Retail news from FPJ – Page 150
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ArticleSprout shortage threatens Christmas supply
Prices are up by 50 per cent on the markets while Diamondback Moth issues have led to lower yields and smaller sizes
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ArticleScottish grower signs six-figure Lidl deal
Stirfresh will supply six new products for the discounter’s new Ready to Cook prepared veg range in Scotland
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ArticleIceland in talks with Iceland after trademark row
Retailer to send high-level delegation to Iceland to resolve spat over claims company is ‘aggressively' protecting trademark
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ArticleUK's largest food firms send Brexit asks to PM
Letter signed by likes of Fresca, G’s and Poupart calls for tariff-free access to Single Market and access to labour post-Brexit
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ArticleMushroom market in flux
The mushroom industry is on the edge of a consumer boom – if producers can stay in business long enough to take advantage
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ArticleZespri SunGold wins over Aldi and M&S
Yellow kiwifruit brand has won best unprepared fruit at the Quality Food Awards 2016
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ArticleFewer delays at Dover since Jungle demolition
Distributors report fewer hold-ups at Port of Dover since Jungle refugee camp was demolished but poorer weather now causing problems
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ArticleAMT Fruit and Tesco celebrate Spanish citrus season
Tesco teams up with main citrus supplier to mark start of Spanish season with easy peeler give-aways at train stations
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ArticleInterview: Minor's major ambition
Minor Weir & Willis chairman Sant Mehta tells Nina Pullman why his latest investment is a signal of intent to the industry and what’s behind the group’s success
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ArticleSainsbury’s wins stonefruit retailer of the year
Annual prize from South Africa’s stonefruit industry awarded to Sainsbury’s after it more than doubled sales
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ArticleBanana prices rise as Brexit bites
Unfavourable exchange rates force four major supermarkets to increase banana prices in past two weeks
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ArticleNisa brings experience to its board
Retail veterans join convenience retailer as Independent Non-Executive Directors as Nisa looks to expand
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ArticleBakkavor announces major recruitment push
Prepared supplier is hiring over 300 new staff in “significant” recruitment drive due to increasing demand from customers
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ArticleTesco shoppers scramble for 20p fruit and veg
Customers filmed pushing and shoving as they try to grab bargain fresh produce reduced from £2 to 20p
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ArticleSainsbury’s 'to review 125 categories'
CEO Mike Coupe has given a business update at retailer's farming conference and confirmed further investment in price
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ArticleCo-op sets 80 per cent recyclable packaging target
Supermarket wants four fifths of its packaging to by recyclable within four years and is calling on other retailers to follow suit
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ArticleEasy peelers are the easy choice
Easy peelers are going from strength to strength, while oranges are still suffering from a lack of convenience
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ArticleRetail prices ‘could rise by five per cent’ – Justin King
Former Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King has said retail prices could rise by at least five per cent to reflect the rising cost of imports
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ArticleView the world as your market, suppliers urged
There is growing demand for British exports including in Germany, Spain and China, according to speakers at Food Matters Live
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ArticleDelivering shopper missions 'key to food-to-go success'
Food-to-go products must fulfil customers' food-to-go ‘missions’, the most important being lunch, advise grocery analysts