All articles by Tom Bonnett – Page 3
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Tesco and Morrisons' market share falls
Tesco and Morrisons' share of the grocery market has decreased, according to new data from Kantar Worldpanel.
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Fresh faces for the Potato Council
The Potato Council has recruited a new team of growers to represent its ‘Potato Ambassadors’ initiative.
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Tesco looks to reduce carbon footprint
Tesco has partnered with sustainable energy group ENER-G to develop a new CHP system for its stores in an attempt to reduce its carbon footprint.
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RPA confident of hitting SPS targets
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has set out its performance targets for 2012/13 and aims to build on the recent figures for the Single Payments Scheme (SPS).
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Jubilee win for Waitrose
Waitrose saw a record week of trading in the run-up to the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
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BLSA launches new salad campaign
The British Leafy Salads Association (BLSA) has launched a new three-year campaign that aims to promote the health benefits of leafy salads.
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New campaign for Picota cherries
Producers of Spanish-grown Picota cherries will focus this year's advertising campaign on enhancing UK shoppers’ understanding of the fruit’s origin.
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Blueberry boost for athletes
New research suggests the high level of antioxidants in blueberries increases athlete recovery time from exercise.
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New grant boosts export opportunities
The Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA) has secured over £100,000 under the UK Trade & Investment’s Tradeshow Access Programme (TAP) to support UK horticulture firms exhibiting at overseas trade shows.
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Potato event focuses on R&D
Potatoes in Practice, the annual field-based potato event for the potato industry, will focus on the subject of herbicide sensitivity this year.
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Cucumber fungicide gets the green light
The Horticultural Development Company (HDC) has secured a 120-day extension to allow British growers to use a fungicide that combats mildew on cucumber plants.
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Rain threatens early cherries
Northwest cherry growers in the US are worried bad weather could affect the first harvest of Chelans.
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Californian prunes get health certification
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has confirmed that Californian prunes are good for digestion.
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First British Tenderstem crop arrives
The first batch of this year’s British Tenderstem crop has hit the shops following the recent warm weather.
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Refugees 'exploited' by banana industry
Despite its environment-friendly reputation as the world's largest exporter of organic bananas, the Dominican Republic's treatment of banana workers is being called into question.
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M&S hits green targets
M&S claims it’s the first major UK retailer to become carbon neutral in a new report which says 100 per cent of its waste in 2011 was recycled.
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CropWalker Mapping 'will aid farmers'
A new online mapping system allows farmers to view crop data at the click of a button.
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Dole wins international award
The Dale Foundation, the organisation behind fresh produce supplier Dole’s Ecuadorian and Peruvian-based aid programme, have won the Segundo Wong Award from the Ecuadorian Banana Exporters Association.
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French co-op confident of victory
SICA, a leading French vegetable co-op, remains upbeat despite suffering a setback on its proposed €100 million logistics project.
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Co-op deny Unite claims it will cut jobs
The Co-op denies claims from Unite that merging two of its distribution centres into a new £20 million site at Avonmouth will damage employee rights.