All articles by Martyn Fisher – Page 5
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ArticleEx-Bakkavor bunch pitch up at Freshtime
Lewis McKeown has joined as technical manager, Nick Ogden has joined as process manager and James Zamimba joins as product planner
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ArticleTruss implores UK food industry to work together
Environment secretary wants British consumers to feel the same pride as people in other countries do about seeing British food on shelves
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ArticleM&S launches ready-sliced fresh avocado pots
This latest move in produce's hottest category follows on from the retailer's 'baby' avocado launch earlier this year
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ArticleBlue Skies welcomes UK minister
Fresh-cut exotics giant uses opportunity to explain the pressures produce businesses are facing in the key supply region of West Africa
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ArticleSPAR UK adds two new salad bowl lines
SPAR Baby Leaf 90g, and SPAR Classic Salad Bowl 320g join a range with a turnover of around £7,000 each week for the retailer
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ArticleHort business profitability falls by 7 per cent
RBR survey found that overall output fell by three per cent but this was slightly offset by a similar fall in variable costs
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ArticleNatures Way boss joins IGD as trustee
The appointment of Susan Barratt at the grocery insight charity takes effect immediately and will last until the end of 2019
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ArticleCommercial director of prepared firm dies
FPJ understands that the commercial director of Kanes Foods, Jeremy Folkard, has been killed in a car crash
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ArticleJobs on line as QV looks to address cost base
Veg giant looking at a proposal to consolidate the QV potato business to its Holbeach base in Lincolnshire
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ArticleTotal Produce UK maintains steady revenue stream
Fresh produce giant posted a 2015 full-year turnover figure nigh-on identical to the commanding £401 million 2014 number
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ArticleHere comes the berry in black
Despite promising work being done to boost blackberry sales, growers and suppliers have a number of troubling issues to contend with
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ArticleImprove store layout to up fruit and veg consumption - NFU
One of 34 pleas NFU's Horticulture and Potatoes Board makes in its Fit For The Future: Helping Consumers Eat More Fruit and Veg report
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AnalysisAnalysis: What does wonky veg mean for suppliers?
With Andy Clarkson, commercial director, Greenvale, and Rob Hull, head of fruit and veg ops, Farmcare
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ArticleJob of the Week: Head of Knowledge Exchange - Horticulture
Providing strategic leadership on knowledge exchange on behalf of the AHDB, you will ensure that research leads to enhanced best practice and increased competitiveness for Horticulture businesses
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ArticleJerseys, asparagus and strawberries sell well at Waitrose
Positive sales growth in same week as launch of cutting-edge new ad campaign
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ArticleNFU comes out as anti-Brexit
Nevertheless, the union has said it won't be actively campaigning in the EU referendum, and won't tell its 55,000 members how to vote
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ArticleRiverford rebrands to become port of call for veg fans
We want to put our authority about veg back at the heart of the business, director of veg box scheme says
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ArticleDel Monte seals Paul Hollywood tie-up
Sponsorship represents a significant investment from the fresh fruit company, and will encompass TV, digital, print and outdoor media
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ArticleIPL moves to change Asda's pineapple supply model
IPL aims to supply two loads per week through its Normanton base, with the balance of the volume coming from its third-party supplier, Chiquita
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ArticleThe Co-op moves to 'sell off' 300 stores
Reports suggest that the mutual has appointed Rothschild to find buyers for the shops, which equate to nearly 10 per cent of its estate