New Zealand onions are cheaper in the UK than domestically
Strangely, New Zealand brown onions are selling more cheaply in a British supermarket than in New Zealand itself. A tweet has highlighted the price of Tesco onions, which were selling for 95p a

Tesco has slashed the price of more than 500 household essentials including fruit & veg
Sri Lanka: Green supermarket opens in Nugegoda Sri Lanka’s first green supermarket with large live trees inside it, was opened at Stanley Tilakaratna Mawatha, Nugegoda by Laugfs Supermarkets.

Tesco reveals new buying strategy at Festival of Fresh
Tesco’s produce category director Tom Mackintosh drew the biggest crowd of Festival of Fresh, as 300 people from across the UK fruit and vegetable trade converged on Alconbury Weald for a day of

Move over burgers and sausages – here comes trendy new BBQ asparagus
A Herefordshire asparagus farmer has helped fixed a problem for BBQ fans who love grilling the vegetable, but find the regular spears can be too delicate for cooking on a griddle. Chris Chinn,

Diabetes campaign highlights lack of fruit and veg in diets
Tesco and Diabetes UK have teamed up for a new awareness campaign following research showing how few fruit and vegetables younger men eat. As part of the campaign, men aged 40 and under are being

Studenac: Acquisition of retail chain Strahinjčica d.o.o.
UK: Pimms and cucumbers top Tesco's list of most sold Coronation weekend items Pimms and cucumbers were among the food products that saw the largest spike in sales at Tesco during the Coronation

Tesco has unveiled its first-ever range of ‘Finest Signature Vegetables’ main dishes
Finland: Kesko sees decline in comparable group sales in April Retailer Kesko has reported a 3.8% year-on-year decline in sales in comparable terms, to €964.4mln, in April. The grocery trade

Tesco shoppers are not 'getting less food'
Tesco has calmed down customers who feared they were "getting less" food amid complaints over their multipack of peppers changing from a three-pack to a two-pack at the same price. A woman who

Chickpeas on the rise at Tesco
Chickpeas have become the latest pulse crop to come into fashion as Brits look to find cheap but nutritious ways to bulk out their meals. That’s according to Tesco, which reports seeing

Tesco to lift buying restrictions across certain fruits and vegetables
UK regulator tells Asda to fix competition concerns over Co-op fuel deal Britain's competition regulator has found that supermarket group Asda's 611mln pound ($742mln) purchase of the Co-op's 132

More retail chains are lifting limits on vegetable sales
More UK retail chains are lifting the limits on sales of salad vegetables per customer. Discounters Lidl and Aldi have announced such moves from Monday 13 March. Salad vegetable sales were first

Celeriac back in fashion with sales surge
Celeriac is making a comeback as a fasionable foodie item, according to Tesco. Lincolnshire-based grower Jack Buck Farms is the largest celeriac grower in Europe and the company is planting 50

Carrefour, Aldi and Tesco will participate in the GLOBALG.A.P. Tour Stop in Spain 2023
The GLOBALG.A.P platform currently brings together more than 50 European and British supermarket chains. GLOBALG.A.P works with fruit and vegetable suppliers to ensure the food safety and quality

UK govt tells grocers to reconsider relationships with farmers
As Britain entered a third week of vegetable shortages, the government told big supermarket groups to re-examine their relationships with farmers. On Monday, Lidl GB followed market leader Tesco,

Another chain is rationing sales of peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers. "Up to 3 pieces per customer"
Author: Paulina Piwowarek 27 February 2023 23:07 Lidl is the fifth major supermarket chain in the UK (after Aldi, Tesco, Asda and Morrison's) to ration sales of cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes.

UK: Fruit and vegetables rationed due to lack of fresh produce
There will have been and still are a lot of puzzled and also worried faces in the UK in the past few days, because Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Morrisons have limited the sales quantities of peppers,

Tesco: Largest introduction of environmental standards in the UK completed with LEAF Marque certification
This means all fruit and vegetable growers in the UK are now certified to rigorous environmental standards aimed at continuous improvement across the farm in areas such as climate resilience,

Tesco no longer stocks yellow peppers due to supply challenges
Tesco, the UK’s biggest retailer, is no longer stocking yellow peppers after supply challenges caused by warmer weather abroad, followed by cold snaps. The majority of Tesco’s stores are out