Planting a Green Headland on uncropped areas around potato and field vegetable crops can capture nutrients worth £200/ha over the growing season.

Merger talks between British supermarket chains Sainsbury's and Asda are at an "advanced" stage, Sainsbury's has confirmed.

Recent findings from YouGov SixthSense reveal that the Kind Edward potato is familiar to 84% of UK adult potato eaters, making it the most recognized potato variety. The Maris Piper (83%) and Jersey Royal (81%) closely follow. Meanwhile, potato variet...

Nearly a third of UK shoppers want food and grocery retailers and manufacturers to focus on reducing waste.

Asda has become the latest grocer to announce ambitious expansion plans, in yet another indication that food &grocery is proving much more resilient to the recession than other retail sectors. Indeed, the robustness of the sector is set to provide ...

The announcement by Taypack Potatoes in Perthshire yesterday that it had cut its £32 million-a-year contract with Asda, Britain's third-largest supermarket group, was met with surprise by insiders. The company, which started up in 1986, supplies Asda w...