Supply news from FPJ – Page 77
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ArticleCalls for food business energy price cap
Cold Chain Federation publishes action plan amid huge cost rises for temperature-controlled storage and distribution businesses
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ArticleHeat stress hits potato yields
Potato crops pay heavy penalty as a result of summer’s record-breaking temperatures and drought, finds Syngenta
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ArticleUK salad hub ‘faces extinction’
Largest hub in the UK’s glasshouse sector could face extinction within the next two years as struggling growers sell land for housing
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ArticleGem avocados return to Tesco
Branded variety back on shelf following earliest ever volumes from South Africa and Peru
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Article‘Prioritise farming,’ new PM urged
The country’s farming unions urge new Prime Minister Liz Truss to invest in British agriculture
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ArticleUK economy falls behind India
India has overtaken the UK as the world’s fifth largest economy, Bloomberg reports
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ArticlePort of Liverpool dockers plan strike action
Workers at the Port of Liverpool plan a two-week strike over pay from 19 September
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ArticleGravity of Jupiter’s descent hits home
Leading UK-based fruit supplier found itself unable to sustain stratospheric rise following big acquisitions in Netherlands and South Africa
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ArticleJupiter 'files for administration’
Fresh produce grower-importer Jupiter Marketing has gone into administration, according to news site
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ArticleSunburst brand gets boost in the UK
Coregeo and Hochfeld are working together to grow the pink-fleshed Sunburst apple brand
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ArticleAldi scraps fruit and veg best before dates
Aldi today announces plans to scrap best before dates from 60 fresh fruit and veg lines
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ArticleSouth African blueberry parties head to Namibia
Unique new blueberry varieties will be seen for the first time in Namibia’s Grape Valley
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ArticleVertical Farming World Awards finalists unveiled
Zenith Global announces the 2022 Vertical Farming World Awards finalists ahead of ceremony in Brussels later this month
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ArticleBrakes shortlisted for transport award
UK foodservice giant Brakes’ Changing Gears driver training programme is shortlisted for British transport award
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ArticleNew GlobalGAP add-on gives biodiversity a boost
In April GlobalGAP launched its BioDiversity Add-on to help producers further demonstrate their biodiversity management practices
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ArticleSpain slashes kaki forecast
Persimmon producers anticipate a significant drop in volumes for the 2022/23 campaign
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ArticlePumpkin shortages predicted
Essex grower Foxes Farm says its yield is down by a quarter to a third this year and expects to see “some kind of shortage”
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ArticleChange in fortunes for South African exporters
South Africa’s fresh fruit export industry is contemplating the future after a disappointing 2022 season
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ArticleStable growth for Greenyard
First quarter of the financial year sees positive sales in both fresh and long fresh segments
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ArticleLidl pledges to help UK farmers with heat-affected harvest
Lidl GB has promised to find ways to accommodate ’stunted crops’ within existing lines to prevent food waste