All articles by Nina Pullman – Page 68
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ArticleFlorette launches ready-to-fry potatoes
Salad brand has entered the fresh cut potato sector with launch of ready-to-fry chips in Spanish market
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ArticleAlbert Bartlett launches frozen potato products
Homestyle chips and Rooster Roasts mark beginning of Scottish potato supplier’s move into frozen sector
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ArticlePetition calls for neonics ban enforcement
A petition aiming for 100,000 signatures is calling for a greater blanket ban of neonics, while a bee species returns to Lincolnshire
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ArticleChiquita launches first-ever UK consumer campaign
Branded taxis across London and breakfast events at wholesale markets will aim to boost Chiquita sales and awareness
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ArticleEx-Bartlett boss named as Tyrrells international MD
Former MD of Albert Bartlett Paul Parkins has joined crisp giant in newly-created role of international managing director
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ArticleDried fruit is back in fashion
It’s snack time for two produce firms who are breathing new life into lapsed dried fruit and date brand Eat Me
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ArticlePrices spook pumpkin growers
Suppliers of the seasonal favourite say next year could see prices rise by as much as five per cent following increased labour costs
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ArticleInterview: Jane King reigns over R&D
New AHDB chief executive Jane King tells Nina Pullman what the restructure means for growers and why Red Tractor could be the key to increasing fresh produce exports
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ArticleScotHerbs to close after losing major contract
Langmeads-owned herb grower set to close with 62 proposed job losses after losing a contract worth half its turnover
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ArticleLabour provider moves to counter ‘dubious recruiters’
HOPS Labour Solutions will now be audited by Sedex to counter rise in unethical labour practices after abolition of SAWS
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ArticleScottish growers will lose ‘any profit margin’
Frustration as growers north of the border set to pay all workers the higher National Living Wage, rather than just those over 25
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ArticleWales joins growing list of countries to ban GM
There are now 17 EU nation states and countries that have opted out of growing GM crops under new European laws
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ArticleMorrisons ditches discounter price promise
Retailer will no longer price match against Aldi and Lidl as it backpedals on new loyalty scheme Match & More a year after launch
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ArticleNCGM will remain ‘home of UK fresh produce’
Chair of CGMA fires up stakeholder reception with vision for New Covent Garden Market to become ‘one of London’s icons’
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ArticleHalloween horror as ‘pumpkin poisoner’ blackmails grower
One of the UK’s largest pumpkin growers was told his crop had been injected with cyanide and told to pay £50,000
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ArticleGrowers sign £400k raspberry breeding agreement
Onubafruit, Lubera, WB Chambers and East Malling Services have formed a breeding consortium, with others encouraged to join
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ArticleRetailers partner up to help dementia research
Asda, Iceland, Morrisons and Waitrose will donate money from new plastic bag levy to help fund new dementia research centre
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ArticleFirms with no language skills 'lose out' on exports
UK losing millions in wasted export potential as exporters don't have language skills to close deals in non-English markets
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ArticleShadow Defra secretary: 'veganism won't affect my role'
Labour's Kerry McCarthy said she wants British farming to be ‘economically viable’ despite her personal diet choice
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ArticleMorrisons to extend apple season 'by two months'
Retailer said it expects to up English apple sales by 10 per cent this season and will stock homegrown fruit until May