All United Kingdom articles – Page 544
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ArticleTop fruit in tip-top shape
Despite some scares with hailstorms reportedly damaging whole farms, apples and pears are on the cusp of a highly successful season
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ArticleNationwide ups profit on reduced turnover
Vegetable giant points to deflation as being the cause of smaller revenue, as it works to overcome its achilles heel, fruit
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ArticleScotHerbs to close after losing major contract
Langmeads-owned herb grower set to close with 62 proposed job losses after losing a contract worth half its turnover
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ArticleLabour provider moves to counter ‘dubious recruiters’
HOPS Labour Solutions will now be audited by Sedex to counter rise in unethical labour practices after abolition of SAWS
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ArticleScottish growers will lose ‘any profit margin’
Frustration as growers north of the border set to pay all workers the higher National Living Wage, rather than just those over 25
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ArticleScots would 'sooner shun alcohol' than give up potatoes
Nearly half of those surveyed in AHDB and Bord Bia scheme would abstain from alcohol rather than have a meal without potatoes
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ArticleVitacress enlists blog star for new marketing scheme
The ‘Make Everyday Herbilicious’ campaign by the business' herbs division will be fronted by lifestyle blogger Carly Rowena
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ArticleWales joins growing list of countries to ban GM
There are now 17 EU nation states and countries that have opted out of growing GM crops under new European laws
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ArticleMorrisons ditches discounter price promise
Retailer will no longer price match against Aldi and Lidl as it backpedals on new loyalty scheme Match & More a year after launch
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ArticleTesco posts further fall in profits
Underlying profits for the first half of its financial year were £354 million, 55 per cent down on the same period last year
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ArticleNCGM will remain ‘home of UK fresh produce’
Chair of CGMA fires up stakeholder reception with vision for New Covent Garden Market to become ‘one of London’s icons’
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ArticleTesco 'to make life easier for suppliers', as Lewis says sorry
The UK's leading supermarket is to introduce a new standard approach in an attempt to help small and medium-sized businesses
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ArticleWoman 'finds lizard in Tesco bananas'
Natasha Oliver, of Shropshire, said the alleged discovery "scared the life out of me"
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ArticleSainsbury's boss: Online is 'profitable' and 'important'
Mike Coupe tells delegates at The Big Debate that supermarkets need to ensure that grocery shopping is 'personalised'
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ArticleHalloween horror as ‘pumpkin poisoner’ blackmails grower
One of the UK’s largest pumpkin growers was told his crop had been injected with cyanide and told to pay £50,000
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ArticleSupermarkets need to get ready for 'radical' changes
IGD chief executive Joanne Denney-Finch pointed to changing consumer habits, and the need to change store layouts
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ArticleGrowers sign £400k raspberry breeding agreement
Onubafruit, Lubera, WB Chambers and East Malling Services have formed a breeding consortium, with others encouraged to join
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ArticlePotato and daffodil gangmaster stripped of her licence
GLA officers found that Sheila Wood's workers were underpaid and had been transported in a dangerous vehicle
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ArticleRetailers partner up to help dementia research
Asda, Iceland, Morrisons and Waitrose will donate money from new plastic bag levy to help fund new dementia research centre
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ArticleInside the minds of marketers
Fruitnet speaks with Jennifer Sherry of FunMobility, who worked with Chiquita on its Minions marketing campaign