Retail news from FPJ – Page 126
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ArticleBatchelar leads beehive mission to Tanzania
Sainsbury’s director of brand Judith Batchelar and Helen Brierley of Vitacress join 14 businesswomen on Farm Africa project
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ArticleRetailers should ‘reject’ plastic, says former Asda boss
Andy Clarke has said supermarkets should showcase alternatives to plastic packaging and backed a ‘plastic free aisle’
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ArticleMajor growth predicted for online grocery
IGD says online will be fastest-rising grocery channel over the next five years with over 50 per cent growth
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ArticleJersey stems the tide
Squeezed by tight margins, Jersey’s fresh produce sector has contracted in recent years, but Tenderstem is one product reversing the decline. Fred Searle meets local grower Richard Le Cornu to find out more
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ArticleAmazon Fresh lists northern retailer Booths
Booths joins Morrisons and Whole Foods as latest major retail listing at online giant’s grocery retail service
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ArticleBrands break new territory
Added-value promotions, online retail and charitable work are increasingly important to the best apple brands and club varieties
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ArticleWhy Labour backs a new SAWS scheme
Shadow Defra Secretary of State Sue Hayman outlines Labour's vision for the food and farming sector
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ArticleAldi plans £75m DC for south-east England
New distribution centre will create 400 jobs and takes discounter's UK and Ireland investment to £2bn in five years
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ArticleGrowers count cost of spring frost
Panic subsides as retailers show support for larger fruit sizes but growers still face most complicated topfruit season in recent years
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ArticleProduce firms among Worcester's top 50
Eurofresh Evesham, Westland Nurseries and Valefresco are among the top 50 fastest-growing companies in the county
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ArticleMorrisons launches budget veg boxes
Retailer said its new wonky and British veg boxes are cheaper than competitors after online trial proves popular with shoppers
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ArticleTesco-Booker deal ‘threatens future of grocery wholesale’
The managing directors of seven leading wholesalers have written to the CMA to urge them to block the Tesco-Booker merger
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ArticleAsda stocks year-round British tomatoes
LED investment by Flavourfresh means retailer has been able to reduce tomato imports
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ArticleTesco sales grow for seventh quarter running
Retailer’s recovery continues as profits shoot up and shareholders receive a dividend for first time in three years
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ArticleWaitrose buying director expands role
Paul Walker is now director buying for whole fresh category and head up agricultural strategy following Heather Jenkins’ retirement
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ArticleSpanish Persimon season kicks off
PDO-branded Persimon season returns to the UK market with support from the Foods from Spain marketing campaign
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ArticleWalsh Mushrooms launches Vit D mushrooms into Aldi
Mushroom supplier invested £250,000 over two years to gain novel food status for its vitamin d-enriched mushrooms
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ArticleDave Lewis to deliver 2018 City Food Lecture
Tesco chief executive to speak at leading food industry event, which takes place on 28 February at Guildhall
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ArticleAlmost 10 per cent of strawberry crops go to waste
New Wrap report highlights waste in strawberry and lettuce categories to encourage benchmarking and best practice
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ArticleFormer Sainsbury’s head of ag joins Red Tractor
Sue Lockhart joins Red Tractor Assurance as new head of assurance after four years heading up farming team at Sainsbury’s