All Fresh produce articles – Page 175
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Consumer Insight: bananas
When bananas are consumedIn the past year there were 3.2 billion banana meal occasions, an increase of 3% over the previous year Breakfast and lunchbox occasions account for almost a half of banana consumption...
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JS keeps up the variety show
Sainsbury is planning to launch new varieties into its fresh produce sections at least every two months for the foreseeable future according to its vegetable and salad buyers.Speaking exclusively to The Grocer, they said they were firmly...
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Pink Lady in an instant
Sainsbury’s Pink Lady pre-packs and polybags will carry an instant-win on-pack promotion designed to drive sales in the run-up to Christmas. Created by Chingford Fruits, which ran a similar campaign on Sainsbury’s cherries earlier in the year,...
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Heinz fingers Farley’s for toddler snacks
Heinz is extending its Farley’s brand beyond rusks with a new range of finger food for toddlers.The new infant offerings include Mini Cheese Biscuits, Mini Fruit Bears and Fruity Cereal Bars.Heinz claims the Mini Cheese Biscuits (rsp:...
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Consumer Insight: tomatoes
When fresh tomatoes are eatenIn the last year there were 2.7 billion occasions of fresh tomato consumption in the homeThat represents a 1.5% decrease on last year 2% of all fresh tomatoes consumed are...
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Aldi soup launch
Discounter supermarket group Aldi is launching a new range of low calorie fresh soups.Available in three varieties – Tomato & Red Pepper, Spicy Parsnip and Chicken & Sweetcorn – all the soups contain less than 3.4g of fat and 53 calories...
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New type of clementine
Clementine fans will be offered a new early variety this Christmas – the Rishon. Israeli grower and importer Mehadrin Tnuport Export (MTEX) has begun marketing the fruit. MD Dov Warmen said: “Our new early clementine is unique by flavour and...
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Berry sales ‘going the right way’
Berry fruit sales grew overall this summer in spite of variable weather, according to figures revealed at the industry’s annual conference this week.KG Fruits MD Nick Marsden said strawberry production had risen from 37,000 to 44,900 tonnes...
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The Acid Test
>>consumers and buyers give their views on the latest launchesrémyred - red berry infusionFrom: Rémy MartinThe new liqueur offering from Rémy Martin, RémyRed, marries ripe fruit flavours with a touch of the famous...
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O’Shea manager for English Village Salads
Geest fresh produce division has appointed Kate O’Shea to the position of general manager at English Village Salads, suppliers of Asda’s whole head salad category.She takes over from Kathryn Gray, who has moved on to become general manager...
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Buitoni faces easy-cook rivals
Napolina is set to stir up competition with Nestlé’s number one pasta brand Buitoni with a new range of easy-cook pasta and rice dishes.Made in Italy to Italian recipes, the five-strong range comprises Fettuccine with Tomato & Mushrooms;...
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Corollary attributes
The Co-operative Group is trialling a little-known yellow flesh salad potato called Corolle.Originally grown in France, the potato is being produced in the UK for the first time by Produce World. Corolle potatoes are being sold under the...
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Tesco launches digital download service
Tesco has moved into the digital music industry with an online downloading service to compete with Apple’s iTunes.Tesco’s service is being launched today and will cost 79p per track for downloads, which is the same price as the service...
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Onions a wash-out
Onion production rose 24% this year but a rain-drenched August means that much of the crop will be unsaleable.British Onion Producers’ Association figures show total production to have been 490,000 compared with 396,000 in 2003. Brown onion...
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Rémy mixes it for RTDs with Red
Rémy Martin plans to plug a gap left by the decline of RTDs with the launch of a fruit and cognac-based liqueur, which is aimed at women who want to mix their own long drinks.As revealed by The Grocer (p62 June 19, 2004), Rémy Red will be...
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Ginsters scoop top prize
Ginsters scooped top prize in The Food Manufacture Excellence Awards, winning company of the year and coming top in bakery. Other winners were Tyrrells Potato Crisps , Robert Wiseman, Edrington, Tryton Foods, Freshway Foods and Salar Smokehouse....
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Organic farmer scoops top award
Lincolnshire-based mixed farmer Andrew Dennis has been named Producer of the Year in the Soil Association’s Organic Food Awards.Dennis, who produces beef, turkeys, sheep and a range of organic vegetable and salads, impressed judges with how he...
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Debut for French duo
Marks and Spencer will be selling 150 tonnes of Naturiane- branded apples Ariane and Doriane from December.The French varieties were unveiled at the Sial food show in Paris by SAS Pomalia, which represents growers, breeders and distributors....
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It’s baking in the Cauldron
Meat-free specialist Cauldron Foods is launching a new chilled seasonal ready meal offering.The Winter Bake is made from smoked tofu, tomatoes and walnuts with chestnut purée, thyme and a rich cranberry & port sauce. Cauldron Foods’ sales...
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Award for Vitacress
Grower and packer Vitacress Salads has won an industry award for the innovative organic farming methods it developed to produce baby salad leaves for M& S and Sainsbury. Vitacress scooped The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers’ Environmental...