News from FPJ – Page 227
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ArticleTrials to reduce cabbage losses in storage
As much as £4.5m worth of cabbages are lost every year due to diseases caused by extreme weather
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ArticleNew people at MorePeople
Recruiter kick-starts growth plans with appointment of new business director, as well as bolstering commercial recruitment and financial teams
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ArticleNatures Way ups salad packer order
Natures Way Foods orders more salad packing machines to keep pace with growing demand for its products
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ArticleMorrisons extends food redistribution tieup
Supermarket expands its work with The Bread and Butter Thing as part of wider initiative to reduce food waste
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ArticleNorthern lights inspire chemical-free seed cleaning
First dry-cleaning technology for seeds launched to reduce pathogen load on seeds without need for chemical treatment or washing
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ArticleStrawberry brand donates £12k to Prince’s Trust
Owner of Annabel’s Deliciously British wants to help young people affected by pandemic back into employment
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ArticleNew finance head for CGMA
Cassandra Glavin joins New Covent Garden in new capacity following restructure at market authority
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ArticleMPs gain power to lower import standards
Ministers will be able to approve agricultural imports of a lower standard than currently permitted in the UK, reports The Guardian
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ArticleGreen light for schools potato programme
AHDB's Grow Your Own Potatoes project will go ahead this year as planned despite the challenges of Covid
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ArticleMorrisons creates School Meal Box
Supermarket is the latest to step forward with a new initiative in response to Marcus Rashford's child hunger campaign
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ArticleUK growers fear labour shortage
UK growers express concern over SAWs and the dire implications a labour shortage will have on the produce sector
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ArticleLEAF announces LOFS plans
LEAF unveils year-round programme to support its Open Farm Sunday events
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ArticleSupermarkets move to tackle child hunger
M&S, Lidl and Tesco all put out statements outlining how they are helping lower-income families and supporting Rashford objectives
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ArticleRiverford leads way on home-compostable
UK organic veg box company completes milestone switch for all fruit and veg items to home-compostable packaging, saving 21 tonnes of plastic a year
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ArticleHospitality suppliers facing "cliff edge’’
FPC among 18 trade associations to write to Chancellor calling for urgent action to help food manufacturers supplying hospitality and healthcare
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ArticleOcado boss to discuss retail future
Mel Smith to deliver the City Food Lecture on 10 February, focusing on the role of technology in future food retailing
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ArticleFarmers markets appeal for custom
Farm retail and market federations call for consumers to visit farmers markets as a 'safer' shopping alternative
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ArticleTong pushes ahead with new factory
Veg-handling-equipment manufacturer announces go-ahead for second phase development of new facility in Lincolnshire
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ArticleTesco posts record Christmas sales
UK supermarket Tesco has posted record Christmas results, reporting an 8.1 per cent rise in like-for-like sales
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ArticleFree-school-meals campaigners write to PM
High-profile campaigners sign letter to PM Boris Johnson calling for urgent review of free school meals