All articles by Michael Barker – Page 40
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      NewsMcCain partners with Community Shop
Frozen potato supplier teams up with social enterprise to open a new store in its heartland
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      NewsLidl: retailers must make F&V packaging more attractive
Discounter is making packaging more appealing to kids and removing cartoon characters from unhealthy products
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      NewsMPs to investigate fairness in food supply chain
Wide-ranging inquiry will scrutinse risk, pricing, retail strategies and more in UK food supply
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      NewsGovernment meets retailers over food prices
Meeting comes as general grocery and fresh food prices hit record highs
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      NewsLords inquiry focuses on seasonal labour issues
A range of topics around the procurement and treatment of seasonal staff is being discussed
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      NewsNew tech promises soil benefits for growers
Digital solution from Abaco and NIAB has been created in partnership with Asda, Tesco and McCain
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      NewsLidl plans Leeds RDC
Plans come as discounter reveals it is recruiting over 1,500 warehouse staff
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      NewsFarming in focus in soil inquiry
Parliamentary inquiry looks at challenges faced by farmers and land managers
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      NewsASF gains exclusive UK licence for Magnum
Collaboration with Earth Market sees continuation of ASF’s work with the strawberry
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      NewsTuberScan tech enters final test phase
System holds huge promise for ground sensing in potatoes
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      NewsThird of shoppers ‘seek vegetarian symbol’
Vegetarian Society survey indicates shoppers are receptive to assurance marks
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      NewsFenland SOIL puts the focus on peat
New event offers knowledge exchange and networking around issue of lowland agricultural peat
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      NewsPML toasts success of SNAP Parking facility
Kent site offers high-quality facilities for lorry drivers to rest and recharge
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      NewsNew service promises easier imports
Advance Valuation Ruling Service will give importers added legal certainty, HMRC says
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      NewsCity Food & Drink Lecture reveals panellists
Annual event in London will see lecture delivered by Sir Charles Godfray
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      NewsJune open days for pea and bean growers
PGRO announces packed programme for free open days this summer
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      NewsSlight fall in grocery price inflation
Small dip may not mean lower prices in the foreseeable future, Kantar predicts
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      NewsAbel & Cole celebrates ‘a life of inconvenience’
Online grocer highlights the harder path to socially conscious food shopping in new disruptive campaign
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      NewsBlackcurrants lead in regenerative farming project
Ribena owner Suntory launches major new research project to reduce GHG emissions
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      NewsAgri-food industry ‘can engage and inspire’ teens
New research from LEAF Education shows the extent young people think about sustainable food
 

