All Fresh produce articles – Page 139
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Acquisition takes Poupart into cherries
The Poupart Group has acquired specialist cherry importer and marketer, Norton Folgate. Poupart chairman Laurence Olins said Norton Folgate would sit comfortably alongside BerryWorld, OrchardWorld and Poupart Citrus, focusing on specific...
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GB berry sales soar despite wet summer
Sales of UK berries brushed aside the poor summer weather to post value growth of 38% this year, new industry figures have revealed. British Summer Fruits, which represents more than 90% of UK berry growers, said supermarket sales of...
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Home-grown oats go into Co-op bars
The Co-operative Group has launched a range of cereal bars made with oats grown on its own farms. The products join a growing list of lines, including peas, pumpkin and onions, that have been repackaged and branded with the retailer's...
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Retailers look to rivals after Wealmoor blaze
The owner of the warehouse destroyed by a blaze that also tragically killed four firefighters has moved to reassure customers and suppliers. Family-owned Wealmoor said it had managed to divert business from its Atherstone packhouse in...
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Tyrrells' £5m windfall will fast-track move into vodka
Crisps maker Tyrrells Potato Chips is to invest a £5m prize in advertising and a factory that will make vodka from potatoes and apples. The company scooped the investment, in the form of an interest-free loan, when it won the Midlands...
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Red grape supply short as sales rise
Soaring demand for red seedless grapes is creating major supply shortages and could lead to a rise in prices. Red grapes have traditionally held a 20% share of the seedless market but that is heading towards the US average of 50%,...
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Talking shop - The Soil Association should focus the spotlight on UK organic growers
The Soil Association should focus the spotlight on UK organic growers before it starts to point the finger at the developing world, says Jo Crawshaw, consultant for africapractice Some environmentalists have accused the Soil Association of backing...
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Anti-GM lobbyists call for fairer funding split
The government has come under fire from anti-GM campaigners for offering more financial support to the biotechnology industry than to the organic industry. Friends of the Earth said it had obtained figures showing the government...
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Air freight label fails to take off with shoppers
Tesco and M&S have admitted that their much-trumpeted initiatives to badge airfreighted fruit and vegetables have had no impact on sales. Though they were coy about the exact figures, they said that there was no evidence yet to suggest...
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Price flash
Fresh produce prices have returned to the same high levels that were reached in June when supply fears over flooding resulted in rocketing shelf prices. The Grocer's regular price survey of a basket of typical fruit and veg has risen steadily...
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Has GM's time finally come?
G enetically modified foods have sparked much controversy in the UK over the past decade. Trial crops of GM potatoes have been destroyed by activists as recently as this year and the major supermarkets have long shunned the so-called...
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BerryWorld embraces the snack pack format
Berryworld has braved concerns over a global blueberry shortage and unveiled the UK's first branded blueberry snack at this week's World Fruit and Veg show at London's ExCel. Marketing manager Lisa Hoggarth said the first packs of its new...
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Tesco axes kids' range for new Disney venture
Tesco is ditching its kids own label to replace it with a healthy range co-branded with Disney. Through the tie up, which will kick off initially on fresh fruit and dairy next month, it believes it can double the 25-strong kids...
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Organics must slash reliance on airfreight
The Soil Association has decided against an outright ban on organic food airfreighting, arguing that it would hurt farmers in developing nations. But after four months of consultation over whether airfreighted produce can have organic...
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Kellogg's pushes into adult fruit snacking
Kellogg's is expanding into the adult fruit snacks sector for the first time as its plan to derive half of sales from outside cereals gathers pace. It is spending £4m next year on advertising its new FruitaBü range, which will initially...
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Sacla' tempts market with premium range
Sacla' is launching its most premium range to date with an oven-roasted tomato line that can be eaten straight from the jar. The range, which hits the shelves ahead of potential reformulations of other Sacla' lines for the UK market, is...
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Freaky Ice for winter parties
Makers of a range of frozen drinks from the Netherlands are hoping to take the UK party scene by storm this winter. Freaky Ice is a range of fruit-flavoured, malt-based drinks with an abv of 4.2%. Packaged in individual 50ml servings, the...
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Maguire's focuses on pear variant
Halewood International is to concentrate on the pear variant of its Maguire's cider brand following the disappointing performance of its apple variant. It is also adding a raspberry flavoured cider to the range. "Maguire's Apple hasn't...
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Shoppers pay price for flood damage to crops
Consumers are still being forced to pick up the tab at supermarket checkouts for the disastrous 2007 veg growing season, new industry figures have shown. Although the panic prices of late July have subsided on some brassica crops, the...
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Natural approach boosts Britvic sales
Sugar-free and better-for-you products helped soft drinks manufacturer Britvic record a 3.7% increase in branded sales growth to £702.5m for the 52 weeks to 30 September. The company behind drinks such as J2O, Fruit Shoot and Robinsons,...