News from FPJ – Page 68
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NewsWaitrose unveils £30m of own-brand price cuts
Reductions are across a range of everyday staples, including fruit and veg
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NewsHall Hunter highlights worker benefits in major recruitment drive
Grower says it has the focus on worker welfare as it looks to secure summer berry pickers
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NewsApple marketing in 2024? It’s complicated…
With a broader range of product types, an array of trademarked brands, and a series of targeted marketing programmes, the business of selling apples has changed dramatically in recent years
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NewsGovt ‘must take hort seriously or risk its future’, says NFU
Westminster’s response to Lords’ report is inadequate and misses chance to support the UK horticulture sector, farming union says
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NewsEat Them To Defeat Them returns to screens and UK schools
The multi award-winning campaign, which is in its sixth year, will launch during the final of ITV’s The Masked Singer
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NewsTomra Food restructures to ‘get closer to its customers’
Streamlined regional structure will operate from three headquarters following the merging of Tomra Food’s fresh and processed business areas
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NewsSweet red onions ‘could take over’ the category
Bedfordshire Growers sees big sales potential for its ground-breaking new variety with reduced pungency
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NewsSuccessful results for this year’s Fruit Logistica in challenging global marketplace
The world’s leading fruit and veg industry show, which took place from 7-9 February, recorded growth in terms of visitors, exhibitors and exhibition space
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NewsAldi hits Too Good to Go milestone
Retailer has sold 400,000 ‘Surprise Bags’ since food waste reduction partnership began 12 months ago
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NewsAldi plans £550m expansion spend
Discounter wants to extend its footprint across the country in 2024
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NewsMaersk results “solid” despite “difficult environment”
In what Vincent Clerc called a “transitional year”, the shipping giant saw revenue and EBITDA fall on 2022
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NewsEcuador keeps up the pressure on bananas
Demands for fairer pricing and a more streamlined approach to certifications top the agenda in Berlin
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NewsNew strawberries from Angus Soft Fruits enter commercial production
AVA Alicia and AVA Catalina have been developed to produce through winter in the Mediterranean
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NewsEarliest British asparagus goes on sale
The Chinn family in the Wye Valley have produced an unusually early crop
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NewsSouthern Hemisphere apple exports set to rise
The six leading apple suppliers in the Southern Hemisphere will produce more and export more as a group in 2024, but the story is different for pears
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NewsAntonio Muñoz Armero passes away at 93
One of the pioneers of Spanish agriculture, Muñoz took Murcian produce to the world
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NewsZucchiolo and Mirical triumph at Fruit Logistica Innovation Awards
Unica Fresh and Koppert take the top prizes at this year’s expanded FLIA on the last day of Fruit Logistica in Berlin
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NewsSouth Africa’s compliance effort targets sensible, sustainable steps
The South African fruit industry says its answer to the proliferation of social and environmental certification schemes is rooted in realism and pragmatism
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NewsFresh Direct creates innovative solution to watermelon rind waste
Watermelon Rind Chutney could save up to 10 tonnes of waste a year
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NewsFairmiles research highlights benefits of airfreighted produce
Campaign seeks to rebalance debate and highlight importance of airfreight to African farmers