All Fresh produce articles – Page 114
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Superhero will sell blackcurrants to kids
Schoolkids are being urged to design a superhero as part of a new drive to raise awareness of blackcurrants.The Blackcurrant Foundation drew up the plan to encourage 75,000 five to seven-year olds to 'eat a rainbow' by adding a piece of...
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Greyfriars to boost mushroom output with £4.5m facility
Vegetable supplier Greyfriars is planning to create Europe's most advanced mushroom facility.It has submitted plans to Harrogate Borough Council for a £4.5m, 7,000 sq m mushroom farm at its site in Wath, North Yorkshire. The...
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French fruit growers count on Wimbledon to serve up PR boost
French summer fruit producers are targeting next week’s Wimbledon tennis championships to kick off a UK marketing push.
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Heavy promotions harm profits on Jersey Royals
Supermarkets have promoted Jersey Royal potatoes so heavily this season that neither retailers nor suppliers have made the profits expected of the premium crop, industry sources claim. Most of the major multiples have discounted the potatoes...
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Tesco gives hard sell to Thailand produce
Tesco has kicked off a two-week promotion of Thai fruit and veg.The push was launched at its West Cromwell Street store in London by chairman David Reid, accompanied by the Thai ambassador, representatives of the Thai commerce ministry and...
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Yumberry complains of name taken in vain
The distributor of Yumberry juice drinks has claimed rival producers are infringing on its trademark by mistakenly calling yang-mei fruit yumberries.
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Added-value packs help Nisa-Today's boost fruit and veg
An initiative by Nisa-Today's to promote fresh produce has increased sales by 25% over the past year, the company claims.Since it was launched in May 2008, the Fresh For Less everyday low pricing initiative and added-value packs had boosted...
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Napolina's pulses help home cooks
Italian canned tomato supplier Napolina is launching a range of pulses to capitalise on growing consumer interest in scratch cooking.Making its debut into retail canned pulses, Napolina is launching chickpeas, butter beans, red kidney beans...
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OFF's intensive orchards boost organic apple crop
Organic Farm Foods has launched a new planting project that it claims will slash the cost of English organic apples.The shelf price of OFF's organic apples is set to fall 20% to £1.99 a bag as a result of the project, making them much more...
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New Heinz advert has nostalgic twist
Heinz is playing on shoppers' nostalgia in a £2m TV campaign that claims its tomato ketchup is 'irreplaceable'.
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Japan boom in factory veg
‘Plant factories’ are being developed in Japan to grow lettuces and green leaves at all times of the year in a climate-controlled and sterile environment.
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NewsFresh produce group brands Eat Seasonably plan ‘ridiculous’
The Fresh Produce Consortium has urged consumers not to limit their consumption of fruit and vegetables to UK seasonal produce – claiming Defra’s new Eat Seasonably campaign “imposes ridiculous restrictions on key indigenous staples of the UK diet”.
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Farms expect boom in PYO berry sales
Farm retailers are bracing themselves for a surge in pick-your-own as shoppers look for quality bargains.With the PYO strawberry season starting, UK sales are expected to follow the US trend of strong growth, according to the National...
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Dorset adds bran flakes to its line-up
Dorset Cereals is adding a bran flake range to its portfolio for the first time.Tasty Fruit and Fibre, which is being rolled into Tesco and Waitrose now, is positioned as an "easy and tasty" way to add fibre and bran flakes to a diet....
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NewsRetail Prices: Fruit and veg basket costs 5.6% less than last month
Shoppers who value their 5-a-day are smiling this month. First there was the £1 pineapple. Then the news that prices are falling overall. Richard Ford reports
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Florette set to move into the fruit market in 2010
The Florette brand is set to be launched into fruit for the first time, The Grocer can reveal.Although still at the discussion stage, Florette fruit could be launched as early as next year. The product line-up has not yet been agreed, but...
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Southern Comfort targets take-home
Southern Comfort is adding an RTD premix to its drinks portfolio to cash in on growth in the take-home booze market.Southern Comfort Lemonade & Lime launches next month in 250ml single cans (rsp £1.59) and four-packs priced £5.99. The 5% abv...
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NewsCritical Eye... on Brats abroad distinctly out of tuna
On a school trip to Russia, I remember one lad openly addressing his exchange partner as "Shitforbrains", others offending their host families by refusing to eat fruit because it was bruised and one girl getting so drunk on strawberry liqueur she...
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Tesco bosses besieged in Irish farmers' potato protest
A group of Irish farmers stormed a meeting of Tesco’s top managers yesterday to demand the retailer stops selling British potatoes at its Irish stores.