All United Kingdom articles – Page 361

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    New Marmite Sprouts to revive Christmas classic

    2018-11-12T15:02:14Z

    Iceland and Marmite have teamed up with a new product mixing two divisive staples of British cuisine

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    Veg gangmaster refused licence

    2018-11-12T14:49:34Z

    Lobina Azeem has licence refused after it was deemed her father, who breached standards in supplying veg labour, had too much influence

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    A glass act

    2018-11-12T12:26:27Z

    Ageing structures and a high initial cost of investment have slowed the uptake of renewable technologies by UK glasshouse growers, but an AHDB sustainability project is trying to spread Dutch knowhow in a bid to save energy and optimise production

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    Two new faces join FPC

    2018-11-12T11:26:16Z

    Cristina Melenchon and Jenny Palmer join trade association as events manager and membership manager respectively

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    Jo Johnson warns of fresh food access

    2018-11-12T09:49:44Z

    Transport minister resigned on Friday saying Britain could not guarantee access to fresh food in no-deal Brexit scenario

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    Milestone reached in potato blight research

    2018-11-09T17:13:19Z

    An international collaboration of scientists has helped reveal how blight pathogens function raising hopes of creating disease resistant varieties

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    Pascale the Parsnip tackles Kevin the Carrot

    2018-11-09T15:14:38Z

    Aldi's Christmas TV ad features a series of fairytale reconstructions using popular animated veg characters

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    Asda launches 'giant avocados'

    2018-11-09T12:47:50Z

    With 20 per cent more flesh, Asda's king size avo is the latest launch in an avocado arms race

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    From tractors to transistors

    2018-11-09T12:34:17Z

    A data revolution is prompting an explosion in software and IT services across agriculture. Ed Leahy looks at two companies at either end of the supply chain whose software is transforming the way our food is grown and distributed

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    Uncharted waters

    2018-11-09T12:30:47Z

    What does the Premier League, orange oil and climate change have in common? All have played their part in making agriculture become more efficient with their water

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    Sodexo to the rescue

    2018-11-08T17:07:37Z

    The multinational caterer has joined forces with Midlands supplier Ferryfast and food waste firm Waste Knot to supply schools and businesses with fruit and vegetables ‘rescued’ from UK farms.

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    Co-op to open £45m distribution centre

    2018-11-08T16:52:35Z

    Their new depot for the Southeast and London will create 1,200 jobs with construction starting next year

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    Making sustainability pay

    2018-11-08T12:31:29Z

    LEAF Demo Farm Tangmere has made it its mission to share best practice in sustainable farming, but the pepper grower is clear that protecting resources is not enough – sustainability must pay

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    Budgens flies plastic-free flag

    2018-11-08T11:23:56Z

    Thornton’s Budgens has become the first UK retailer to introduce Plastic Free Zones and urges others to follow its lead

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    Hot weather drives Sainsbury's sales

    2018-11-08T10:28:16Z

    Sales and profits see solid growth as Sainsbury's rethinks its store layouts and the role of managers

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    Brazilian artist redesigns Chiquita label

    2018-11-07T15:12:54Z

    Romero Britto's new series of stickers will appear on fruit in Europe and North America from mid-November

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    Chambers takes sustainable path

    2018-11-07T14:58:42Z

    The Kent-based producer has invested in a host of environmentally friendly practices to grow its berries as sensitively as possible

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    Total Imports packs a greener punch

    2018-11-07T14:50:17Z

    The wholesale sector has been slower to embrace new forms of packaging, but Total Imports hopes to change all that

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    M&A activity holding up despite Brexit

    2018-11-07T12:05:27Z

    Grant Thornton analysis shows there is still appetite for deals in the food and drink sector, but warns businesses need to be prepared

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    Keep things fresh to win with salad

    2018-11-06T14:40:15Z

    Opinion: Kantar Worldpanel's consumer insight director Ed Griffiths on why the salad market still has huge growth potential