Retail news from FPJ – Page 159
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Morrisons cuts fresh produce prices by 17 per cent
Morrisons has slashed its fruit and vegetable prices in a bid to reassure consumers about post-Brexit food costs
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Farmcare warns of job losses at Scottish packhouse
Staff at the firm’s Carnoustie packhouse face job losses after major packing contract comes to an end
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Tesco offers free fruit for kids
Supermarket hopes initiative will help create long-term healthy eating trends among the population
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Univeg announces top-fruit JV with Bardsley Farms
New partnership will see Univeg parent Greenyard Foods inject capital for investment into storage and machinery
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Retailer offers free fruit to kids
Co-op summer giveaway allows junior members in Lincolnshire to claim a portion of free fruit every day
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Co-op vouchers 'boost fruit and veg sales'
Supermarket initiative comes as Co-op embraces NFU Fit for the Future report
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Amazon Fresh unveils voice recognition for orders
Internet giant has enabled its Dash service for groceries allowing shoppers to scan barcodes or voice recognition
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Waitrose stocks British Morello cherries
Crop grown at Boxford Farms revives fruit more commonly grown 20 years ago
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Sainsbury’s takes on Amazon with same-day grocery delivery
Retailer will also create 900 jobs at new depot dedicated to online orders as demand in London continues to grow
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Brexit has had 'no impact' on stable grocery market
Slow sales growth of 0.1 per cent in retail sector has not been affected by EU referendum, Kantar Worldpanel figures show
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Sainsbury's wants Brits to beat the 'bin-nana'
Supermarket trials project that it says could save thousands of bananas from being unnecessarily thrown away
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Tesco stocks world’s hottest chilli
The Carolina Reaper measures 1.5 million Scoville units and comes with on-packet health warnings
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Tacon urges more supplier engagement
Despite a number of successes, adjudicator wants more suppliers to come forward if they have suffered abuse
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Interview: Ribena's currant affairs
Ribena and blackcurrants are as inseparable as Ant & Dec, but the brand faces challenges from the anti-sugar lobby. Michael Barker hears how it plans to navigate changing times and secure a successful future
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Spanish cooperative joins British Summer Fruits
Onuba Fruit has become the first international member of the UK’s soft-fruit trade body
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Strawberry sales down but catching up
A late season and unpredictable weather caused some volume challenges over Wimbledon fortnight, but sales are expected to catch up
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Sainsbury's completes phase-out of multibuys
Supermarket ends multibuy promotions two months ahead of schedule in response to changing shopper habits
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NFU files Trading Standards complaint over ‘fake’ farms
Retailers using ‘fake’ farm branding are could mislead consumers over country of origin of produce, the NFU has said
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Move over sushi, it’s all about ‘frushi’
Waitrose launches fruit sushi with a range of tropical fruit and berries wrapped in sushi rice in what it claims is a UK retail first
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Co-op Food sells 298 stores to McColls
Co-op’s announces £117m deal to sell off smaller stores as part of wider strategy to focus on own-brand and convenience shopping