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    Festive snacks are unveiled

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Snack supplier Nature's Table is launching a range of limited-edition fruit and nut snacks with a festive twist.The three new variants comprise a yoghurt cranberry option, a macadamia & cranberry mix and white chocolate strawberries. The...

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    Fruit & veg imports to take Tesco carbon test

    2007-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Shoppers will be able to compare the environmental impact of imported fruit and veg with that of homegrown ones after Tesco said it was to trial the Carbon Trust's carbon footprint label on 30 own-label lines.The products in the pilot...

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    Are heritage brands a thing of the past?

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Andy Warhol's famous poster has seared Campbell's tomato soup onto the consciousness of the nation. But it wasn't enough to prevent it from being canned. Premier Foods' announcement last week that the iconic soup would disappear from UK shelves...

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    Prices up for off-colour Hallowe'en pumpkins

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Shoppers will have to pay up to 15% more for pumpkins this Hallowe'en - and the wet summer means they have not turned their usual orange colour. The problem has led to some growers heating the harvested green pumpkins to encourage them...

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    Talking shop - Dr Helen Ferrier

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    It's time for a proper debate on genetic modification in agriculture, says Dr Helen Ferrier, the National Farmers Union's chief science and regulatory affairs adviser From the moment genetically modified crops were developed, they have been called...

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    Growers shun disease cost-sharing proposal

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Growers have fired a broadside at government plans to share the costs of managing plant diseases, saying it could increase the price of fresh produce in shops. Any attempt to increase the burden of policing plant health controls for...

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    Tesco to give kids a lesson

    2007-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Tesco and its fruit supplier Norman Collett are sponsoring Kent school kids to learn about apples. They have shown 56 children from Goudhurst and Kildown Primary School around an orchard and will take them to the National Fruit Show on...

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    Efficiency rise prompts 'resurgence' for fresh

    2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Most fresh producers are defying the doom and gloom that has beset the sector following crop shortages and a slump in fruit and veg consumption, according to new figures.A survey of the UK's 1,000 main fresh produce operators by analyst...

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    insight - broccoli

    2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

    There were 1.5 billion meal occasions where broccoli was eaten, unchanged year-on-year, in the past year Twenty-nine per cent of broccoli is eaten on a Sunday Almost two thirds of broccoli is eaten in the evening Health is the main reason for eating...

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    Processors' relief at lower cider demand

    2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Bramley apple processors have welcomed the cold summer, claiming it has put the brakes on cider consumption and improved fruit availability.Fourayes Farm, which sells prepared apple and other fruit fillings to manufacturers and...

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    Waitrose to sell fresh sloes

    2007-10-01T00:00:00Z


    Waitrose has become the first major multiple to sell fresh sloe berries.

    Hampshire-based grower John Boyd is supplying the bitter berries, which go on sale exclusively in selected London stores, at £4.99 for 454g.

    Boyd pitched the…

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    WORLD NEWS - Unilever to acquire drinks company

    2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Unilever to acquire drinks company JAKARTA: Unilever Indonesia is to buy the Buavita brand of fruit-based drinks from local company Ultra, which will continue to produce the...

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    we work together - Phil on Andy

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Phil on Andy I've been managing director of the family fruit company for 12 years, but Andy and I met about 18 years ago. I had only just started in the family business and Andy was working for R&K Wise, making desserts for Marks & Spencer....

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    Huge greenhouse will boost British supplies

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    National salad production could be boosted by 15% by Britain's biggest-ever glasshouse development, which has been given the go-ahead in Kent.Backers claim the £70m project will offer retailers higher-quality British produce with a...

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    Le Crunch is back in action

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Undeterred by all the noise surrounding the start of the English apple season, the annual Le Crunch campaign for French apples has kicked off in the Co-operative Group and Somerfield. "The UK is our biggest export market and we are...

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    Fire and drought hit speciality oil prices

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Greece's worst fires in living memory have destroyed up to 10% of Kalamata's famous olive trees, threatening to push oil prices even higher next year."Between 5% and 10% of the Kalamata trees were either burnt or damaged so won't yield...

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    Price flash - Bananas are the big story in this week's survey

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Bananas are the big story in this week's survey, with prices having shot up 44.1% since the previous basket five weeks ago - to the same price they were last April. The leap from 59p/kg to 85p/kg on 6 September was initiated by Asda, which was also...

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    insight - Canned tomato consumers

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    There were almost 600 million meals using canned tomatoes last year Consumption has risen more than 10% since 2004 Tomatoes are the most popular option in the canned vegetable aisle, with sales up 11% to £98.7m Health market offers growth...

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    non-food

    2007-09-19T00:00:00Z

    ?Apple's iPhone is set to make a big splash in the UK but the big players dominate here, so sales won't match those in the US, says freelance technology journalist Adam WebbApple's long-awaited entry into the mobile phone market...

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    Del Monte to push healthy attributes

    2007-09-19T00:00:00Z

    Del Monte is to put health at the centre of its promotional activity following plans to outsource its sales and marketing operations from next month.As part of the overhaul of its canned fruit, drinks and snack businesses, which will...