Retail news from FPJ – Page 179
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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
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ArticleWaitrose to sell weather-blemished UK pears
The pears, which have marks on the skin from hail and other adverse weather conditions, will be on sale in stores from October
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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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ArticleNew MD for banana giant SH Pratt
David Bateman, formerly the business' operations director, steps up to the new role, while Robert Wells becomes CEO
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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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ArticleMelon market in flux
Direct sourcing, market share and varietal development means the melon category is seeing its fair share of fluctuation, according to one key supplier
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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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ArticlePotato firm nearly doubles its sales in Lidl
The popular Amber potatoes, which are the Celandine variety, are exclusive to the Kent Potato Company
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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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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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ArticleSainsbury's attracts 250k new shoppers and grows sales
Sainsbury’s was the only one of the ‘big four’ retailers to keep pace with the market, latest Kantar Worldpanel data shows
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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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Morrisons to replace sweets with fruit at checkouts
Morrisons is initially running a trial at ten stores across the country, with full roll-out expected by February 2016
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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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ArticleLidl to implement new Living Wage minimum wage
Lidl UK employees will soon earn a minimum of £8.20 an hour across England, Scotland and Wales, and £9.35 an hour in London
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ArticleWelsh children now eating more fruit and veg
Despite this, just 35 per cent of children said they undertook physical activity for at least an hour on every day of the previous week in 2014