All Fresh produce articles – Page 47
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NewsNew vehicle emissions rules ‘crippling’ business, logistics firm warns Sadiq Khan
Heathrow-based fresh produce logistics business PML said the new rules could force it to relocate
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NewsMorrisons makes net zero carbon farm pledge by 2030
The retailer said the move would see all 20 of its fruit, veg and meat manufacturing sites entirely supplied from net zero carbon sources
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NewsThanet Earth heralds ‘more positive’ year after poor 2019-20 financial results
According to its latest results, it saw turnover decline and losses widen – a performance it says it has since turned around
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NewsEU seed spud ban leads to unsold stocks in Scotland
Some 39% of total UK production, representing 2.11 million tonnes, was still on farms by the end of January
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Comment & OpinionWhy British sugar production is facing the greatest threat in its history
Source: Getty Sugar beet has gone from offering a sustainable return, to a crop that’s too risky to plant I believe the home-grown sugar industry is facing the greatest threat in its 100-year history, and that threat is complacency. Our industry has already had its fair share ...
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Analysis & FeaturesFive key takeaways from the NFU conference
The annual food producer’s conference took place on Tuesday (23 February)
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NewsRiverford introduces home compostable packaging
The new packaging will replace the plastic bags used for its fresh fruit, vegetables and salads
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NewsOnion and leek sales soar in latest Covid-19 lockdown
Volume sales increases were primarily attributed to the lockdown-related trend of scratch-cooking
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NewsMash Direct sees Irish listings boom amid Brexit border chaos
Eight of the Northern Irish grower’s prepared veg lines went on sale across M&S’s 18 stores in the Republic of Ireland last week
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NewsCity snapshot: Total Produce and Dole to float on US stock market
Fruit and veg supplier Total Produce has agreed to combine with Dole Food Company to created the largest fresh producer in the world with revenues of almost $10bn. Plus, profits jump at BAT despite Covid disruption; Nestlé sells North American water brands for $4.3bn; Imperial Brands appoints a CFO; Ahold Delhaize 2020 sales soar thanks to pandemic; and Ohso Chocolate acquired by VC firm.
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NewsGrowers vote to abolish AHDB’s compulsory horticulture levy
But with AHDB suggesting the result was ’complex’ many growers are concerned the government may disregard the outcome
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can the UK be more self-sufficient in food?
As Brexit and climate change threatens UK food imports, self-sufficiency is down. Could new attitudes and tech change food policy?
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NewsSainsbury’s top up of £2 biggest yet for Healthy Start Vouchers
The retailer joins Tesco, Waitrose, Co-op and Lidl in topping up the scheme
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NewsBranston appoints ex-Princes exec Richard Fell as prepared potato MD
The position is a new role and follows a £12m investment into Branston’s prepared division
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NewsOrganic sales hit 15-year high as locked-down shoppers flock to category
Soil Association Certification’s 2021 Organic Market Report revealed a 12.6% increase in organic food and drink sales to £2.79bn last last year
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NewsFruit & veg sales booming under lockdown, says Tesco
The retailer said its stores were breaking records on a weekly basis for a range of products
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NewsSouth African raisin crop projections down 15% after extreme rainfall
Last year, the country’s raisins accounted for almost 9% of the UK market
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Analysis & FeaturesHow vertical farming is taking off
In the first in a two-part series on the future of farming we look at the upward trajectory of vertical farming
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NewsReal-terms funding for GLAA declines despite rise in cases
The GLAA’s accounts showed net expenditure grew 6% to £6.6m in the year to 31 March 2020, but Home Office funding only increased 2.3%
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NewsAnti-GM campaigner urges organics to back ‘inevitable’ gene editing launch
The chair of the FDF Organic Committee said outright opposition to GE could leave the sector ‘ridiculed and marginalised’