All Fresh produce articles – Page 86
-
NewsImproved potato season bounces Greenvale owner back to profit
Potato supplier Produce Investments – the parent of Greenvale – has bounced back into the black thanks to much improved po…
-
NewsFlorette urges consumers to cook with salad in £1.25m push
Florette is investing £1.25m in a push to encourage Brits to use salad in their cooking…
-
NewsHarrods lists seaweed salad from Seakura
Organic seaweed producer Seakura has secured a listing for its seaweed salads with Harrods…
-
Analysis & FeaturesOrganic food price hikes fail to put shoppers off
Shoppers are opting to buy organic despite steep price hikes in many product categories…
-
NewsVitacress management jobs go as it merges into one operation
Salad supplier Vitacress has embarked on a major corporate restructure, merging its three UK business units.
-
NewsGlamour cherries in UK retailers this month
Super-premium Glamour Cherries will return to UK retailers next week…
-
Analysis & FeaturesWhat does the merger of Chiquita and Fyffes mean to the trade?
Banana giants expect big synergies from proposed merger…
-
NewsBritish asparagus makes early arrival in M&S
Marks & Spencer started selling the first British asparagus of the season this week – three weeks earlier than last year.
-
NewsAlbert Bartlett enters Middle East joint venture
Scottish potato giant Albert Bartlett is entering the Middle East with a new joint venture in Abu Dhabi….
-
NewsChiquita and Fyffes to merge in banana super-deal
Chiquita and Fyffes are set to merge in a $1bn (£600m) deal that will create the world’s biggest banana business.
-
NewsCitrus black spot: EC urged to do more to combat disease
EU fruit growers have called on Brussels to step up efforts to prevent citrus black spot disease spreading to Europe…
-
NewsM&S secures first of this year's Jersey Royal potatoes
M&S has become the first of the mults to stock this year’s indoor-grown Jersey Royal potatoes…
-
NewsMcDonald's bolsters fruit supply for Free Fruit Fridays push
McDonald’s UK has doubled the number of fruit suppliers to four to cope with increased demand for its kids fruit bags…
-
Comment & Opinion
A GM spud we just don't need
The latest push to get GM food on our plates came from the John Innes Centre in Norwich…
-
NewsWaste-aware Brits cut back on fruit & veg in pricey 2013
Brits bought 91,000 tonnes less veg and nearly 40,000 tonnes less fruit in 2013…
-
NewsFairtrade blasts Morrisons and Aldi for banana price wars
Retailers have hit back at the Fairtrade Foundation after it blamed UK price wars for putting the squeeze on banana produc…
-
Comment & OpinionA bruising battle
The Fairtrade Foundation is making bananas the centrepiece of Fairtrade Fortnight. But will it make a difference to banana pricing?
-
NewsBanana pricing needs action, Fairtrade Foundation warns
The Fairtrade Foundation has called for urgent government intervention in the UK banana supply chain, saying that retailer ‘price wars’ have triggered job losses and left smaller producers marginalised.
-
NewsBlight-resistant GM potato developed in UK trial
Potatoes are at the centre of a new debate about GM technology in the UK, sparked by news of a successful trial of a blight-resistant variety of genetically modified potatoes.
-
NewsMusang King Durian fruit arrives in UK
Malaysian Musang King Durian fruit is now available to buy in the UK for the first time…