All Fresh produce articles – Page 195
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A vintage year for raspberries
As the English raspberry season reaches a peak over the next three weeks, growers are talking about the possibility of a vintage year if the weather holds. Yields have already been some of the best on record with fruit quality benefiting from...
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Weetabix makes a bar
Weetabix is finally to put its biggest brand’s name to a cereal bar. The fruit-filled Weetabix Chunkyfruit Bars, which contain real fruit pieces and a traditional-style home-baked crust, come in four varieties – apple, strawberry, blackcurrant & ...
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Sainsbury spotlights paw paws
Exotic fruit is coming under the spotlight in Sainsbury stores in a bid to expand consumer knowledge beyond mangoes.
The retailer recently conducted a ‘try me free’ promotion on paw paw fruit which saw sales soar 300% during April and… -
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Rémy adds fruit
What's new overseas?Rémy Cointreau has launched a fruit-based alternative to its classic cognac aimed at young women.Rémy Red has already proved a hit in the US, according to marketer and distributor Maxxxium. The company...
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Fragata adds four more
Spanish olives brand Fragata is getting four new stuffed additions to its repertoire.Manufacturer Angel Camacho is introducing piri piri, orange, almond and sun dried tomato to the line-up in easy-to-open, 200g ringpull cans.Rsps will be...
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Sundora dried fruit goes into a snack bar format
Sundora has made eating its dried fruit more convenient with the launch of a range of fruit snack bars.The new fruit bars contain up to 97% real fruit pieces with no added fruit pulp and are foil-packed for freshness and shelf stand-out....
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Scots grower of the year
A soft fruit producer is celebrating after being named Scottish Grower of the Year by Sainsbury.James Gray of Angus Soft Fruit has been supplying the retailer with strawberries since 1994. Sainsbury said Gray had won the award for a number...
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Half price push for Wimbledon
Ed BedingtonRetailers are gearing up for bumper strawberry sales as Wimbeldon fortnight gets under way, with consumers expected to eat 6,000 tonnes of the fruit.Sainsbury is hoping to boost volumes with a half-price offer at £1.79 a...
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Rémy mixes a fruity cocktail
Rémy Cointreau has surprised the drinks industry with the UK launch of a fruit-based alternative to its classic cognac aimed at young women.Rémy Red liqueur has already proved popular in the US where it has been on sale for the last 18 months,...
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Fairtrade first at Waitrose
Waitrose is set to help South African farmers with the launch of a Fairtrade avocado.The retailer is the first to sell the Fuerte Large avocado, grown near the Kruger national park. The fruit will be available until June 27 when it will be...
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Morrisons’ fresh plan
Morrisons’ ambitions to ramp up its vertically integrated supply operation to the Safeway stores took a step forward with the acquisition of a fruit packhouse this week.The retailer has bought a 14 acre site in Thrapston, Northamptonshire, from...
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Sundora grabs attention
Dried fruit snack specialist Sundora has revamped its Snack Pack range packaging. The Sundora Snack Pack is now packaged in metallic foil with impactful product photography.Sundora Foods’ commercial director, Julian Richards, said the new...
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Brammy Awards seek most exciting products
The annual awards highlighting all that is best about Bramley Apples were launched this week.Now in their 11th year, the Brammy Awards are intended to recognise and reward retailers, caterers, manufacturers and the food media who have made the...
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Mushroom wars
Somerset-based Middlebrook mushrooms, the largest supermarket supplier of mushrooms, is claiming it is discriminatory to make mushroom growers in Britain pay higher rates to their pickers than those working for other vegetable producers.The...
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Bings set for a hit
The exceptional quality of this year’s Californian Bings means growers are expecting the fruit to take the UK market by storm.Jim Cuthbertson, manager of the Californian Cherry Advisory Board said: “Growing conditions have been near perfect....
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Florette hints at diversification
Branded salad company Florette may be branching out within the fresh produce sector.Mark Newton, commercial director, hinted that the company, owned by French giant Soleco, might be about to make a move into a new sector outside its salad...
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Strawberry rights secured
ReDeva, the berry fruit R& D division of Redbridge Holdings, has secured two of the most promising new Italian strawberry varieties for production in the UK. These are Elsinore and Arosa.There has already been a strong demand for plants...
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Berries hailed as a ‘superfruit’
A campaign is under way to reposition berries as a ‘super-fruit’ capable of everything from reversing the signs of ageing to improving your sex life.To coincide with the beginning of the British berry season, British Summer Fruits has...
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Knocking the Brits? Non!
A new French wine campaign which pokes fun at the way British people pronounce grape varieties is not patronising, insists the trade group behind the push.The promotion takes the form of an audio email which challenges recipients to identify...
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Mr Juicy makes the most of fruit
Dairy Crest has added a new splash of colour to its St Ivel Mr Juicy range of drinks with a pack redesign.The brand’s one-litre and 200ml cartons have been redesigned to emphasise the fruit content and health benefits of the range, which...