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Waitrose Opens First Supermarket In Eight Years Under £1m Expansion Plan
Waitrose has opened its first new full-line supermarket in nearly a decade, launching a ‘Home of Food Lovers’ store in north-west London, as part of a £1bn investment programme to expand its store network and invest in its fresh food offer. Image: Waitrose The 18,000 sq ft Cricklewood store will be followed in November with the opening of a new supermarket in Hale Barns, Greater Manchester. Waitrose also confirmed in a press release the retailer’s acquisition of four additi
BerryWorld’s Booberries Are Back With £30,000 Fundraising Target
BerryWorld UK’s limited-edition Booberries blueberries have returned to Ocado Retail for October and November, as the berry specialist aims to raise more than £30,000 for breast cancer awareness charity CoppaFeel! through its third annual campaign. Image: BerryWorld New for 2026, the campaign is extending its reach beyond retail, with activations at major industry events, employee fundraising initiatives, and international activity inspired by the UK partnership. Globally, t
UK’s First ‘Flower Pharmacy’ Promotes Everyday Role Of Flowers In Wellbeing
The UK’s first ‘Flower Pharmacy’ has opened in London, offering consumers bouquets selected to boost mood, promote calm, or increase energy as part of an initiative to encourage more frequent flower purchases. Image: PinPep Created in partnership with Plants and Flowers Foundation Holland and chartered horticulturist, TV gardener, and author David Domoney, the one-off experience aims to reposition fresh flowers as an everyday wellbeing purchase rather than a product reserved
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UK Supermarkets Call For Greater Supply Chain Accountability
Major UK grocery retailers, including Sainsbury’s, Asda, Aldi, and Marks & Spencer, have joined calls for tougher new legislation requiring businesses to take greater responsibility for human rights and environmental risks across their UK supply chains. The supermarket operators are among 32 businesses, trade unions, and campaign groups supporting a call for the government to introduce mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence for companies operating in the UK, r
Government Urged To Expand Healthy Start And Broaden Access To Fresh Produce
The Food Foundation is calling on the government to act urgently to widen access to the Healthy Start scheme, and help more families afford the fresh fruit and vegetables needed to support healthy growth and development during pregnancy and the early years. Some 750,000 pregnant women and children from low-income households are missing out on vital nutritional support due to restrictive eligibility criteria, according to the charity, prompting calls for wider eligibility and
Lidl Offers Primary Schools £150,000 In Fruit And Veg Grants
Lidl GB has pledged direct funding for teachers to provide classroom fruit and vegetable tasting sessions, as part of a major nationwide expansion of its Foodies programme which will teach children about sustainable farming, food waste, and healthy diets. Image: Lidl GB Overall, Lidl is making £150,000 available to primary school teachers across Great Britain to fund hands-on fruit and vegetable tasting sessions in class, under the extension of its free Lidl Foodies education
FPC’s £300 Million Reset Warning Puts Britain’s Global Fresh Produce Supply In The Spotlight
The Fresh Produce Consortium’s warning that the UK–EU Reset could add more than £300 million a year to fresh produce supply chains is attracting renewed trade media attention, bringing the implications for global imports into sharper focus ahead of November’s summit. FarmingUK covered the latest intervention on 20 October, highlighting the potential consequences for fruit and vegetable prices, supply reliability and smaller importers. Horticulture Week has also picked up FPC’
Gene-Edited Crops Win Farmer Interest, But Market Doubts Remain
Nearly eight in ten farmers surveyed would consider growing gene-edited crops within five years, although concerns about buyer acceptance could hinder adoption. Research for the Defra-funded PROBITY project found that 78% of respondents were open to growing the crops, while 60% identified buyer and market acceptance as the biggest potential barrier. According to FarmingUK, the survey was led by the University of Nottingham and conducted by Grounded Research, gathering respons
Sainsbury’s Gives Families A Fresh Boost With £18 Fruit And Veg Top-Up
Sainsbury’s is reintroducing its Healthy Start top-up, offering eligible families up to £18 towards fruit, vegetables, beans and pulses before Christmas. The initiative will provide an additional £3 a week for six weeks to eligible Healthy Start customers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Weekly electronic gift cards will be emailed from 18 November and can be spent in store or online on fresh, frozen, tinned and dried products. Registration closes at 11.59pm on 9 Novem
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