All Vegetables articles
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Mash Direct back in the black after ‘reset with purpose’
Mash Direct grew sales to just under £24m in the 10-month period to 31 December 2024, according to its latest accounts
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Ugandan produce exports ramp up as demand from UK grocers grows
A new cargo flight filled with fruit & veg and coffee is now arriving from Uganda in the UK each week
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Fruit & veg border checks on EU imports scrapped
The checks on fruit & veg, which represented the final phase of the previous government’s Border Target Operating Model, were due to kick in on 1 July
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KFC and SpudBros to give away limited-edition jacket potatoes
The partnership marks 60 years of KFC in the UK and Ireland
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Analysis & Features
Field to Fork: how wholesalers created an award-winning farm shop
Brothers Mark and Paul Tate, and business partner Mark Cox, have put decades of wholesale experience into buidling a unique destination in rural Warwickshire
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Thanet Earth begins construction of £20m glasshouse in Kent
The glasshouse will be the seventh operated by Thanet Earth and will add 6.5 hectares of production space dedicated to tomato cultivation
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Confusion reigns over future of fruit & veg border checks following EU deal
Cross-channel fresh produce traders could still face additional border checks from July
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Innocent Drinks publishes open letter calling for end to fruit & veg ‘deserts’
The letter has called on the government to address the UK’s ‘fruit & veg deserts’ where over 10 million people face significant barriers to accessing fresh produce
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Florette launches promotion offering chance to win holidays
The campaign will launch on 1 May and appear on 6.7 million packs
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Plans for £150m Essex greenhouse complex submitted to local council
The 100-acre development from Rivenhall Greenhouse will be capable of producing 30,000 tonnes of tomatoes per year
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Albert Bartlett launches £3m campaign for Jersey Royal season
The Roll On Jersey Royal Season campaign begins in April 2025 and showcases the traditional farming practices and the unique landscape of Jersey
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Comment & Opinion
What’s not to like about supermarket veg price wars this Easter?
Supermarkets are selling nutritious veg for just 8p a pack. How is that not a good thing?
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Milk & More reports fruit & veg surge as customers avoid plastic packaging
The DTC company has seen a 286% increase in doorstep delivery of fruit & veg boxes
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Florette launches Peri-Peri and Caesar salad bowls
The range is designed to introduce more choice to the salad category
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Lidl to invest £500k in teaching schoolchildren about healthy eating
The discounter’s Lidl Foodies programme aims to help schools ‘bridge the gap’ in healthy eating lessons
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Shoppers back ban on supermarket fruit & veg packaging
Plans to ban supermarkets from using plastic packaging across a large swathe of fruit & veg products have overwhelming support from the public
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Kids’ snacking brand patents method for reducing sugars in babyfood
Charles Fermor, a Kent-based farmer and co-founder of Freddie’s Farm, has developed the processing method
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Farming confidence falls to all-time low, NFU survey finds
Farmer short-term confidence decreased by 10 points to –35 compared to –25 last year, and mid-term confidence has fallen even further from –22 to –38
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Fruit & veg importers vote to be able to carry out their own Brexit border checks
Businesses want the UK government to approve the piloted authorised operator status, allowing them to conduct their own inspections
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Iceland drops Keelings brand from fruit & veg own label
When ‘Keelings, Love to Grow’ launched, Iceland claimed it was the Irish grower’s ‘biggest fresh branded range’ to date