All United Kingdom articles – Page 627
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ArticleShoppers can boost growers suffering in 'severe' spud market
It's UK Potato Week, but current market conditions are a "great concern" to many of the Potato Council's levy-payers
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ArticleApple pickers 'forced to scavenge for food in bins'
GLA slams 'derisory' sentence of £500 fine for Romanian gangmaster who left pickers living in inhuman conditions
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ArticleSalad yields boosted by vertical system
A vertical growing system that optimises space in glasshouses has shown it could more than double yields in salads and berries
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ArticleChegworth scoops two awards
Family-run firm's farm-pressed juices recognised with Slow Food gong, as well as its two London-based stores
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ArticleIGD Convention 2014 in numbers
Among leading retail figures' presentations at the annual event were myriad stats and the results of recent consumer surveys
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ArticleRetailers must 'prioritise' low prices over promotions
IGD chief executive's rallying cry comes on the back of a continued strengthening of the discounters' power
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ArticleGiant vegetable show judged by Chelsea star
Medwyn Williams, gold medal winner at Chelsea Flower Show, was the guest judge at Aberglasney Garden’s giant veg competition this weekend
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AnalysisAnalysis: Tesco trauma
Tesco’s revelation that there is a £250m question mark over its finances has set the scene for a bare-all debate on supplier relations at the UK’s largest supermarket
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AnalysisOpinion: Why expats could help grow exports
Chair of the National Fruit Show, Sarah Calcutt, points out where UK producers could be more proactive in growing their businesses
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ArticleProduce World directors don lycra for charity cycle
Vegetable supplier staff cycle 130 miles and aim to raise £4,000 for children’s home and hospice charities
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ArticleFresh face for English grapes
Julien Lecourt is the new tree physiologist and grapes specialist at East Malling Research. He tells Nina Pullman about his Normandy background and the prospects for English-grown table grapes
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ArticleNew zeal for New Zealand
Moneycorp analyst Chris Redfern on a sharp turn in fortunes for 'the kiwi', and a slump for the pound after a period of resurgence
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ArticleTesco redesigns top fruit packaging
Retailer unveils ‘fundamental’ change to produce packaging with shift towards flow-wrapping and new on-pack design
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ArticleM&S joins forces with Pink Lady prize
Grocery retailer has signed up for the apple brand's 2015 photography prize as a sponsor of the Food Portraiture category
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ArticleNew directors ushered in at Tesco
Richard Cousins and Mikael Ohlsson will join the board of the beleaguered retailer on 1 November 2014
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ArticleG's Fresh launches new organics brand
The leading producer is investing in the upturn in organic purchases with O'live
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ArticleEight tenants hand in notice at NCGM
Mash Purveyors are relocating to London business site Park Royal and two firms are retiring, amid fears of a ‘mass exodus’
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ArticleDyas celebrated for 25 years at BGA
Head of crop associations at trade body thanked for “hard work and dedication” to horticulture sector
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ArticleMaersk alters routes in response to Ebola
Shipping firm sends cargo direct to worst-hit Ebola countries and diverts other routes, while other lines report no disruption
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ArticleEx-NCGM traders jailed for drug smuggling
Kevin Hanley and John Fowler smuggled drugs into the UK in consignments of exotic fruit