Retail news from FPJ – Page 65
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ArticleTesco offers free fruit and veg to 500,000 families
Move by supermarket means half a million families will gain access to fruit and vegetables via Healthy Start vouchers
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ArticleDan Masters among the winners at WCF Awards
Norton Folgate’s procurement manager lands Fruiterers’ Under-30 Award for becoming one of the country’s “top stonefruit specialists”
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ArticleMorrisons saves 100,000 bags of unsold food
Initiative sees customers offered the chance to pick up £10 worth of fruit, veg, deli and bakery products for as little as £3.09
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ArticleDownload FPJ's Anniversary Special
Leading industry figures offer their views on the trade in a series of special opinion columns as we celebrate 125 years as the UK's favourite fresh produce magazine
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ArticleTacon enters final week as GCA
Founding adjudicator Christine Tacon to stand down at the end of this week, handing over to Mark White
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ArticleAldi opens 900th UK store amid major expansion
Discounter plans to operate 1,200 stores in Britain by 2025 and is investing £1.3bn over next two years
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ArticleAldi launches 99p vegan range
Discounter taps into rising popularity of plant-based foods with new Plant Menu range
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ArticleRetailers cut prices to mitigate Covid effect
UK retailers Co-op and Waitrose today announced they will both cut food prices to help consumers cope with more tough economic times ahead
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ArticleOddbox teams up with PodFather
Oddbox expansion plans bear fruit with PodFather fleet management solutions
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ArticleR&G Fresh sees bright future for herbs
MD Mathew Prestwich is confident that through category planning and a greater understanding of consumers, the herbs sales boom will continue
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ArticleAsda opens sustainability store
UK retailer Asda has opened a new sustainability trial store in Leeds to help shoppers reduce plastic use
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ArticleWaitrose expands trial with Deliveroo
Retailer beefs up delivery pilot to cover 30 stores and more than 650 products after positive initial response from customers
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ArticleWhole Foods joins list of Infarm customers
The Berlin-based urban farming specialist continues its meteoric rise with the addition of one of London's leading retailers
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ArticleInfarm could supply more fruit and veg
During FPJLive and ahead of its Whole Foods tie-up, the group’s UK operations director confirmed its ambitious plan
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ArticleDemand surges for edible pumpkins
Tesco reports large volumes of Sweet Cooking pumpkins being planted in response to the vegan trend
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ArticleNew pear packs cut waste at Iceland
Linerless technology is set to eliminate 15 tonnes of plastic and could be rolled out to other produce lines
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ArticleAldi doubles size of Deliveroo trial
Trial now operating from 42 stores as discounter continues to explore possibilities in e-commerce
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ArticleCovid restrictions boost grocery sales
Latest Kantar figures suggest tightening restrictions and greater lockdown measures are boosting take-home grocery
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ArticleRetailers must invest in digital
UK retailers must improve their online presence in response to changing consumer demands, advises eCommerce platform Kooomo
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ArticleTesco launches rail reefer service from Spain
Transfesa Logistics will transport fruit and veg from Valencia to UK as retailer looks to shift more of its distribution network from road to rail