All articles by Nina Pullman – Page 69
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ArticleMorrisons joins Lidl in raising wages
Shop floor staff at Morrisons will now be paid £8.20 an hour, above the new national living wage of £7.20
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ArticleMashed potato to power new factory
Food processing giant 2 Sisters will use potato waste from mashed potato and pie manufacturing to power new bio-refinery
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ArticleProduce World hires two agri-food trainees
Will Shields and Tom Collison will work at vegetable supplier while studying for Food Manufacture degree
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ArticleAldi to start online sales for first time
Discounter will enter e-commerce market with wine and non-food products as it announces record sales for 2014
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ArticleLJ Betts aims for own-brand growth
Own-brand baby leaf success, a growing imports business and a new £2.5m packing facility are at the heart of LJ Betts’ future plans
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ArticleMixed bag for UK salad season
Commodity lines in lettuce and salad veg continue to feel the squeeze from the retail price war, while growers have faced troublesome aphid issues
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ArticleBristol retailer fined £5,620 for selling rotten fruit
Rotting Cripps Pink apples and mouldy lemons was among produce being sold at Rehan’s Foodstore
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ArticleTwo Tesco stores to cease 24hr trading
Retailer said this was localised decision and it will continue to trade 24 hours a day elsewhere
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ArticleMigrant killed by Eurotunnel train
Young boy is reportedly the 11th person to die close to Channel Tunnel during this summer’s migrant crisis
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ArticlePrimary school bans fruit juice
A Kent school has ruled that pupils can only drink milk or water during the day while all sugary fruit juices are now banned
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ArticleBarfoots to star in new Harvest series
Popular farming programme returns with spotlight on leading food producers during harvest, fronted by Gregg Wallace
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ArticleNorthern Ireland bans growing of GM crops
Decision follows Scotland’s move to prohibit GM crop cultivation, despite lobbying from farming unions
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ArticleProvide specific origin of produce, Truss urges
Retailers and suppliers encouraged to provide region-specific origin info on produce to inspire pride in British consumers
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Children are ‘most likely’ to eat apples
Apples, apple juice, and bananas are among most-consumed fruit by young people and children, a new study has found
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ArticlePrepared salad sales in ‘long-term’ growth
Year-on-year unit sales and category value are both rising as consumers return more frequently to prepared salad fixtures
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ArticleIndirect suppliers ‘should be’ covered by GSCoP
Report finds that Kenyan exporters are facing ‘unfair trading practices’ and order cancellations from European retailers
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ArticleNew cauliflower is ‘less intimidating’ to younger consumers
Produce World has launched a new Chinese sweet sprouting cauliflower into select Waitrose stores
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ArticleDutch pepper suppliers see late-summer sales surge
High temperatures and poor Spanish exports sent European retailers knocking on Dutch doors and led to late price spike
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ArticleAllfresch hires Nick Evangelopoulos for new Dubai venture
UK-headquartered fruit supplier is set to take new brand Amorita further afield with opening of Dubai operations
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ArticleWaitrose launches purple Chantenay carrots
Freshgro-produced purple Chantenay carrots will be available in 120 Waitrose stores over a period of six weeks