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Q&A with Andy Gibbon Store manager of the week
What is selling well at the moment? English asparagus and sales of locally produced fruit and vegetables have been outstripping other parts of the store in terms of year-on-year growth. I am getting positive feedback from customers. The...
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Trends & Developments
?Yum - a chilled range of healthy indulgent dessert drinks - lets sweet-toothed consumers tuck into 'puddings' without feeling guilty. Each drink contains fewer than 20 calories and comes in six flavours including lemon cheesecake, rhubarb &...
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Belvoir fruit farms: building on natural health
The cordials and pressé juice products from Belvoir Fruit Farms are the product of inefficient fruit picking.The people who set up the company had a pick-your-own-fruit operation on the Belvoir Castle Estate in the Vale of Belvoir near...
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Organic ranging trial success for Sainsbury's
Sainsbury's has hailed its two-week old experiment ranging organic with conventional lines a success.Russell Crowe, head of fresh produce, said the retailer's move to range organic fruit and veg alongside conventionally-grown equivalent...
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Berryworld gets kids skipping for free fruit
Berryworld is to give away £40,000-worth of blueberries to kids in a link-up with Sainsbury's.Millions of schoolchildren will be offered the chance to join skipping classes, for which their reward will be a 60g punnet, equal to a serving...
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Sausages targeted at super-premium arena
A range of sausages positioned as "super-premium" offerings is set for a national roll out.Simply Sausages hit shelves next month and consist of five pork-based varieties: pork sausages and chipolatas with nutmeg, and sausages in apple &...
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High human cost - that's Asda price
As Asda’s move to slash the price of bananas prompts most rivals to follow suit, its pledge to be a fairer retailer warrants greater scrutiny
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Fairtrade sales hit by big four's banana war
The eruption of another banana price war between the multiples has attracted criticism from aid groups who claim it damages Fairtrade sales.Asda slashed the price of loose bananas by 17p to just 68p/kg last week. And a few days later...
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Salmonella prompts Soleco salad recall
For the second time this year, bagged salad maker Soleco has recalled products because of potential salmonella contamination.But the manufacturer of the market-leading Florette salad brand denied it had a problem with suppliers and...
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Irish in call for British mushroom campaign
Irish mushroom growers must protect their share of the British retail market by launching a promotional drive, a new report says.It claims unrelenting pressure for price cuts from retailers and the incursion of cheaper Dutch and Polish...
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Vimto low-cal treat in a bottle woos women
Vimto Soft Drinks is targeting the healthy drinks market with a "guilt-free" range of dessert drinks and 70% fruit additions to its existing Panda Juice range.Its new Yum dessert drinks are targeted 18 to 40-year-old, weight-conscious...
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Wrigley gets fruity to stave off rival Trident
Wrigley is set to fight back against Trident's arrival in its chewing gum territory by bringing out fruit flavours under its Extra brand.The two limited-edition lines - strawberry and watermelon - are out next month in bottle packs....
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Aspall targets women with 'rosé' cider
A premium pink cider is out this summer from Somerset cider maker Aspall. Unlike Scottish & Newcastle's pink fruit cider, Jacques, Perronelle's Blush is more like a kier royale. The 5.4% abv drink is a blend of 100% English apples and...
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Price Survey - 21st April 2007
Asda's low-priced fresh fruit has helped the store become the cheapest retailer for the tenth consecutive week. The £52.95 basket contained pears that were 28p cheaper than its nearest rivals - Sainsbury's and Tesco - and bananas that were 15p less...
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Pringles Gourmet
This spring, Pringles, the UK's number-one social snacking brand [TNS 52 w/e 26 March 2006], has extended its premium Gourmet Pringles range with two new indulgent flavours: Wild Mushroom with Roasted Garlic & Parsley and Crumbling Mature...
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McKeith fights for goji berry
Celebrity nutritionist Gillian McKeith has joined the fight to save goji berries from an FSA ban of them as a novel food. She told The Grocer she supported efforts to keep goji berries on shelves. "Gojis are a delicious berry that should be...
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spotlight - Alex Faulkner, operations manager of Daniels Chilled Foods'
Combining health and convenience with a premium product has tripled sales to almost £20m, says Alex Faulkner, operations manager of Daniels Chilled Foods' fresh fruit arm Our parent company is better-known for its New Covent Garden Company range of...
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British tomatoes cut CO2 emissions
A 14-acre tomato growing operation at Wissington in Norfolk has given a new meaning to the term 'greenhouse gas'.The new £6m tomato farm is reusing waste carbon dioxide and heat from British Sugar's neighbouring sugar beet processing...
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Organic sales boost puts heat on growers
Organic vegetable growers say they are struggling to keep up with surging demand since Tesco started selling organic alongside conventional produce.Sales have soared since Tesco integrated its organic and conventional produce fixtures,...
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South African avocado farms feel the pressure
Demand for avocados is burgeoning, but growers in South Africa are finding it hard to keep up.The usual campaign will be launched in the UK, but imports from South Africa are forecast to be flat at slightly more than three million...