Marshall’s lifetime recognition caps sparkling night at FPC Fresh Awards

Wholesale markets a dead end? No reason to pursue a career in fresh produce? Forty five years later, Gary Marshall certainly can tell a different story. Friday night at the glitzy Grosvenor House on Park Lane, the owner of New Covent Garden Market’s Bevington Salads and Chairman of the Covent Garden Tenants Association was honoured […]

Fresh Direct, Aldi and AC Goatham among big winners at this year’s FPC Awards

Foodservice provider Fresh Direct was named the Wholesale Fruit and Veg Supplier of the Year at the recent Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) Awards. More than 700 suppliers were competing for top honour at the prestigious awards. “It is fantastic to be recognised by our peers for the job we’re doing,” Andy Pembroke, Managing Director of […]

UK Grower of the Year? FPC Fresh Awards will honour one in July

Perhaps at no point in recent memory has there been a more challenging time to be a grower in the UK – with the COVID-19 pandemic, rising costs, labour shortage and weather that has been especially fickle wreaking havoc on farmers and their crops. But the best of the best have shined through, and the […]

BerryWorld celebrate two more wins at International Taste Institute Awards

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Two varieties of berries from the BerryWorld Plus breeding programme earned awards for superior taste and two starts during the recent 2021 International Taste Institute Awards. BerryWorld’s Diamond Jubilee/BerryWorld Gem and another commercial variety that has yet to be launched received acclaim from a panel of international chefs. “This double award recognises our efforts to […]