All Fresh produce articles – Page 82
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Waitrose fruit & veg 'experts' to give advise shoppers
Waitrose is sending hundreds of staff on a six-month course to become fruit and veg experts to boost its fresh produce offering…
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Tesco aims for service boost with 300,000 extra staff hours
Tesco CEO Philip Clarke this week declared that its stores across the UK were no longer “running hot”…
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Sales of organic onions and parsnips show healthy growth
Celebrity chefs such as Marco Pierre White may castigate organic food as the preserve of the “smug”…
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Crosse & Blackwell rolls out Brit veg tins
Crosse & Blackwell is launching a Best of British range of canned vegetables sourced exclusively from UK farmers…
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Bartlett takes Scotty Brand beyond fresh with salmon launch
Potato giant Albert Bartlett is set to move beyond fresh produce for the first time as it prepares to launch smoked salmon…
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Sainsbury's claims crown for British apples and pears
Sainsbury’s has claimed the accolade of selling the most UK-grown apples and pears over the past year.
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Comment and Opinion
Fresh food waste is a fundamental issue
Pity the modern tomato. Scientists are questioning its tastiness. According to boffins, modern tomatoes lack…
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SPC Nature's Finest rolls out fruit pie fillings
Potted fruit brand SPC Nature’s Finest is expanding into home baking with three fruit fillings. Launching in Sainsbury’s next…
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Tideford Organics to overhaul its line-up
Soups and sauces supplier Tideford Organics is rebranding and expanding its range next month…
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Kingsmill launches a Fruit & Fibre range
Allied Bakeries is looking to tap into demand for healthy breakfast and bread products with the roll-out of a new…
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GPS helps apple supplier to a bumper crop
Apple supplier AC Goatham is looking to roll out a new GPS-based system of fertilising its orchards…
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Analysis and Features
Tomato prices bounce back after E.coli crisis
After last year’s deadly E.coli outbreak in Germany, demand for salad vegetables across the EU tumbled…
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M&S launches grapes that taste like a mango
Marks & Spencer’s love affair with hybrid fruit continues, with the launch this week of the grango…
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Stevia juice drinks first from Del Monte
Del Monte is the latest soft drinks brand to use natural sweetener stevia in its NPD.
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Fruit and vegetable producer organisations await RPA results
The future of up to five producer organisations in the UK fresh produce industry hung in the balance…
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Tesco's giant Tangelo tangerines from Peru
Giant tangerines double the size of average soft citrus fruits are set to hit Tesco next week.
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Profiles and QandAs
Turning over a new leaf
Graham Clarkson’s taste buds have helped pick the premium salad leaves in Steve’s Leaves. Now he’s on the hunt for the next big thing.
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Produce World Rustler installs system to detect onion defects
The days of cutting into a bad quality onion could soon be a thing of the past as supplier Produce World gets set to install…
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The Watercress Company aims to grow wasabi market
Dorset salad supplier The Watercress Company has launched a new business to grow and sell fresh wasabi…
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Morrisons to sell 'ugly' fruit & veg as rain hits growers
Morrisons will sell ‘ugly’ fruit & veg in its stores this season to help British growers affected by the recent bad weather.