All articles by Michael Barker – Page 135
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ArticleProduce World to buy Fenmarc's Swinderby site
Vegetable giant set to acquire Fenmarc's roots site, with the deal expected to complete this week
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ArticleCutrale-Safra seals deal for Chiquita
Announcement completes remarkable turnaround after banana giant came close to merger with Fyffes
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ArticleBooths plans major expansion
Northern retailer reveals rise in profits and turnover and plans to open five new stores
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ArticleMountford to chair City Food Lecture panel
TV business guru to chair debate with key industry figures at popular city event
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ArticleTriumphant tune for Jazz at National Fruit Show
Club variety claims a one-two-three in the Nation's Tastiest Apple competition at the annual show
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ArticleWaitrose is big winner in deflationary market
Premium store and the discounters grow sales and market share at a time when like-for-like prices are down
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ArticleCompass pledges 2m more fruit and veg portions
Catering juggernaut promises to help increase fruit and veg consumption as part of a series of new health pledges
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ArticleEcuador showcases produce to London
Promotional week puts Ecuadorean fresh produce in front of investors, buyers and consumer media in London
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ArticleGoatham spends £8m on upgrading facilities
Kent top-fruit grower's latest major investment focuses on upgrading cold storage and fruit-processing facilities
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ArticleNFU slams retailers for failing to back English apples
Union claims supermarkets are giving over too much shelf space to imported product during the English season
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ArticleApple pickers 'forced to scavenge for food in bins'
GLA slams 'derisory' sentence of £500 fine for Romanian gangmaster who left pickers living in inhuman conditions
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ArticleTacon in touch with Tesco over accounting
Adjudicator reveals she has contacted Tesco and asked for updates into its ongoing investigation
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ArticleNext generation 'crucial' to markets' growth
International experts offer a range of suggestions as to how to enthuse younger people in retail markets
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ArticleAspiration for joint London market food school
Billingsgate Seafood School director raises possibility of joint venture for meat, fish and fresh produce across London markets
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ArticleOrganic sales 'outstripping non-organic'
New figures from Nielsen indicate resurgence in popularity of organic products as non-organic sales stall
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ArticlePhil Hudson to leave the NFU
Union's head of food and farming to depart the organisation at the end of October, FPJ can reveal
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ArticleO'Keefe fronts new pepper cookbook
Great British Pepper Cookbook to inform readers about growing, preparing and cooking using the versatile salad veg
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ArticleAsda CEO upbeat despite management changes
Andy Clarke reports 0.5 per cent sales growth and insists supermarket is well-placed for the future
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ArticleTruss takes on EC over three-crop rule
New Defra secretary updates growers on impact of greening element of CAP, but NFU says question marks remain
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ArticleRoyal seal of approval for Greenvale
HM The Queen makes surprise appearance at Scottish cookery demonstration sponsored by potato grower