All United Kingdom articles – Page 567
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ArticleDover-Calais services resume
Ferry services between the UK and French ports have restarted, but the backlog of trucks will take days to clear
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ArticleGrocery prices 'rise for first time in six months'
The product prices that increased the most were onions, bananas and carrots, according to mySupermarket research
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ArticleProduce World's £1.4k 'clean sweep' boost for hospice
Staff also got behind the Sue Ryder Hospice at Thorpe Hall in Peterborough by helping to clear the site's garden
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ArticleLorries queuing outside Dover 'now on the move'
Blockade at Calais by French ferry workers has been suspended, although the threat of further action remains
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ArticleChiquita UK reports slight dip in pre-tax profit
Despite increasing its turnover, the banana giant's UK business saw from profit fall from £534,676 in 2013, to £522,734 in 2014
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ArticleCGMA unveils new wholesale market identity
But tenants’ chair said that for traders, logos and “glossy pictures” were unimportant compared to issues like the migration strategy
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ArticleRetailers urged to help desperate cucumber growers
Derek Hargreaves, of the Cucumber Growers Association, says just a 3p rise would help growers who are “on their knees”
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ArticlePoupart posts vast rise in pre-tax profit and turnover
Fruit giant’s latest turnover surpasses the £380m figure with which Total Produce topped December 2014’s FPJ Big 50 businesses list
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ArticleUK's competitive world ranking 'biggest threat' to growers
Almost 20 per cent of those asked in new BGA survey of UK fruit and veg suppliers pinpointed their fears on this front
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ArticleBig-name sponsor for first UK Vining Pea Conference
Event will cover R&D, knowledge transfer, the Yes Peas! promotion campaign, and industry insights, among other topics
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Fruit farm manager gets 30 months in jail
Andrew Stocker sentenced after deaths of Scott Cain and Ashley Clarke in oxygen-deprived apple storage tank on the Blackmoor Estate
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ArticleBudgens ditches SuperValu in favour of new brand
New bagged salad lines are the latest category to have been given the Budgens own-label rebranding
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ArticleStrawberry sales hike as Wimbledon kicks off
Sales at Waitrose up by 11 per cent year-on-year, with Waitrose Organic strawberries sales up 51 per cent
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ArticleNew 'sweet' lettuce variety unveiled at Sainsbury's
Launched by Bedfordshire Growers and that company's growing partner Jepco, Red Butterhead is a Red Salanova type bred by Rijk Zwaan
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ArticleSoil Association to launch 'biggest' UK-wide organic drive
Last year's Organic September event saw a 4 per cent uplift in organic sales in that month alone
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Morrisons continues to grow ahead of the market
Recording a sales growth of 0.6 per cent, Morrisons has increased its market share to 11 per cent, up 0.1 percentage points on last year
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ArticleBranston teams up with Rick Stein's chef son
Jack Stein, son of legendary TV chef Rick, signed up as the ambassador for potato supplier's PR campaign for the Cornish potato season
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ArticleSouth Africa investigates CBS interceptions
Head of African nation's Citrus Growers Association calls the discovery of two cases involving lemons sent to the UK "disappointing"
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ArticleScottish village 'bans' bananas
Quirky move comes ahead of an annual boat festival, and bananas are believed to bring bad luck
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ArticleBurger King eyes up more veggie options for UK customers
Reported move follows on from the success of such products in the fast-food giant's Indian restaurants