All United Kingdom articles – Page 560
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AnalysisElection promises: What will they really deliver for food and farming?
Chairman of the Oxford Farming Conference, Alastair Brooks, on why politicians' 'sabre-rattling' on an in-out EU referendum is helping no one
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ArticleBountiful and early supply of UK tomatoes
The traditional tomato season, which normally starts later in April, has arrived early thanks to the sunny weather and longer days
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ArticleThirteen arrests in veg-packing exploitation case
Operation Launch is part of an NCA investigation into people trafficking and enforced labour of Slovakian nationals within the UK
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ArticleRecord £6.4bn annual loss for Tesco
Statutory pre-tax loss figure - biggest loss ever suffered by a UK retailer - compares with a pre-tax profit of £2.26bn a year earlier
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ArticleEx-Bakkavör man takes reins at certification body
Martin Sawyer has been appointed as the CEO of Soil Association Certification in place of Rob Sexton
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ArticleEC releases €130m in marketing grants
New funding has been awarded to 41 marketing campaigns, with an emphasis on programmes outside of the EU
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ArticleKent top fruit firm makes energy investment
The Apple Growers Association, which stores and sends produce to Tesco, has installed a new solar panel system
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ArticleG's Growers' toasts 30 years of supplying produce
Founded in 1985, G’s Growers started in a bid to more effectively service the emerging multiple UK supermarkets
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ArticleNFU 'pleased' with parties' manifesto promises on UK food
President Meurig Raymond: 'It’s good to see our ask for a plan to grow UK food production promised by the three main parties'
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ArticleRegal gong for fruit giant Blue Skies
Firm's third Queen's Award for Sustainable Development recognises its contribution to development in Africa and South America
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ArticleKey move in battle to stop 'misleading' supermarkets
Which? has compiled a dossier of what it calls “dodgy multi-buys" and plans to send it to the Competition and Markets Authority
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ArticleOrganic sales up as non-organic sales dip
Organic fruit is enjoying a particularly strong period; organic veg isn't doing so well, but still faring much better than non-organic veg
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ArticleReynolds hires stonefruit and berries buyer
Graduate Megan Garwood will take on category buying role at catering supplier after helping to develop focus on seasonality
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ArticleWellpak enters salads market
Evesham supplier is launching a new salads business unit, headed up by new commercial manager Rebecca Quiney
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ArticleBucking bronco of a week for US dollar
The dollar had achieved a five-year high against sterling, but it was not a conclusive break and the dollar retreated
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ArticleLong-serving greengrocer passes away
Joan Rutherford, a regular at Team Valley wholesale market, ran her fruit and veg store in County Durham for 63 years
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ArticleBrand refresh and new pack sizes for Florette
Salad giant says move is aimed at 'solving the wastage issue and injecting growth into the leafy prepared salad category.'
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ArticleHere be dragons: Israel breathes fire into exotics
Despite adding new varieties to secure year-round supply, demand for the country's dragon fruit is said to be surging ahead of available volumes
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ArticleGM import proposal raises concern
European campaigners fear arguments against GM crops are being ignored, as pressure from the US government and the biotech industry mounts
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ArticleAquaponic farm gets green light
A London warehouse will be converted into a salad, herb and fish farm, and will produce 200,000 bags of salad a year