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Heavy promotions harm profits on Jersey Royals
Supermarkets have promoted Jersey Royal potatoes so heavily this season that neither retailers nor suppliers have made the profits expected of the premium crop, industry sources claim. Most of the major multiples have discounted the potatoes...
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Yumberry complains of name taken in vain
The distributor of Yumberry juice drinks has claimed rival producers are infringing on its trademark by mistakenly calling yang-mei fruit yumberries.
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New Heinz advert has nostalgic twist
Heinz is playing on shoppers' nostalgia in a £2m TV campaign that claims its tomato ketchup is 'irreplaceable'.
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Napolina's pulses help home cooks
Italian canned tomato supplier Napolina is launching a range of pulses to capitalise on growing consumer interest in scratch cooking.Making its debut into retail canned pulses, Napolina is launching chickpeas, butter beans, red kidney beans...
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OFF's intensive orchards boost organic apple crop
Organic Farm Foods has launched a new planting project that it claims will slash the cost of English organic apples.The shelf price of OFF's organic apples is set to fall 20% to £1.99 a bag as a result of the project, making them much more...
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Japan boom in factory veg
‘Plant factories’ are being developed in Japan to grow lettuces and green leaves at all times of the year in a climate-controlled and sterile environment.
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NewsFresh produce group brands Eat Seasonably plan ‘ridiculous’
The Fresh Produce Consortium has urged consumers not to limit their consumption of fruit and vegetables to UK seasonal produce – claiming Defra’s new Eat Seasonably campaign “imposes ridiculous restrictions on key indigenous staples of the UK diet”.
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NewsRetail Prices: Fruit and veg basket costs 5.6% less than last month
Shoppers who value their 5-a-day are smiling this month. First there was the £1 pineapple. Then the news that prices are falling overall. Richard Ford reports
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Dorset adds bran flakes to its line-up
Dorset Cereals is adding a bran flake range to its portfolio for the first time.Tasty Fruit and Fibre, which is being rolled into Tesco and Waitrose now, is positioned as an "easy and tasty" way to add fibre and bran flakes to a diet....
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Florette set to move into the fruit market in 2010
The Florette brand is set to be launched into fruit for the first time, The Grocer can reveal.Although still at the discussion stage, Florette fruit could be launched as early as next year. The product line-up has not yet been agreed, but...
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Farms expect boom in PYO berry sales
Farm retailers are bracing themselves for a surge in pick-your-own as shoppers look for quality bargains.With the PYO strawberry season starting, UK sales are expected to follow the US trend of strong growth, according to the National...
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NewsCritical Eye... on Brats abroad distinctly out of tuna
On a school trip to Russia, I remember one lad openly addressing his exchange partner as "Shitforbrains", others offending their host families by refusing to eat fruit because it was bruised and one girl getting so drunk on strawberry liqueur she...
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Southern Comfort targets take-home
Southern Comfort is adding an RTD premix to its drinks portfolio to cash in on growth in the take-home booze market.Southern Comfort Lemonade & Lime launches next month in 250ml single cans (rsp £1.59) and four-packs priced £5.99. The 5% abv...
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Tesco bosses besieged in Irish farmers' potato protest
A group of Irish farmers stormed a meeting of Tesco’s top managers yesterday to demand the retailer stops selling British potatoes at its Irish stores.
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Tesco in row over conditions for SA fruit pickers
Tesco has come under attack from anti-poverty campaigners amid accusations the supermarket broke a promise to improve the pay and working conditions of South African fruit pickers, according to a report in The Guardian.
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World News 16/5/09
USA: Wal-Mart's first Supermercado de Wal-Mart has opened in Houston, Texas. The 39,000 sq ft store stocks products that are relevant to local Hispanic customers. It will carry about 13,000 products, including a wide range of fresh fruit and...
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Third Party: Speed is of the essence in fruit and veg sales
High levels of wastage used to be taken for granted in the fruit and veg category. Not any longer, says Geoff Clifton
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Purchase of Salads To Go boosts clout of Florette's Soleco UK
Soleco UK, which owns the Florette brand, has acquired Salads To Go in a move that gives the producer a major presence in both branded and own-label salad production.The deal this week brings French-owned Soleco UK's turnover up to £75m and...
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Hazeldene works to give leafy salad more flavour
A project designed to create more flavoursome leafy salads has been launched by Hazeldene Foods.Under the 'Putting flavour back on the plate' initiative Hazeldene will plant more than 100 baby leaf lettuce varieties, chosen for flavour,...