News from FPJ – Page 283
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ArticleNew look for AG Recruitment
New brand look for Kent-based recruiters AG Recruitment and Management following year-on-year growth over the past five years
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ArticleJL Baxter takes home top prizes at NFS 2019
Topfruit grower JL Baxter and Son scooped most awards at the National Fruit Show with Jazz apples winning tastiest apple
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ArticleThe only way is up
Infarm co-founder Osnat Michaeli believes vertical farming can revolutionise global food production as populations grow and environmental pressures intensify. Fred Searle paid her a visit in Berlin
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ArticleNationwide and Bartlett in new supply partnership
Tie-up sees new range of Albert Bartlett-branded potatoes sold into the foodservice sector
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ArticleRijk Zwaan launches ‘ready-to-eat’ melons
Breeder’s range of long-shelf-life, ready-to-eat varieties indicate when they should be harvested ensuring they don’t have to be ripened at home
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ArticleNew flat cabbage ‘can boost brassica consumption’
Sweet-tasting variety called Felicity has potential to increase Spain’s low brassica consumption, Sakata believes
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Article'Most colourful apples' at National Fruit Show
Ideal growing conditions produce outstanding-quality fruit and lead to fierce competition in the apple and pear competitions
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ArticleBerlin's rescue mission
Food waste activist Raphael Fellmer is making food rescue convenient and affordable with his Berlin chain Sirplus, and as climate change intensifies he is in a hurry to make a difference
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ArticleGreen wave
EVG’s new £28 million greenhouse is the latest in a new generation to drastically cut their environmental impact
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ArticleConsumers ‘will stop insisting on transparent packs’
Shoppers will soon be prepared to buy blind, a development that could help make packaging more sustainable, manufacturer predicts
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ArticleNew end-to-end fresh produce app in development
Born in Western International wholesale market, William Hill's new app FruPro, aims to make the supply chain more transparent
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ArticleThornton's Budgens unwraps more produce
Groundbreaking store introduces more plastic-free produce after pioneering plastic-free zones
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ArticleLabour situation at crisis point - NFU
NFU president tells National Fruit Show that government must act now to upscale seasonal workers scheme
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ArticleCitrus mural adorns New Covent Garden Market
New artwork from artist Eyal Granit will be on display to the public for a year outside the historic London market
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ArticleLogistics body fears Brexit worker shortage
New FTA report says sector, which relies on EU workers, needs 59,000 HGV drivers alone to keep businesses afloat
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ArticleUKFVA winners: How they did it
The winners of the reader-voted 2019 UK Fruit & Vegetable Awards were crowned at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry this month. Read all about how they impressed the industry here
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ArticleWaitrose expands in the Middle East
British retailer announces openings in Abu Dhabi and Dubai under licence with Fine Fare Food Market
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Article12,000 Asda workers face sack amid contract row
Union says contracts, which cut paid breaks and bank holiday pay will hit many workers’ earnings
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Article16m apples "left to rot" due to worker shortages
New figures from the NFU show Brexit uncertainty has hit British horticulture hard during topfruit harvest
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ArticleNew shipping service to connect Portugal to UK
Service will link Tilbury, Lisbon, Leixões and Rotterdam where Dutch firm Samskip has its multimodal hub