All United Kingdom articles – Page 533
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ArticleNew London restaurant uses only wonky veg
Tiny Leaf is using only misshapen out-of-date fruit and veg donated by organic retailers
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ArticleWaitrose: consumers showing greater interest in veg
Retailer reports uplift in sales of bitter-tasting vegetables like kale, chard and chicory, driven by growing interest in health
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ArticleDave Lewis to chair new global food waste campaign
Leading CEOs and ministers from around the world have become ‘champions’ of new partnership on food waste
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ArticleBritish sea kale lands at Waitrose stores
The supermarket has spent three years trying to perfect the crop, which is described as having an asparagus and celery-like flavour
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ArticleNew shareholders for Bakkavor Group
Investment firm Baupost Group has bought 89 per cent of shares in Bakkavor in a deal worth £163 million
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ArticleInmate 'KO'd by potato boxes' sues prison service
According to his solicitors, who have not identified the prisoner or the prison where he is locked up, the inmate was 'knocked for six'
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ArticleFruit farm fined almost £30k for safety risks
Payne Stores allowed a worker to access a repair job by standing in an apple box raised by a fork lift truck
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ArticleChairman and CEO Neil Fraser leaves Produce World
William Burgess takes on the dual role after Fraser - who once told FPJ he wanted to make Produce World a £500m firm - exits the veg giant
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ArticleFrying veg in olive oil 'boosts antioxidants'
Potato, pumpkin, tomato and aubergines had higher levels of antioxidants when fried in oil, a new study has found
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ArticleBranston raises over £12k for stillbirth charity
The cheque for £12,219.35 was helped by £8,000 coming in for 12 Branston employees who took part in a 100-mile cycle ride
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ArticleBerry grower faces £20k of crop losses after flooding
Northern Irish strawberry grower Foxberry Fruit Farm cannot get near plants due to three feet of floodwater
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ArticleAround 300 jobs at risk at Bakkavor
Company has launched consultation period at its London site after losing a Tesco mashed potato supply contract
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ArticleWaitrose to launch supplier review
Retailer has launched an internal assessment including supplier payment times following reports that it takes 45 days to pay bills
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ArticleWaitrose's sprouter kit 'this year's must-have kitchen gadget'
The kit allows consumers to grow three types of seeds at the same, or to stagger them so they continually have a stock of seeds
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ArticleHundreds of jobs 'at risk' at Asda head office
Asda talking to workers about 'the certainty of permanent structural change'
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ArticleGrowing media mixes it up
The growing media sector relies on five core ingredients to reduce commercial horticulture’s reliance on peat. But what are the benefits of alternatives such as coir, wood fibre and bark?
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ArticleOn the seedy side
Intellectual property, consumer-facing seed breeding and a new lettuce trait are among the talking points in the UK seed sector
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AnalysisSpecial report: What's in store?
With ever more erratic growing conditions and supermarkets demanding the highest specifications, getting storage right can be the difference between success and failure
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ArticleTotal Produce celebrates growers
A new digital initiative from the UK’s largest produce company celebrates smaller growers and supply chains through videos and popular culture
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ArticleInterview: Asda’s UK grape vision
Alberto Goldbacher, Asda grape procurement manager, talks exclusively to Luisa Cheshire about its pioneering UK seedless grape-growing project in Kent