News from FPJ – Page 25
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ArticleConvenience stores see boost to sales
Summer heatwave leads Brits to shop in-store for groceries, with convenience stores benefitting with a 28.9 per cent share of all sales over the last four weeks, NielsenIQ data reveals
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ArticleDole reports on second quarter financial results
Full-year forecast revised downward due to slower recovery of Fresh Vegetables segment and impact of strengthening dollar
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ArticleR&D hort projects win major Defra funding
Blue Planet II and Muddy Machines are among projects aiming to boost horticultural production
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ArticleAward opens in hunt for best organic grower
ORC’s Young Organic Farmer/Grower Award is back for its second year
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ArticleCasa Brasil festival gears up to celebrate Brazilian food and culture
Fortnight-long event in London will showcase the best of Brazilian produce and feature live cooking demonstrations from the likes of celebrity chef Luciana Berry
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ArticleNationwide Produce and AH Worth announce potato partnership
New collaboration will see Nationwide develop the marketing and distribution of AH Worth’s potato brands into non-retail outlets including catering and wholesale
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ArticleMultivac enhances tray labelling options
Top Wrap and Top Close options add to the group’s sustainable options for fresh produce
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ArticleCullen named marketing head at Soil Association Certification
Former M&S and NHS Blood and Transport marketing chief joins organic organisation
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ArticleChanges in shipping destinations apparent for South Africa
Clear changes in supply patterns of the country’s apples and pears this season while shipments of citrus expected to top 2021 volumes
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ArticleAldi teams up with surplus food app
Discounter will offer £3.30 ‘Magic Bags’ that contain at least £10 of groceries
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ArticleQuality key to table grape growth
Rabobank suggests that better-quality table grapes could attract consumers and “revitalise the category”
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ArticleCosts continue to increase in South Africa
News that the prices of container board products will rise is another blow for the country’s fruit export industries
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ArticleNew M&S project aims to boost pollinators and yields
Retailer is working with AgriSound, Plumford and G’s in a new biodiversity initiative
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ArticleSA Sultanas’ sustainability drive goes on
Raisins South Africa says that higher-than-average rainfall has failed to hold back SA Sultanas’ sustainability efforts
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ArticlePrice inflation impacting shopper habits
Kantar sales analysis shows price rises are already affecting the way consumers buy groceries
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ArticleWonky food delivery service launches recruitment drive
Company that redistributes wonky bread and vegetables is recruiting in several roles as it looks to grow
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ArticleFelixstowe strike ‘regrettable’, says dried fruit and nut supplier
Besana managing director Riccardo Calcagni insists firm’s UK deliveries will not be delayed by planned stoppage at Port of Felixstowe
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ArticleBorough Market strives for sustainability with new trader standards
Move sets standards for quality, sustainability, animal welfare, opportunity and accessibility among other principles
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ArticleWorker shortages ‘lead to £60m of wasted produce’
NFU survey paints grim picture of huge crop losses as a result of a shortage of seasonal workers
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ArticleBeyond date labelling: how to combat food waste
Lingxuan Liu, lecturer in sustainability at Lancaster University, examines what more can be done by retailers and consumers to reduce fruit and veg wastage