All Fresh produce articles – Page 208
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Mars gives a burst of energy to sugar confectionery lines
Mars is spending nearly £10m on media support for its fruit sugar confectionery brands Starburst and Skittles this year and is adding new pack formats to the range. It is extending its 10p pack range to include Smilers, Juicy Gums, Fruity Animals...
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Tasting panel: WKD ORIGINAL VODKA BLUE
From Beverage Brands. A fruit flavoured stablemate to Original Vodka Iron Brew. The two will be backed by a £9m budget including TV ads. Abv: 5.5% Price: £1.15-£1.19 TARGET CONSUMER Gemma Snook, 18, is a horticultural student in Alton,...
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Traffic policeman kisses bloke as Smint gets lippy in mini m
A big battle is about to break in the mini-mint market as Smint wages war with Tic-Tac to win the crown of contemporary cool. Smint is shelling out £3m in a marketing push for the new formulations of its lemon and peppermint flavours. The campaign...
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MANGO ON THE RISE
Puerto Rico's largest mango exporter Pango Mango, well known in the UK, has been bought by its competitor Martex Farms. The deal will give the company a total production of some 12,000 tonnes mainly of the Keitt variety. Importer Minor, Weir...
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Food safety: Heinz recall
Batches of Heinz spaghetti in Tomato Sauce are being recalled following checks revealing tin levels in excess of the statutory limits. Cans affected are those that include MSLD as part of the product code printed on the bottom of the can. No...
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Sainsbury: Free apples, plums, Navels
Apples featured strongly in promotions at Sainsbury this week with Class I French Golden Delicious on 50% free (12 apples for the price of eight £1.49). French Class I Braeburn were on an identical offer. Cheek by jowl with French crop, in a...
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Brandwatch profile: sauces and condiments
Top 15 brands advertised (by media) £k Dec '99 - Nov '00 Total Press Radio Outdoor TV 32,327 694 ...
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Top fruit/ grapes: Argentina export boom
More Argentinian apples, pears and grapes are heading for Europe as plantings and yields increase. Exporters have already had success with bicoloured apples, such as Gala shortly expected to reach 2 million cartons and Fuji. Beurre Bosc,...
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Funyuns run ahead of the pack
Walkers has promised a raft of new product launches for 2001 in the wake of its newest arrival, Funyuns. These are onion flavoured rings which have been established in the US for some time and which Walkers has just brought to the UK. This has...
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Ireland: Fruit and veg is sold too cheap'
A fresh confrontation is looming in the Irish Republic between food producers and multiples over the latest price war initiated by Tesco. After a battle over cut-price milk (which they lost) and over frozen New Zealand lamb (which they won), Irish...
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Grapes/ stone fruit: Chile expects UK sales to be back on co
Chilean exporters and distributors are predicting a strong upturn in sales this season after last season's poor returns caused by light crops and fluctuating markets. Then, Europe took some 28% of Chilean fruit exports, but Ronald Bown, chairman of...
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Doing the Slamba
Latest entry into the premium packaged spirit market is a tequila and lemon mix from Scottish Courage Brands. Slamba is a 5.5% abv drink sold in a 250ml can inside a 440ml clear plastic container. It was launched in the on-trade at the end of last...
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New products: Kellogg's is on a roll
Kellogg's is taking its first steps beyond the cereal category with the £6m launch of a kids fruit snack product. Real Fruit Winders are long flat strips of fruit based confectionery (containing 50% fruit) that come rolled up. Kids can peel them...
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The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey
Brand Ranking (based on value) 1 Hartley's Pure Fruit Jam 2 Robertson's Standard Jam 3 Robertson's Golden Shred 4 Tesco Standard Jam ...
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The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey: market value and
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Potatoes: Imports keep lid on British prices
New year assessment of the potato crop has indicated that around 12% either remains in the ground or is affected by waste. Farmgate prices have only increased marginally so far because at present growers are keen to offload middle to lower grade...
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It's a bigger and creamier Waistline
Exclusive Karen Dempsey Crosse & Blackwell is revamping its low fat dressings brand Waistline to take a bigger dollop of the salad cream market which was rejuvenated by Heinz last year. Waistline will be made with a creamier recipe and it will now...
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New Zealand: Enza rebuffed in the battle for permits
The lifting of the injunction preventing New Zealand apple and pear growers being granted independent export permits for 2.4 million cartons of fruit this season has led to the resignation of Enza's chief executive David Geor. The Enza board said...
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TESCO CHOOSES ORANGE RIVER PRODUCERS
As the South African seedless grape season in the Orange River region gets into full swing, Tesco has awarded its Nature's Choice accreditation to four major producers, Peu Bezuidenhout, Brennie Wiehahn, RK Oosthuizen & Sons and the Karsten Group....
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Soft drinks: It's Alive to new trends
Coca-Cola has set out its 2001 stall with the announcement of four UK product launches targeting younger, trendier sectors. Erosion of Coca-Cola's eponymous brand by other drinks sectors energy and still fruit-based drinks in particular has...