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Geothermal Heat Offers New Route To Year-Round UK Food Production
The UK’s first geothermal glasshouse expects its inaugural winter crop of strawberries within weeks, demonstrating how heat from deep beneath the ground could help UK growers extend the domestic production season for fresh produce and reduce reliance on imports. Image: University of Lincoln The first-of-its-kind £2.4m research facility, officially opened this week by HRH The Princess Royal, is located on the University of Lincoln’s Riseholme Campus. The pioneering glasshouse
Waitrose Cuts Produce Prices In £20m Everyday Essentials Savings
Waitrose is investing £20m to lower prices on hundreds of everyday essentials regularly bought by its customers for breakfast, lunchboxes, and family meals, including several fruits and vegetables. Image: Waitrose The reductions will save shoppers 20% or more off the full price of staples such as apples, pears, tomatoes, orange juice, bread, and porridge oats, as families return to their routines this September. Other fresh produce items included in the price cuts include avo
Smaller Pumpkins For Halloween As Morrisons Launches Budget-Friendly Range
UK pumpkin growers are warning that this year’s crop could be significantly reduced with smaller-than-usual sizing after prolonged heat and drought stunted growth during the key production stage. The pumpkins are expected to be almost half their normal size in some areas, while growers also report thicker skins that could make the fruit more difficult to carve. High temperatures have been a particular challenge considering pumpkin growth slows when temperatures reach 30°C, ac
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UK Grocery Inflation Ticks Higher As Shoppers Continue To Chase Value
UK grocery price inflation edged higher in early September, adding further pressure to household budgets as shoppers continued to seek out promotions and prioritise essential purchases. Like-for-like grocery inflation reached 2.3% in the four weeks to 6 September, up from 2.1% in the previous month, according to Worldpanel by Numerator. Although the rate increased, Worldpanel described inflation as relatively subdued and significantly below the levels recorded earlier in the
Packed Lunch Revival Drives Surge In Demand For Salad Bowls And Meal-Prep Staples
Britain’s office workers are rediscovering the packed lunch as rising food-to-go prices push more people towards homemade meals — creating fresh opportunities for retailers across salads, vegetables and convenient meal-preparation ingredients. Nearly half of UK professionals, 46%, are taking a packed lunch to work more frequently than they did a year ago, according to data from Ocado reported by Talking Retail. Financial pressures are driving much of the change. Some 69% of r
Veg Power And Food Foundation Launch ‘Eat Well For Less’ Campaign
Veg Power and The Food Foundation have joined forces to launch a nationwide campaign helping families maintain healthy diets as rising food costs continue to squeeze household budgets. The Eat Well for Less initiative offers practical advice for making affordable, nutritious and filling foods — including fruit, vegetables, beans and pulses — a regular part of everyday meals. Developed in consultation with Felix, Hubbub’s Community Fridge Network, Feeding Britain, The Bread an
Days To Go Until The Fresh Awards 2026 Celebrates An Industry That Never Stands Still
The countdown is well and truly under way. In just a few days, the fresh produce and floriculture sectors will come together in London for the Fresh Awards 2026 – a night dedicated to recognising the people and businesses that have continued to deliver through another extraordinarily demanding year. Taking place on Friday 25 September at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House on Park Lane, the Fresh Awards will celebrate outstanding achievement, innovation and determination across e
Fresh Fruit And Vegetables Take Centre Stage In School Meals Overhaul
Fresh fruit and vegetables are set to play a much greater role in school meals under what the Government has described as the biggest shake-up of food standards in England’s schools for more than a decade. The new standards will come into effect from September 2027, subject to parliamentary approval, although secondary schools will have an additional year to implement some measures. Under the revised framework, every main meal will need to include vegetables or salad, either
Morocco Closes In On Third Place In UK Sweet Pepper Market
Morocco could become the UK’s third-largest supplier of sweet peppers as rapidly rising shipments continue to reshape the British import market. The UK imported 10,400 tonnes of Moroccan sweet peppers, valued at more than £17 million, between October 2025 and June 2026, according to figures reported by EastFruit. Shipments increased by 60% compared with the 2024/25 marketing year and were nearly three times higher than in 2023/24. Over the past three years, Moroccan sweet pep
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