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ArticleCameo gets wider role
Sainsbury's will be stocking English Cameo this year for the first time adding to consumer awareness already being created by Tesco, Somerfield, the Co-op, Budgens, and Booths Supermarkets.
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ArticleYorkshire grows sweetcorn
The first commercial crop of sweetcorn to be grown in Yorkshire has been harvested for Morrisons.
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ArticleAsda first retailer to back Eat In Colour
Asda has become the first retailer to make a £75,000 pledge to support a generic promotion to boost fresh produce consumption.
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ArticleSolanum plots eco-map
Produce World subsidiary Solanum has revealed phase three of its traceability website
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Somerfield deal close
The long running bidding war surrounding Somerfield looks likely to end with the retailer being tipped to be on the brink of accepting what is thought to be a £1.1 billion deal.
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ArticleETI guidelines to help smallholders
The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) has launched new guidelines to help the supply chain tackle the challenge of implementing codes of conduct with smallholders.
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Nation's diet theme for fruit show
The theme of this year's National Fruit Show is Fruit for Health and Wealth to highlight the government's determination to improve the nation's diet.
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ArticleThoroughly English
As has been well documented in recent issues of FPJ, the last two weeks have seen unparalleled levels of promotion of English apples on supermarket shelves across the country. The dazzling array of media campaigns and in-store marketing strategies are expected to shoot sales figures upwards, and early indicators already support this. Emma Twyning talks to some key industry members, who explain why this is turning out to be one of the most successful seasons yet.
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ArticleBursting with pride
As reported in last week’s FPJ, Sainsbury’s has gone to town on English apples this season. Since September 29, fresh produce departments in Sainsbury’s stores across the country have been resplendent with bigger and more prominent displays of home-grown top fruit than ever. Year-on-year, twice the shelf space is being dedicated to the English offer in a six-week period from that start date, and buyer Neil Gibson is reporting tremendous take-up.
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ArticlePoupart pumped up
The FPJ’s recent article on the UK wholesale trade revealed a general perception that the sector has turned a corner since the dark days of the mid-1990s. Poupart Imports (General Trade), the non-supermarket side of the Poupart Group of companies, is external proof of the trend, having increased its sales by more than 48 per cent in the last 12 months. Tommy Leighton reports.
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Article110 years and counting
The FPJ has come a long way since its first issue was published on October 5 1895. Today’s relaunch coincides with our 110th birthday, so we thought it appropriate to give our modern-day readers an insight into the ways the Journal in its various guises has reflected the changes of this great industry through a century and more. Some things have altered surprisingly little.
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ArticleSEPAM finds the GAP
SEPAM is one of Senegal’s leading fruit and vegetable producers, with several production sites in the Niayes region around Dakar and further north near Lake Guiers. The company became EurepGAP certified in April 2004, an event that profoundly altered day-to-day operations.
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ArticleMachines that make a difference
Emma Twyning looks at a grower/manufacturer collaboration, the latest Robag update, and hears of Ishida's assistance to the world of academia and a downturn in the machinery-for-salads market.
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Selling up without enriching the taxman
Every business owner must eventually retire. Many will pass on their business to their sons or daughters, others will sell up
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Come down off that fence!
The recent launch of the Eat in Colour concept and subsequent trade and press interest suggests we’ve hit a nerve. It is
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FPC must play
I am waiting with baited breath to hear details of the trade’s response to the Fresh Produce Consortium’s
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Talking ‘bout our evolution
Welcome to your new-look FPJ. It’s been a long time in the planning stages and we are really looking forward to hearing
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ArticleGreengrocers get national TV boost
The image of greengrocers received a boost at the weekend thanks to a prime-time BBC TV show.
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ArticleMore woe for NZ growers
Kiwifruit growers in New Zealand are counting the cost after a large number of Zespri Gold failed to ripen for sale in Europe and Japan.