All Fresh produce articles – Page 107
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Hallowe’en home baking for Dr Oetker
Dr Oetker is responding to the growing home-baking trend with Hallowe'en-themed treat-making kits. The new range, available now, comprises a Bat Cookie Mix, a Cupcake Mix and an Apple Decorating kit, all of which contain the key...
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Winter range by Yorkshire Provender
Yorkshire Provender claims its new winter soups range is its biggest seasonal line-up yet. The eight-strong winter soup range replaces the summer line-up this week, although the pea & spinach variant will remain. The winter menu...
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NewsPrepared preferred for pomegranates
British shoppers are increasingly opting to buy pomegranate in pre-prepared formats rather than as a whole fruit, with 2.5 arils pomegranate seeds with surrounding tissue now being sold for each wholehead fruit. The trend for...
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NewsMultipacks of veg crisps by Glennans
Glennans has launched what it claims is the first vegetable crisp multipack at Waitrose. They contain three packets of mixed vegetable crisps, two packets of parsnip crisps seasoned with sea salt and cracked black pepper, and a packet of...
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Lower citrus crops won’t hit supply, say importers
Importers have dismissed fears that projected lower citrus production volumes in the Mediterranean could result in shortages on UK supermarket shelves this autumn and lead to higher on-shelf prices. Orange and grapefruit crops are...
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NewsClippy's Apples pumps up the jam
Week-long celebrations of jam, jam buttie battles and imaginative ingredients – one small producer is looking to change perceptions of our preserves. Sue Scott reports
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Del Monte and Budgens pair up for handheld Naked Fruit
Del Monte has extended its Naked Fruit range of snacks with the launch of handheld pots.
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Modern look for Westons’ Vintage cider
Westons Cider is relaunching its Henry Westons Vintage Cider and has created a new Henry Westons website to celebrate the Herefordshire-based company's 130th anniversary.Apple illustrations have been added to the Vintage label and it has...
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Southern Comfort’s update reaches cans
Southern Comfort is revamping its lemonade & lime premix cans to align the tipple with the recently overhauled core brand.The new look, which is being rolled out next month, emphasises Southern Comfort's New Orleans heritage and...
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Focus On Canned Goods: Four to watch
All About Food is extending its Pizza Express range with a passata (rsp: £1.09). The tomato paste is the same as that used to make the pizzas in the restaurant chain.
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Cox’s reign as Britain’s favourite under threat
Cox’s century-long reign as Britain’s favourite home-grown apple looks doomed, according to English Apples & Pears, as poor crop forecasts and changing consumer tastes boost demand for other varieties.
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Bananas again take brunt of price war as Asda cuts to 55p/kg
Asda has upped the stakes in the banana price war by slashing prices by 18% to 55p/kg the lowest since last November.
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Former PepsiCo man aims to double sales of Streamline Foods
Reduced-sugar jam-maker Streamline Foods has set out ambitious plans to double turnover to £24m within three years.The Good Food Group-owned business is launching a range of fruit fillings/compotes into the multiples next month and also...
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NewsGrocer 33: Half-price Häagen Dazs helps Morrisons
With the greatest number of items on promotion (15) Morrisons had the cheapest basket this week. Half-price Häagen Dazs and the cheapest pineapple (£1) helped it move three places up the table.
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Operating profits are up at Dole Fresh UK
Fresh fruit supplier Dole Fresh UK has posted an increase in operating profits for the second year running since its return to profitability in 2008.Operating profits for the year stood at £626,000 compared with £384,000 in 2008, with...
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Picture This... Desperate for potatoes
Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross is revisiting her role as potato ambassador with a new TV campaign for Albert Bartlett Rooster Potatoes.
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Tesco’s fresh foods departures continue
Paul Thomas has become the latest Tesco senior executive to move on from the fresh foods category, having spent just eight months in the role. Thomas, currently senior buying manager for potatoes, is going into corporate purchasing,...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda back with sub £60 basket
Asda offered the cheapest basket this week and the only one to come in under £60. It also had the greatest number of exclusively cheapest items (11) nine more than the nearest rivals. Five Rollback deals including Quality Street and the mushrooms...
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NewsBee crisis: The buzz is back
Alarming media coverage has spurred efforts to keep up Britain's bee population. So what will the results be? Rob Brown & Cedric Porter weigh up the efforts to return the hum to our hedgerows
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EU planning label to regulate the use of ‘mountain’ on foods
The use of the word 'mountain' and images of mountains on foods could soon be regulated by EU law. Brussels is considering a labelling scheme that would give special protection to products from mountain regions.