News from FPJ – Page 17
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ArticleSainsbury’s to top up Healthy Start vouchers
The £2 top-ups have been proven to boost sales and consumption of fruit and veg
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ArticleVoluntary-funded organisation to take on EAMU work
Horticultural Crop Protection Ltd will feature a subscription model and take on key work post-AHDB
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Article“Enormous potential” for robots and AI in greenhouses
Rabobank report says AI offers value in sustainability, quality, better working conditions and price
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ArticleShoppers turn to wonky veg as food prices rise
Consumers are buying more imperfect fruit and veg to cut costs as food inflation reaches record high
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ArticleUK plastic tax registrations rise
UK Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) registrations rise as fresh deadline looms, packaging data services provider reports
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ArticleTesco proclaims plentiful pumpkin supply
Supermarket says reports of diminished crop are wide of the mark ahead of Halloween
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ArticleAHDB petitioners welcome “new R&D environment”
Group suggests that emerging plans for R&D funding are fairer for growers
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ArticleBlueberries boost workouts, study suggests
Recent research suggests the antioxidant content of blueberries can counteract the negative effects of strenuous exercise
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ArticleDP World breaks ground on £350m London Gateway project
One thousand jobs to be created in Essex as building work starts on £350m fourth berth at London Gateway, says DP World
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Article‘UK is driving production abroad’, warns O’Malley
Britain is on the road to importing more fresh produce due to perfect storm of factors exacerbated by government policy that is “totally anti-agriculture”
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ArticleSecond setback for South African berry industry
Late season and port strike combine to disrupt normal blueberry exports from South Africa
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ArticleUkrainian farmers honoured at awards
The Ukrainian farming industry has collectively been named NFU Farming Champions of the Year
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ArticleTesco to cut 325 office jobs
Leading UK supermarket to cut office jobs as interim profits take a hit
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ArticleAldi to create 3,000 new jobs in UK
Discounter Aldi announces major jobs push in UK ahead of festive season
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ArticleBradford takes steps towards building new wholesale market
Plans to build a new state-of-the-art wholesale market to strengthen food distribution in Yorkshire and North-East move step forward, Bradford Council announces
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ArticleG’s predicts lower winter availability of Spanish leafy salads
Reduction in plantings could see a 15% drop in Spanish leafy salad production, according to commercial director of G’s España
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ArticleCosts up and demand down, says top European apple supplier
Following the recent launch of a new corporate identity, Italian group Vog aims to overcome a slowdown in demand and a spike in operating costs
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ArticleRetailers under pressure over ‘unfair’ banana prices
European retail value chains are still unsustainable, say suppliers, despite previous agreement on concept of fairness
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ArticleBASF pushes boundaries with Green Queen artichoke
New hybrid artichoke promises reduction in food waste and significantly higher yields than standard varieties
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ArticleChambers scales up Spanish raspberry production
Berry producer is more than doubling its Spanish rapsberry production this season in bid to shore up winter supply