All articles by Michael Barker – Page 98
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ArticleDoreen Spikings joins Greenvale
Former Greenyard UK commercial director joins potato specialist as sales director this month
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ArticleMP pledges to fight for seasonal labour
Helen Whately tells audience of topfruit growers she is making the case for a wider rollout of pilot seasonal workers scheme
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ArticleEAP becomes British Apples & Pears
Industry body rebrands to reflect full extent of apple and pear production and to maximise export opportunities
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ArticleAC Goatham launches new UK pink apple
First commercial volumes of Flanders Pink to hit stores this year, marking a new foray into pink apple production for the Kent grower
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ArticleChopped-salad chain set for UK debut
Choppaluna is set to open in London in October, with ambitious plans for up to 300 outlets in the coming decade
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ArticleReduced-to-clear food app launches in UK
New app will alert consumers in real time to reduced-to-clear fresh food in an attempt to clamp down on wastage
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ArticleAldi school initiative to boost healthy eating
Retailer offers schools the chance to win £20,000 in sports equipment as part of Team GB healthy eating and exercise campaign
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ArticleOrganic opportunity
Brexit is causing anxiety across the fresh produce supply chain, but organics could be one of the sectors to benefit
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ArticleAldi launches tutti frutti gin
New gin underlines growing trend for diversifying alcohol into wider fruit-based flavours
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ArticleNo-deal warnings over NI food trade
Fruit and vegetables to be most affected by a no-deal Brexit in Northern Ireland, food policy experts claim
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ArticleAround Noon doubles fruit pot sales
Newry-based firm, which sources from The Fruit People, says health agenda is helping drive sales in the fruit category
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ArticleBlakemore plans major new DC
New 164,850 sq ft site in Bedford will provide additional capacity to support the company's expansion plans
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ArticleNew centres to showcase veg research
AHDB sets up new Strategic Centres for Field Vegetables to share ideas, science and technology
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ArticleTough quarter for supermarket sales
Unflattering comparisons with the hot summer of 2018 left the grocery market flat and the big four all losing share
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ArticleDefra calls for evidence for food strategy
Ideas big and small requested by Henry Dimbleby's team to inform new National Food Strategy
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ArticleSwancote Foods faces closure
Staff at struggling processed potato firm face 30-day consultation as owner Produce Investments looks set to pull the plug
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ArticleConvenience market to grow by £7bn
New forecast by IGD predicts UK convenience sector will be worth over £48bn by 2024
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ArticleMorrisons listing for pea snack
Bruce Farms-developed healthy snack wins first national listing and will be sold in 28 Scottish Morrisons stores
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Article'Biggest-ever' plum festival planned
Organisers of the annual plum-focused extravaganza say more features than ever will take place during this year's event
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ArticleCelebrating Kentish fruit
The Kent Show celebrated its 90th birthday last month, and as Pat Crawford reports, the county’s fruit was the main attraction