All Fresh produce articles – Page 154
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Banana growers' plea bearing fruit
Banana producers in the Windward Islands say trade is improving after their emotional plea for support.In the summer, the Windward Islands' Banana Development and Exporting Company (Wibdeco) said the region's economy risked collapse...
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First GM potato trials in UK set to go ahead
Genetically modified potatoes that resist blight will be planted in England, after Defra gave the go-ahead for trials next year. BASF will plant in Derbyshire and Cambridgeshire to see how the crop performs in British conditions, but it...
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First GM potato trials in UK set to go ahead
Genetically modified potatoes that resist blight will be planted in England, after Defra gave the go-ahead for trials next year.BASF will plant in Derbyshire and Cambridgeshire to see how the crop performs in British conditions, but it...
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CCE adds zest to drinks to refresh key brands
Coca-Cola Enterprises is ringing the changes with its Diet Coke and Minute Maid Froot Refresh brands as part of a wave of activity planned for the next 12 months. From February, its Diet Coke with Lemon and Diet Coke with Lime variants...
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CCE adds zest to drinks to refresh key brands
Coca-Cola Enterprises is ringing the changes with its Diet Coke and Minute Maid Froot Refresh brands as part of a wave of activity planned for the next 12 months.From February, its Diet Coke with Lemon and Diet Coke with Lime variants...
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Shop Profile - CK's Supermarkets
Nuturing his rapidly expanding retail operation has kept Christopher Kiley on his toes for nearly two decades.
He opened is first store, selling fresh fruit and vegetables, in Llandeilo, south Wales, in 1988. Now CK’s Supermarkets has 18… -
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Price Survey
Fresh fruit and vegetable prices continued to fluctuate in this first week of December. The cost of parsnips has risen by an average of 11% in the past seven days, and now rests at £1.82 for a kg. The largest increase took place at Asda,...
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Spanish pay for raspberry plants
Spanish raspberry production is set for a boost after growers struck a deal with a British plant breeder. With legal action hanging over their heads, the largest growers have agreed to stop illegally propagating plants developed by...
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How organicis organic?
Twenty years ago organic food accounted for a tiny, tiny niche in the market, with sales of just £5m. Now sales have reached £1.6bn p.a. and strong growth continues. With retailers, farmers, packaged foods suppliers and consumers embracing...
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RDC unloading delays 'cost growers fortune'
Sluggish unloading at supermarket distribution centres is costing small growers a fortune, they claim. Abuse of the just-in-time delivery system regularly keeps trucks waiting for hours at suppliers' expense - even though growers face stiff...
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Shop Profile CK's Supermarkets
Nurturing his rapidly expanding retail operation has kept Christopher Kiley on his toes for nearly two decades. He opened his first store, selling fresh fruit and vegetables, in Llandeilo, south Wales, in 1988. Now CK's Supermarkets...
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Healthy Start for new food voucher scheme
Greengrocers are set to grab a share of a £129m a year windfall, thanks to a government initiative. Healthy Start is a Department of Health scheme that gives families vouchers to spend on milk and, for the first time, fruit and...
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Walkers challenged over 'wet' potatoes
Potato growers are angry about a Carbon Trust report that says they add water to their spuds. The trust's Carbon Footprints in the Supply Chain looked at how PepsiCo sources and processes potatoes for Walkers crisps. It concluded the...
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Iconic brand bows to state health pressure
Heinz is responding to calls for healthier product formulations with a reduced salt and sugar variant of its iconic tomato ketchup. Due to hit shelves at the beginning of the new year and timed to coincide with healthy eating resolutions,...
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In Brief: Fruit market 'soft'; Food safety scandal; Growing anxiety
Fruit market 'soft' Growth is slowing in the £250m-a-year soft fruit industry and growers must work harder to excite consumers, according to Nick Marston, MD of KG Fruits. More research was needed, he said. Food safety...
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Asda starts a drive to reduce air miles
Asda is offering bagged potatoes that make a virtue of their local origins. All 79 of its eastern counties stores started stocking East Anglian new potatoes in late October. They will be available into next year and then from June...
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In the can
Fruit. The few remaining Spanish canners have started to process the season's bumper mandarin orange crop. At 150,000 metric tonnes, it was nearly double last year's production. A high proportion of 2005's crop went into the fresh...
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Coca-Cola drink to prevent blood clots
Coca-Cola and Unilever are throwing their weights behind groundbreaking new products containing an ingredient said to help prevent blood clots.Coca-Cola plans to launch a mass-market drink containing the tomato-based ingredient...