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    New Covent Garden revamps soup range

    2007-09-19T00:00:00Z

    The New Covent Garden Food Co is to make its national TV debut to support an overhaul of its fresh soups portfolio, with its first single-serve format and six new flavours.A premium variant, Salmon & Watercress, will join Plum Tomato &...

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    will farm visits help the concrete kids?

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    One in five children have never been to the countryside. A fifth have never picked fruit and eaten it. A quarter of eight-year-olds have never come within touching distance of a cow or pig. Some children believe lemons are grown in Birmingham...

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    Fruit

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Innovation is to the fore in the fruit and herbal tea sector with sales up 4.4% year-on-year as new varieties are introduced [TNS w/e 17 June 2007].The challenge in this sector has always been the taste. "Most fruit teas disappoint, with...

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    Bumper English apple crop won't be enough

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Retailers will struggle to meet consumer demand for English apples this year - despite a bumper crop. The English apple season gets under way on Monday (18 September) amid warnings that despite strong production growth for the main...

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    Seed-free lemons to hit UK retailers

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The world's first seedless lemon will go on sale in the UK in February for a six-month season, specialist South African grower Citrogold has announced. Eureka! Seedless lemons, which the grower claims are 100% seed-free, will appear in...

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    In Brief: Profits up at Total; Residents eat well; Katopé acquisition

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Profits up at Total Total Produce, Fyffes' retail fruit and veg supply business, has announced a 10% increase in first-half profits to £13.3m. It claimed strong demand in April and May helped boost turnover to...

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    Supplier warns of potato shortages

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The Real Potato Co is warning that supplies of its Piccolo and Bellini potatoes are shorter than forecast because of the wet summer. The farmer-owned brand, which is part of Tesco potato supplier Branston, will start to run short of...

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    Growers hit back at pesticide use claims

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    The fresh produce industry has accused health campaigners of scaremongering over pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables. This week, the government's Pesticides Residues Committee released the results of tests revealing excessive...

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    insight

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    There were 3.2 billion meals featuring apples last year More than 46% of apples are eaten by the 45+ More than 70% of apples are eaten for health reasons 82% of apples are eaten during the week Spending is up 5% to...

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    In the can

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Prices rise as fruits remain in short supply Pineapple supplies remain seriously short for importers who can see no end to the upward spiral of prices. Thailand is well behind on shipments and hopes that South Africa and Swaziland...

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    Organix targets 5-a-day consumers

    2007-09-15T00:00:00Z

    Organix has launched a range of fruit bars aimed at mothers who want to ensure their kids get at least one of their five fruit and vegetables a day. Organic Fruit Bars, part of the organic children's food company's Goodies range, are...

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    Price Survey - 8th September 2007

    2007-09-08T00:00:00Z

    It's a case of five weeks and not out for Asda, which has chalked up its fifth consecutive week as the cheapest retailer. Asda's £35.32 basket contained five of the cheapest items on the list, although it undercut Morrisons on the loose apples, Hula...

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    The healthiest performer

    2007-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Fruit and veg is currently the fastest-growing sector in Scotland, which is good news for growers and retailers seeking to improve their regional purchasing policies. Its success is down to the fact that it ticks the right boxes in terms...

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    Sainsbury's works to boost UK organic crop

    2007-09-08T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's has set up an organic orchard in a bid to slash its reliance on imported apples. The four-hectare orchard, which has been developed with Sainsbury's apple supplier Orchard World and grower Peter Hall, in Marden, Kent, has been...

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    White sweetcorn arrives in UK chain

    2007-09-08T00:00:00Z


    Sainsbury’s has become the first supermarket to sell home-grown white sweetcorn, introducing it into its Taste the Difference range.

    The corn, which is usually only grown in the US, is being cultivated on 50 acres in Enfield, north…

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    Reprieve for flavoured milk drinks for schools

    2007-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Schools in England will be allowed to offer flavoured milk drinks to pupils after a climbdown by the School Food Trust.The Trust initially insisted that only drinks containing milk and fruit juice were allowed in schools, but has changed...

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    Poor harvests set to hit smoothie prices

    2007-09-03T00:00:00Z

    The price of the ubiquitous smoothie is set to rocket this autumn, as manufacturers struggle to recover rising fruit costs.Squash prices are also expected to rise, after a disastrous fruit crop in Eastern Europe left blackcurrants up to...

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    Whitworths is showing consumers a little Love

    2007-09-03T00:00:00Z

    Fruit and nut specialist Whitworths has created a new brand to bring "a benchmark in quality" to the healthy snacks market.Love is a range of fruit and nut bars targeted at 25 to 40-year-old women, especially working mums who want to...

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    Processors lift prices to appease farmers

    2007-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Dairy companies have announced a raft of huge liquid milk price hikes for farmers, in an effort to quell frustration about low returns in the industry. Major processors Dairy Crest and Arla Foods have broken the 25ppl barrier with the price rises...

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    Salvesen sells pea division to Pinguin

    2007-08-25T00:00:00Z

    Pea specialist Christian Salvesen Foods has sold its own label vegetable freezing business to Belgian-owned Pinguin Foods UK for £17.2m. The stock, machinery and contracts relating to Salvesen's three freezing plants in Lincolnshire will pass over...