All Fresh produce articles – Page 155
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Price Survey
The retail cost of red seedless grapes has remained largely stable this week following the rise of 11.8% seen in last week's report. The only retailer to have increased the price of its 1kg punnet was Waitrose, which over the past seven...
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"If you pop into Tesco in Hungary, you can find strawberries piled up in pyramids. You'll never find those here"
I've got to admit I have a certain amount of sympathy with Ben Bradshaw's call to cut food and drink packaging. If it's not thick plastic wrapped around my broccoli, or pre-wrapped bananas, it's packets of tea with individually wrapped sachets....
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Chips to get pricier as potato volume drops
Chip prices could rise after Christmas as supplies of top quality frying potatoes become scarce, according to the British Potato Council. The long, hot summer and low rainfall stressed out the plants, cutting yields and increasing disease...
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Canaries fighting for share on two fronts
Canary Islands tomato growers are fighting to defend their slice of the EU market - but in their eagerness to promote they have launched two unrelated and costly campaigns. They are key suppliers to the UK during the winter season, and...
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Fairtrade: more appeal than organic
Retailers focusing heavily on organics are failing to meet the growing demand for Fairtrade products - and are losing sales as a result, it has been claimed. A survey of 600 shoppers by juice maker Fruit Passion found 41% of shoppers made...
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Price Survey
A change in country of origin has sparked a dramatic increase in the price of red seedless grapes this week. The average price of a 1kg punnet has risen by an average of 11.8% with Tesco sporting the most significant increase of the six other...
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Sainsbury's plans fruit and veg roadshows
Store managers and consumers need more education about fresh produce, Sainsbury's says. The retailer claims it sells more fresh produce per customer than competitors, and is launching initiatives to keep it that way. Staff in the...
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JS brings in organic port for Christmas
Sainsbury's has joined the small list of retailers stocking an organic port that it believes will attract consumers to the category this Christmas. Fonseca Terra Prima Organic Reserve Port is made from organic grapes. Historically,...
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Tesco backing S&A in ongoing worker row
Tesco and Sainbury's are standing by soft fruit grower S&A as it clashes again with unions. The Herefordshire strawberry growing co-op came under the spotlight earlier in the year after the TGWU received complaints from 200 migrant...
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Heinz recalls toast toppers
Heinz has recalled a batch of its own brand chicken and mushroom toast toppers due to incorrect allergen labelling.The affected product is Heinz Chicken & Mushroom Toast Toppers, 128g, with a best before date of 01 2009.Meanwhile,...
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Stripy tiger tomato experiment is over
Tiger tomatoes - the small ones with stripes - are not what consumers want, according to developers at Israeli exporter Agrexco.The experiment with the tomato is now over, they admitted, although different formats of the striking striped...
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Trends & Developments
Supreme Petfoods has unveiled the latest additions to its small animal range - Russel Rabbit parsnip & beetroot and Gerty Guinea Pig carrot & cranberry gourmet products. In addition, it has two new lines for the Science Selective Range - Rat and...
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Jordans takes on big names in wholesome
Jordans is going up against the likes of Kellogg's Fruit & Fibre and All Bran Flakes in the 'wholesome' section of the breakfast cereal aisle, with the launch of a new range called 3 in one. The name comes from the products' combination...
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Growers' decline 'is on alarming scale'
British growers are losing out to foreign competition, despite a few shining examples of international success, according to the English Farming and Food Partnership.G's Growers, KG Growers and Worldwide Fruit may be role models for the...
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Yomo adds veg to fruit yoghurt
An Italian dairy company has added vegetables to fruit yoghurt to boost its health credentials even further.A five-strong low fat range under the Yomo brand was on display at last month's Sial food show in Paris. It is currently...
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Multiples keen to get new tomato on shelf
A new variety of baby plum tomato, identified only by a code number hours before it was entered in a tasting trial at the National Fruit Show and quickly christened Bon Bon, is already attracting retailers' attention. Under trial by one...
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Price flash
The price of our basket of fruit and veg recorded its first rise since June following three successive falls. It is now 9.8% more expensive than it was five weeks ago and 0.4% more costly than at the same time last year. The biggest four...
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Fruit puds for dogs with a sweet tooth
Pooch pampering is moving to the next level with the creation of a range of puddings specifically for dogs. Called HiLife Just Desserts, the puddings are said to be the first of their kind in the UK, according to producer Town & Country...
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Kwik Save sale is 'devastating'
After reading your report on Kwik Save last week, I had to put pen to paper ('Confusion reigns at Kwik Save's store swoop', The Grocer, 21 October, p30). We have a first class fruit and vegetable shop inside a Kwik Save at Whittlesey in...