CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FOOD SECTOR
Redfox works closely with a select number of associate partners and high level contacts who we ask to regularly write for the benefit of the sectors. 
Over the economic recession, food has remained relatively resilient and indeed there has continued to be growth in the supermarket sector. This is something that cannot be said for...
It has been reported that the severe economic crisis affecting the agricultural sector in Murcia, together with the severe drought the region has experienced in the last decade has resulted in more than 18% of the farmers to abandon their fields.
The agricultural professional organisation; the ASAJA Murcia reports that the situation has got so bad that the number is expected to rise to between 20-25%, and...
Business analysts are today urging supermarket giant Morrisons to open convenience stores, sell groceries online and move into clothing and homewares in a bid to keep up with it rivals; Tesco, Asda and Sainsbury’s. 
This view comes at a time when the new Chief Executive; Dalton Philips is about to make his first presentation as head of Morrisons. Undoubtedly buoyed by the successful advertising campaign featuring...
The next few weeks could be critical for the fresh produce industry as the government considers its response to the list of interim proposals put on the table by the Fruit & Vegetables Task Force. 
The task force was set up last autumn by the Labour government to identify ways of boosting the production and consumption of the UK’s edible crops.
It...
A series of setbacks at the Thanet Earth glasshouse project have severely reduced the overall profits of one of the UK’s biggest supermarket fresh produce suppliers. 
Fresca Group Ltd’s pre-tax profits were cut almost in half after the first full year of the landmark project was beset with difficulties both within and outside the company’s control,...
