growers face levy hike
Mooted hike to fund Potato Council's plan for the sector would take the levy to £43.46/hectare (£17.59/acre) for growers
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ArticleTop scientists' neonics conspiracy 'leaked'
Private note allegedly records discussion in 2010 between four scientists about how to persuade regulators to ban neonicotinoid pesticides
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ArticlePersimmon homes in on the UK
Persimmon is at the forefront of the exotic category’s resurgence, with sales growth showing no signs of abating.
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ArticleIn Beds with Stephen Hedderly
Bedfordshire Growers is quietly making a name for itself, and has just launched a new veg brand. FPJ meets its MD, Stephen Hedderly