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    Exhilarating! Clothes with a fruity twist

    2009-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Unilever is targeting "sensory junkies" with a fruit and flower-scented range of Comfort fabric conditioner concentrates backed by a £4m marketing spend.,...

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    Egg imports hike sparks call to reassess sourcing

    2009-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Manufacturers and retailers are being urged to source more British egg products after new figures revealed a 57% rise in imports. More than 100,000 tonnes of egg products were imported last year for use in goods ranging from ready meals...

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    Found! targets cooks with new branded mushrooms

    2009-09-05T00:00:00Z

    The UK's first mushroom brand is being launched to capitalise on the surge in foraging and home ­cooking.The Found! brand, supplied by Produce Global Solutions, will include a range of fresh and dried mushroom products. Two lines will be...

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    Cheap and cheerful: carrot sales up 14%

    2009-09-05T00:00:00Z

    The affordability and versatility of carrots have helped sales of the vegetable rise 14% in the past year.The market is now worth £260m [TNS 52w/e 9 August], with a 1% year-on-year increase in consumption to 3.8 million occasions [TNS,...

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    Ex-Innocent Brook launches Bear fruit and granola snacks

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    An ex-director of Innocent Drinks has set up Bear, a new range of baked fruit snacks that he predicts will claw £5m in sales over the first three years.After four years as Innocent's commercial director, Giles Brook departed earlier this...

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    Bree brings surprise touch of glamour to £3m Rooster TV ad

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Albert Bartlett has pulled off arguably the unlikeliest advertising coup of the year by signing Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross as the new face of its Rooster potato brand.Cross, who plays Bree Van De Kamp in the hit American TV...

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    Mushroom Bureau plans new campaign

    2009-08-29T00:00:00Z

    A major campaign to encourage younger consumers to eat mushrooms is being planned for 2010. Growers' body The Mushroom Bureau has put out a tender for an agency to produce a campaign pushing the health benefits of mushrooms. The campaign...

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    Tangerine’s sweets get halal approval

    2009-08-22T00:00:00Z

    Barratt Sherbet Fountains, Dip Dabs, Black Jacks and Fruit Salads are among 150 popular sweets brands to have gained halal approval.Tangerine Confectionery has received the Halal Seal of Approval for its Barratt, Mojo, Princess and…

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    Potato farmers fear dickeya disease will wreak havoc in UK

    2009-08-22T00:00:00Z

    Fears are mounting that a disease that has devastated potato crops across Europe could take hold in the UK.

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    Top fruit quality boosted by new Mansfield depot

    2009-08-22T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's and Waitrose's apples and pears will have improved environmental credentials after a leading supplier to the stores completed an £8.5m storage and grading facility.FW Mansfield & Son's one hectare complex in Chartham,...

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    In Season: Scottish garlic

    2009-08-22T00:00:00Z

    The Really Garlicky Company is hoping the trend for home cooking will boost sales of its large clove varieties as it recovers from two poor years.

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    M&S squeezes size of baby lemons

    2009-08-20T09:28:20.423Z

    Marks & Spencer is launching the smallest lemons ever sold on the UK high street. At just 30mm to 40mm wide, the lemons are half the size of the standard variety.

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    Micro pear makes its M&S debut

    2009-08-15T00:00:00Z

    M&S has taken a less-is-more approach to fresh produce retailing by launching one of the world's smallest pears.The Bambinella pears are just 25mm to 45mm wide and no bigger than a large cherry. They have never previously been sold...

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    Heinz’s new squeezy bottle turns out not so squeezy after all

    2009-08-15T00:00:00Z

    Heinz has been forced into an embarrassing rethink after a wave of customer complaints over its much vaunted lightweight tomato ketchup bottle.The company launched the bottle in April, heralding it a major step forward in packaging...

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    Critical Eye... on the gazpacho gestapo and medicated pudding

    2009-08-15T00:00:00Z

    I like to pretend I cook from scratch every day. So apart from an expensive M&S prepared salads habit that I refuse to give up (even if I do have to whip out the credit card), I generally don't spend extortionate amounts on food, and certainly...

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    End of the affair: Irish stop buying potatoes

    2009-08-15T00:00:00Z

    The unthinkable has happened the Irish have fallen out of love with the potato. Sales of fresh potatoes in the Republic of Ireland have tumbled 11.3% in value and 12% in volume over the last quarter [TNS 12 w/e 14 June 09]. Year-on-year...

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    Greencore’s godfather of pasta sauces

    2009-08-15T00:00:00Z

    Greencore has introduced a branded range of chilled pasta sauces, Pacino's, to Sainsbury's and Asda.Asda has listed the tomato & basil, cheese, and tomato mascarpone variants, while Sainsbury's is carrying just the tomato & basil...

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    Chilean avocado gets dedicated UK week

    2009-08-08T00:00:00Z

    A major UK marketing push is being planned to support anticipated record imports of Chilean Hass avocados this season, following a bumper harvest.The first-ever Avocado Week will be launched in October, backed by events, tastings,...

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    No c-store chiller funds as Change4Life rolls out

    2009-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The government is not making any additional funding available to help c-stores sell fruit and veg, despite announcing plans to roll its Change4Life local stores scheme out across the country. The scheme encourages c-stores to sell more produce...

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    In Season: the easy peel orange

    2009-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The 'easy peel' orange is returning this year to take advantage of the rise in home-prepared lunches. The oranges, which made their UK debut last year, are on sale in Sainsbury's and M&S from now until the end of August. They are grown in...