All Fresh produce articles – Page 67
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Analysis & FeaturesWonky veg up but are supermarkets digging deep enough?
Shoppers continue to lap up wonky fruit & veg ranges, as the supermarkets introduce new lines and lower specifications
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NewsMorrisons launches new £3 wonky veg box
Box is part of trio of ‘affordable’ veg boxes which also includes £5 British veg box and an organic box for £8
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NewsTesco relaxes specifications on frost-affected apples
Unseasonal temperatures dropped to -4C at the end of April in some parts of Britain, causing blemishes known as ‘frost rings’
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NewsMorrisons apple supplier increases efficiency with help of bank loan
A Worcestershire-based supplier of apples to Morrisons has purchased new machinery for its facility using an £80,000 bank loan.
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NewsFresh produce veteran Laurence Olins announces retirement
Olins started out in the sector during the late 1960s and has been at the forefront of the debate over the fresh produce industry’s Brexit-influenced labour shortages
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NewsApple sector faced with big labour shortages
Average labour levels are down 20% year on year as the sector enters its crucial harvesting season
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s squash star critics aren’t seeing the bigger picture
Commentators are vexed that Tesco is encouraging food waste and that cutting veg into cutesy shapes undermines efforts to educate kids on food and healthy eating
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NewsTesco unveils range of fresh vegetables aimed at children
Retailer says it wants to add a ‘touch of novelty’ through interesting shapes and sizes
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NewsGrowers defend pesticides in wake of school fruit claims
A report by Pesticides Action Network claimed children were being exposed to ’a cocktail of pesticide residues’
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NewsLeave voters back seasonal work permits for EU citizens
New research by British Summer Fruits reveals 61% of Brexiteers favour a visa scheme
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NewsBritish kiwi berry crop set to double 2016 level: BerryWorld
UK season has now begun, grower says, with product available in selected Tesco, Waitrose and M&S stores
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NewsFruit & veg sector backs Coupe warnings of produce rotting at borders
Mike Coupe warned fresh food could be left rotting at the UK border if strict customs checks are introduced after Brexit
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Comment & OpinionThree-a-day fruit & veg study is unhelpful
Eating five fruit & veg a day might not make us more healthy than three, but it is a better option than more calorific alternatives
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NewsOrganic Trade Board readies 'emotional' marketing campaign
‘Organic. Feed Your Happy’ campaign launches next week to coincide with Organic September
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NewsBRC warns of major post-Brexit fresh produce shortages
Bare shelves and soaring prices witnessed during the lettuce and courgette shortages ‘could be repeated on a grand scale’
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NewsJason Burgess new chairman of the British Growers Association
Currently vice chairman, the Produce World director takes over from G’s Growers managing director Nick Douglas
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NewsSoft fruit industry demands seasonal worker scheme
Fruit growers report that in some areas up to 20% of seasonal workers have left farms and gone home
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NewsTesco rolls out range of 'zilla egg' mini avocados
Snack-sized fruits would previously have been rejected by growers because of their size, Tesco says
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NewsRoast dinners in decline as Brits favour faster meals
Brits tucked into 157 million fewer roasts over the past year, pushing them to sixth place
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Category ReportVeg and two veg: roast dinner category report 2017
Vegetables are taking centre stage as shoppers demand roast dinners that are healthier, more varied and easier to prepare