All Fresh produce articles – Page 128
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Hot salad leaves offer potential of dual usage
A new brand of salad that has been marketed to eat hot or cold is being launched by PDM Produce. Wok or Not has been created to invigorate the bagged salad sector, which has stagnated as a result of poor weather and a struggling economy, according...
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NewsBroccoli defies inflation as price drops 26%
Poor crops and rocketing supply chain costs have caused produce to increase in price – in some cases by almost 30% year-on-year, reports Richard Ford
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Sainsbury’s reaps rewards of Fairtrade
Sales of bananas at Sainsbury’s have risen 6% in the year since it switched all its bananas to Fairtrade. The retailer now sells 1,000 bananas a minute, with sales of the fruit at an all-time high, it claimed. Sainsbury’s revealed the rise this week...
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Heinz lightens up its plastic sauce bottles in bid to be greener
Heinz is set to roll out lighter plastic bottles across its sauce range as part of its green drive. The company switched to plastic PET bottles for its Heinz Tomato Ketchup portfolio in May, in a move it claimed would save 340 tonnes of plastic each...
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‘Faddy’ fruit-flavour ciders in danger of following alcopops
The cider sector is in danger of repeating the same mistakes as the once buoyant ready-to-drink category, Gaymer Cider boss John Mills has warned. The plethora of ‘faddy’ fruit-flavoured ciders that have hit the market in the last few years are in...
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Advertising: Tesco diverts ad spend to non-food
Supermarkets’ expansion into an ever-increasing range of non-food categories is something that, rather like Sunday opening, we now take for granted. Visit a larger store and the chances are that the first thing you come face-to-face with is books, clothes and homeware rather than fruit and veg.
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Tesco in bid to become 'Britain's biggest discounter'
The "biggest ever launch", to be unveiled this week, will see Tesco become "Britain's biggest discounter", The Grocer can exclusively reveal. A completely new 350-strong range of low-cost products features two new lines: 'Market Value' will be a new fruit and veg line, while the second line, dubbed 'Discounter', includes ...
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Sales suffer as soakings turn shoppers off salad
The British salad sector is under pressure after the second successive summer washout severely hit sales, producers have reported. Poor weather throughout the summer meant salad sales had not gained momentum, said Stuart Piccaver, managing director...
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Key’s brings in the first pink onion
Key’s of Lincolnshire has launched what it claims to be the first pink onion grown on a commercial scale in the UK, in response to growing demand for different vegetable varieties. The variety, Rosanna, has a mild and sweet flavour and is being...
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Industry hits back at salad poison scare
The UK fresh produce trade has hit back at press reports claiming prepared salads are unsafe to eat. National newspaper articles quoted research that eating bagged salads could lead to more food poisoning cases. However the Fresh Prepared Salads...
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New partnership to back organic apples
A partnership has been formed to boost organic English apple production. East Malling Research and marketers Norman Collett have signed a deal under which 10.5 hectares of additional organic apple trees will be planted. EMR already has some 6.5ha of...
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Young heed advice and eat more apples
Children and young adults are eating significantly more apples than they were a year ago, as government schemes to tackle obesity appear to be paying off. Young adults aged 17-24, who are among the lowest consumers of produce, have increased their...
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Multiples boost space given to healthy fare
Supermarkets have increased the share of prime promotional space given to fruit and veg by 81% year-on-year, reveals new data that rubbishes suggestions they only promote fatty and sugary food. The total share of premium space, such as gondola ends,...
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Hurricane Gustav tears into Jamaican bananas
UK retailers have been urged not to abandon Jamaican banana suppliers left reeling by the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Gustav. The hurricane, which swept across the Caribbean island last week, decimated a banana industry that had only just begun...
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What the papers said
Apples could rot on their branches due to labour shortages, warns The Observer. Apple growers blame government restrictions on immigrant workers for a shortage of labour. “If we can’t get the pickers, there is a grave danger that apples will be...
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Tesco secures local sweetcorn supply
Barfoots of Botley has struck a deal with Tesco to supply locally grown sweetcorn to stores in southern England. Local sweetcorn went into Hampshire and Sussex Tesco stores last weekend, while Isle of Wight sweetcorn was launched into the...
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Egg margins get poached
Supermarkets have again been accused of exploiting food price inflation to boost profits, after it emerged that the retail price of eggs had increased 39% in the past 18 months, while the price received by producers had increased by just...
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Cool summer helps lift consumption of carrots
Consumers are eating more carrots this year thanks to the cooler weather and growing popularity of the vegetable among children. The number of carrot-eating occasions has risen 3% to 3.8 billion, according to new consumption data from TNS. Value...
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Osgrow offers a wriggle bit more
This column has recently noted retailers' growing enthusiasm for 'Bugof' promotions - the practice of livening up bags of lettuce and other mundane fare by (accidentally) including the dessicated corpse of an exotic creature or two.
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All change as Greenvale restructures
Greenvale AP, the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes, has appointed Brian Macdonald as its new financial director. Macdonald, who has worked for brewer Scottish & Newcastle for 25 years, most recently as finance director for developing markets, also...