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County’s new potato crop goes on shelf
Tesco stores in Kent have started taking delivery of the county's 2010 new potatoes from The Kent Potato Company. This year is the 12th year the company has supplied Tesco through its local sourcing policy.
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Grapes Direct profits hit by price pressure
Pre-tax profits at Grapes Direct have fallen 33% as a result of price pressure from customers and declining sales volumes.
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Commodities: Global squeeze will push up prices of canned tomatoes
After last season’s glut in tomato supply, growers have scaled back plantings dramatically – so consumers face higher prices, says Mintec’s Robert Miles
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Producers fear glut in free-range egg supply
The drive by celebrity chefs and animal welfare groups to get shoppers to switch to free-range eggs is threatening producer prices, industry experts have warned.Regulations introduced this year allowing free-range egg producers to stock...
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NewsGrocer 33: Carrots and cabbage keep Asda cheapest
Asda claimed another victory this week, with a £45.23 basket.
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Pratt back in black after exchange rate bruising
Banana supplier SH Pratt is celebrating a return to profitability just 12 months after posting pre-tax losses of £6.2m.Smarter dealings on the currency markets helped turn the 2008 deficit into pre-tax profits of £1.2m in the year to 31...
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Orchard World trials tastier pear varieties
Orchard World is looking to jazz up the pear category with a concept orchard to trial four new varieties.The grower plans to produce better-tasting fruit and increase yields to boost profits for pear producers. The four premium varieties...
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NewsWaitrose unveils Lasting Leaf stay-fresh lettuce
Waitrose is rolling out a new range of bagged lettuce it claims can stay fresh for up to a week.
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Dolmio takes region names off its sauces
Mars is relaunching its Dolmio Taste of Italy range and ditching the use of Italian regions on labels.The overhauled range of pour-over pasta sauces hits shelves this week. A new Tomato & Chilli flavour will join existing cherry...
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Cold weather and low prices spell hard times for stone fruit
European stone fruit producers are warning that poor weather and low prices have decimated profits and that many of them face ruin as a result.Cold winter and spring weather delayed the summer stone fruit season, hitting production of...
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NewsTales of Titania: Lembit, Stella and low-hanging fruit
Babe, it's been ghastly. That £6bn of cuts may sound like "low hanging fruit" if you're in marketing but we have already seen our £500k Farming is Fun! campaign axed, which is an absolute disaster.
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A pollen-less flower for allergy sufferers
Sainsbury's has targeted the potentially lucrative allergy market by introducing a pollen-less lily.The new variety follows extensive breeding work to produce a lily that retains the colour of the original but has shrunken anthers that...
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NewsBanana wars
Price skirmishes in supermarkets have hit growers hard. Now Costa Rican farmers are fighting back with a bid to premiumise the fruit. But will shoppers be willing to fork out more? Michael Barker reports from Central America
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NewsTales of Titania: Fruit and veg goes pear-shaped
Exciting times at Puff & Fluff. The world of fruit and veg has gone utterly pear-shaped.
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Orange prices rocket as rain batters crops
The price of oranges and orange juice is rocketing due to reduced supply from the world's two biggest growing areas.
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Grocer 33: Asda uses its loaf to come top on service
Well-stocked shelves and strong service at Asda in High Wycombe impressed our shopper. No items were out of stock and only the own-label baking potatoes were not stocked.
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Dole steps up rivalry with Ella’s Kitchen
Fruit company Dole is locking horns with Ella's Kitchen with the launch of a new and cheaper range of kids' fruit purées.Fruit Snack is packaged in a squeezable fruit pouch, similar to Ella's Kitchen's Smoothie Fruits, and is made with...
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World Cup Watch: Group G
Brazil is so vast no one cuisine can define it, but rice and beans are staples all over. The national drink is caipirinha, a cocktail of sugar, lime and cachaça liquor made from sugar cane of which more than a billion litres are made every year.
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NewsPineapples hit 50p low in big four’s price war
The big four are waging a price war over pineapples, with some being sold for a third of last year's price.
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Focus On Crisps, Nuts & Snacks: Potatoes are so yesterday
Manufacturers are hoping bagged snacks can be given a healthier image by producing crisps made from a range of alternatives to the humble potato including bread, cassava root and even fruit.