News from FPJ – Page 353
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ArticleBeware the Christmas gift of sales growth
Comment: Kantar Worldpanel's Ed Griffiths on why supermarkets should avoid the focus on promotions at the start of the year
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ArticlePreparing for Brexit
Despite the considerable uncertainty surrounding what happens after 29 March, there is still much that companies can do to prepare, as Promar International’s divisional director John Giles explains
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ArticleNFU welcomes Brexit delay vote
Minette Batters supports PM’s decision to give MPs a chance to reject no-deal Brexit, reiterating that it would be “a catastrophe for farming”
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ArticleCompass: ‘Trust and tech will shape our food system’
Food businesses must gain consumer trust through transparency and sustainability, Compass boss Dominic Blakemore tells City Food Lecture
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ArticleGlobal governance needed to tackle health crisis
The City Food Lecture panel at London's Guildhall warned of a lack of cohesion on national and global levels concerning food policy
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ArticleStone success for Tesco
Tesco has been named South African Stonefruit Retailer of the Year for its work in promoting the southern hemisphere source. Michael Barker hears how it has done it from buyer Joe Baines
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ArticleM&S and Ocado reveal full JV details
Tie-up brings M&S into the online grocery market as the upmarket chain moves towards becoming a "digital-first retailer"
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ArticleSupermarket claims traceability first
Midcounties Co-operative suppliers to publish details of their ingredient supply chain for public scrutiny
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ArticleAsda food grants reach £2m in one year
Asda's Fight Hunger Create Change campaign has had a successful first year, including a "groundbreaking" pilot scheme
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ArticleIceland launches plastic-free trial
Initiative looks at a range of plastic-free solutions and encourages consumers to switch to loose produce
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ArticleAHDB develops blackcurrant pest tool
Interactive tool, which collates weather data from 160 UK locations, should help growers apply control measure more accurately
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ArticlePink Lady gears up for another London Marathon
Six runners from Kent running club will don Pink Lady apple costumes for this year’s race, raising funds for local tumour ward
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ArticleWaitrose expands foundation to African growers
Waitrose and Partners Foundation provides investment from fresh produce sales back into grower communities
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ArticleJohn Breach wins Fruiterers' Lewis award
BIFGA founder honoured for his achievements in the marketing of fresh fruit
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ArticleUK food system has ‘fuelled health crisis’, report finds
Food Foundation calls for healthy food to be made more accessible and appealing to all as obesity and diabetes reach crisis levels
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ArticleOrganic sector calls for Brexit commitments
Soil Association asks government to protect UK organic exports and ringfence funding as no deal threatens to make exports impossible
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ArticleAldi's £50m warehouse opens in Kent
The German discounter's new distribution centre will help reach ambitious plans for 1,200 UK stores by 2025
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ArticleVitacress Herbs extends support for food rescue charity
Supplier names UKHarvest its charity of the year and will continue to donate fresh herbs as well as fundraising and volunteering
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ArticleFrozen chip win for Albert Bartlett
Airdrie-based supplier wins listing in Waitrose for three new frozen potato lines produced using Rooster potatoes
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ArticleGoatham continues expansion drive
Leading Kent topfruit grower AC Goatham & Son has acquired a further farm as it steps up its planting programme