All Fresh produce articles – Page 189
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Geest acquires French group
Geest has bought the Genevieve Langlais group of companies which produce prepared leaf salads and convenience salads in France.The deal will cost 19m euros plus 7m euros of debt and will make Geest one of the three largest producers of...
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Saintly seduction
St Dalfour followed up a product debut at this month's Convenience Retailing Show in Birmingham, where it launched Gourmet to Go canned salads, with another at IFE. This time it was drumming up interest for a new range of cooking oils called...
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UK is ripe for growth
A Brazilian company targeting the UK market is set to become its nation's biggest lime producer. According to Heiko Freitag, European agent for grower/packers Ita Citrus, the company has invested in 2,000 hectares of new land in the fast...
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Euro onions set to cry all the way to the bank
There were definitely no tears being shed at stand number 1525 where Surrey broker The Food Masters was showing off cans of fried onions under the Eazy banner. Produced by Spanish manufacturer Eurocebollas (literal translation Euro onions'),...
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Citrus crop hit in Spain
Spanish citrus growers have been hit by bad weather in the Valencia and Castellon provinces. According to trade sources 150,000 tonnes of oranges and easy peelers have been bruised by the wind. However, lemons which are grown mainly further...
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Asda forgets the niceties, Co-op bags split
Asda in Stowmarket provided the cheapest of this week's three full baskets at £36.30. Sainsbury in Stirling gave Asda a run for its money with eight items on offer for a basket price of £37.08. A checkout error led to potatoes being charged at...
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Smint on the Wild side
A new Wild Berry flavour has replaced the Peach and Lemon variants in the Smint Mini Mint range. Its arrival is heralded by a £3m campaign the Chupa-Chups owned brand's biggest yet which kicks off on TV screens on Monday (March 17), with ads...
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Nisa offers tailored fruit and veg
Ed Bedington Independent retailers are being offered a tailored solution to boost their range and sales of fresh produce. Nisa has introduced two schemes to enable smaller retailers to maximise their fresh produce offering. In...
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Geest salad sales limp
Chilled convenience food manufacturer Geest said group full-year sales rose 15% although its fresh prepared sales at 8% lagged the UK market. The group, which produces chilled foods such as ready meals, pizzas, bagged lettuce, pastas posted...
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Low fat range gives Müller desserts the Halo effect
Müller is turning its attention to its low fat range with the launch this month of a range of desserts called Müller Fruit Halo. The yogurt giant is also giving its Müllerlight yogurt portfolio a packaging facelift with clearer pictures of the...
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Industry champion to be elected
David Shapley The UK's fruit and vegetable consumption is set to rise 2% by 2004 following a lengthy period of static consumption. That was the prediction by the Fresh Produce Consortium at the NFU/FPC Horticulture in Focus conference....
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Red Navel for M&S
A little known variety of pigmented Navel orange has gone on sale in Marks and Spencer. The orange, called Cara Cara, is being sold in pre-packs of five fruit for £2.49. The red fleshed variety was first discovered in Venezuela some 30 years...
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Cauldron diversifies pâtés
Chilled vegetarian food specialist Cauldron Foods has added Sun-Dried Tomato & Basil and Mexican Bean flavours to its pâté range. General manager David Arrow said pâtés were one of the company's bestselling ranges, as the diverse flavours also...
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Braeburn hit in a lighter NZ crop
David Shapley The first New Zealand Cox will be due in the UK the first week of April, marginally later than last year, said Worldwide Fruit chief executive Alastair Robertson. This season total apple crops are some two million cartons...
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German wine brand Devil's Rock is being extended with the in
The wine is about to hit shelves priced at £3.99 in a bid to increase Germany's franchise beyond the Riesling grape and tap into current consumer trends. The departure follows the recent launch of a three-litre Devil's Rock wine box which is...
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Alliance meets JS needs
Five of the best known tomato growers have set up new marketing company Fresh Link Marketing to exclusively serve Sainsbury, although individually they will continue to supply other retailers. Wight Salads, the Jersey Produce Marketing...
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French go for 10
French fresh produce organisation Interfel is to push on with its 10-a-day campaign in the autumn. The concept was launched in 1999 and has been successful in turning a 30-year decline in fruit and vegetable consumption in France into a rising...
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Capespan claims apple balance
David Shapley The handover between the northern and southern hemisphere apple supply is not likely to spark any price wars, leading supplier Capespan has claimed. The South African season is due to get under way next week with the arrival of...
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Simply delicious
Barr Soft Drinks has introduced its Simply Clear fruit flavoured soft drink in a 250ml resealable PET bottle.The new size is aimed at capturing the lunchbox and the impulse purchase markets. It is available in four flavours,...
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Bacardi slims down
Bacardi Breezer is introducing a diet variant to its PPS range.The Diet Lemon version boasts 100 calories per bottle and half the sugar of regular Bacardi Breezers. The abv remains the same at 5.1%.Bacardi-Martini said it had...