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Rod & Ben stand out with summer soups
A regional soup maker is heating up the burgeoning chilled soup market with a range of premium organic products. Rod & Ben's Seasonal Organic Soups, which go into Selfridges this week, come in a range of six flavours: carrot & coriander,...
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Trends & Developments
?Ainsley Harriott endorsed yet another food product earlier this year - a spray that adds a smoky taste to grilled meat. The celebrity chef's face has already appeared on cup soups, cous cous, salad dressings, barbecue marinades and sauces. The...
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Heated fields bring on early asparagus crop
Underground heating in fields has put the first British asparagus onto shelves four weeks earlier than usual. The Co-operative Group said it was the first retailer to offer a home-grown crop, which went on sale in 11 stores on Monday 19...
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Asda: shoppers like packaging reduction
Asda's pilot project to reduce packaging on fruit and veg has been a success with customers, the retailer told The Grocer this week. Feedback from shoppers showed they liked the "old-style greengrocer" effect created by selling fresh...
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spotlight "Our aim is to be the premier supplier of apple compote to UK retailers"
?The development of new processing techniques that add shelf life without preservatives has encouraged Northern Ireland company Davison Canners to branch out into new products. Originally an apple grower and processor for food service and...
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In the can
Fruit Pineapple is the big exception to the year-on-year drop in canned fruit sales. The theory is that canned sales are buoyant because pineapple in its natural state is far from consumer-friendly. So a statement from the Thai...
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Chilly Billy's ice pop has health appeal
A juice producer is venturing into the ice lolly market with a healthy frozen fruit juice product aimed at children. The Chilly Billy ice pop, (rsp: 40 to 50p each), from family-run producer Bensons is made from pure English apples and a...
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Breaktime gets healthier
Breaktime flavoured milk drinks from Arla Foods have been reformulated to meet government guidelines for drinks in schools and repackaged to appeal more to kids. The beverages, which come in chocolate, banana and strawberry, now contain...
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Now a bottled water that boosts beauty
A premium fruit-flavoured mineral water enhanced with beautifying ingredients is the latest offering to hit the crowded bottled water fixture. Sip is fortified with a combination of vitamins, botanicals and antioxidants that are said to...
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Gales Wines given modern makeover
Traditional English fruit wines are getting a modern makeover as Fuller, Smith & Turner relaunch their range of Gales Country Wines. The brewer inherited the brand as part of the Gales Brewery portfolio when it bought the company in 2005...
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Price Survey - 17 March 2007
Yet again Asda is the cheapest retailer, according to data from The Grocer 33 pricing survey. It provided the cheapest basket this week at £41.33 with some price cuts on basket items. Lettuce was 10p cheaper than the previous week...
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Exotic fruit in allergy claim
Professor Jonathan Hourihane has rubbished newspaper reports that linked children eating exotic fruit with a rise in allergies. He said the fact that more allergies to exotic fruit were emerging was simply a reflection of the growing...
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Flowers to get German push
Germany's largest pot plant and cut flower marketing co-operative, Langard Blumen & Pflanzer, is planning to target the UK for a new export drive. Klemens Jannsen, Langard's sales director, said he had made preliminary contact with...
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Chains must work with legal strawberry farms
Multiples are being urged to stop buying illegally produced strawberries from Spain. WWF campaigners have warned that irrigation by unlicensed farmers in the Huelva region has lowered the water table in the protected Donana Marshes by up...
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Gangmaster probe launched by Tesco
Tesco, Sainsbury's and Asda have launched an investigation into the labour provided to one of its major vegetable suppliers, Bomfords. It follows a swoop by the Gangmaster Licensing Authority, which resulted in seven labour providers to...
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Heinz gives ketchup gourmet dimension
The sauces and condiments aisle is about to be shaken up by Heinz with the introduction of its gourmet ketchup range. Heinz Tomato Ketchup With a Twist, which will appear on shelves this April, has been created to appeal to a growing...
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M&S trials boxes of organic fruit and veg
Marks & Spencer has jumped on the organic veg box bandwagon nearly eight months after Tesco, Sainsbury's and Ocado launched schemes.The first boxes went into 400 Marks & Spencer stores across the UK over a week ago. The store is offering...
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M&S trials boxes of organic fruit and veg
Marks & Spencer has jumped on the organic veg box bandwagon nearly eight months after Tesco, Sainsbury's and Ocado launched schemes.The first boxes went into 400 Marks & Spencer stores across the UK over a week ago. The store is offering...
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Research Notes: water
The key sectors driving soft drinks growth include mineral water, fruit juices and one-shot drinks. Flavoured water (still and carbonated) is being driven by new buyers and price inflation. Mineral water has continued to grow well this...