Fruit & veg <span id="Fruit & veg"></span> – Page 198
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canned tomatoes
Italians set for hard talking After two financially disastrous years, the Italian tomato industry is bracing itself for some hard bargaining with its export buyers, the UK being one of the most important. The 30% uplift in price may not give the...
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Bogof's week
It's Sunday and it's the Summer Fancy Food Show in the ninety degrees heat of the Big Apple! (Well, it makes a change from London in the rain.) This is the food fair where sinister looking guys in black suits with shades do impressions of the...
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canned TOMATOES
Contract reports denied Reports that some pre season Italian tomato contracts have been concluded between German discount buyers and Italian canners have been denied in Naples. Sources there say it is far too early for any commitment to be made...
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canned tomatoes
Promising southern hemisphere pack With the tomato pack in the southern hemisphere coming to an end, tonnages are regarded as having been good for the season. Chilean packers have processed 850,000 tonnes for paste and will have 130,000 tonnes for...
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canned tomatoes
California's production falls 16%; global problem of escalating prices Poor growing conditions cause 42% drop in Italy Tomato crop statistics issued by Amitom, the Mediterranean tomato processors' association, underline the problems the Italian...
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Bananas: Focus special
Bananas, the UK's most popular fruit, are estimated to be worth at least £600m in sales this year. That represents around 725,000 tonnes, according to David Read, chariman of importer-funded promotional organisations the Banana Group.
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Alize transports US experience
Passion fruit and cognac cocktail Alize is being given a facelift with a new shape bottle for greater impact on shelf. The frosted presentation remains, as do some label elements of the original bottles, but the brand also gets foil printing...
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Market growth must be sustained by innovation
Fresh produce remains one of the most profitable areas for supermarkets, according to the annual review of the fruit and veg market by Rabobank.Globally, the sector contributes between 8% and 12% of the supermarkets' turnover and they operate on...
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Banana news
Caribbean anxiety Now that the WTO has officially ruled the EU banana regime must change, Caribbean producers are anxiously awaiting the format which will not drive its US critics back to the international negotiating panel. A spokesman for the Caribbean Banana Exporters Association has expressed the hope the EU will ...
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The frozen food market has had steady volume growth of 2.5%
TNS Superpanel values the market at £3.34bn with 99% of households buying the category at least once in the latest 52 weeks. The growth of frozen food is largely due to the performance of frozen potatoes (chips and potato products) which is the...
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HOW THEY'LL LINE UP
Heading the line-up of newcomers in the Knorr range launching next month will be Vie, an ambient soup in a box, and Chinatown, a series of Chinese-inspired cooking sauces. Vie will come in six flavours Tomato & Basil, Carrot & Coriander, Red...
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Lemon flavour Pepsi shows a zest for trial in multiples
Simon Mowbray Pepsi is to launch its lemon flavoured cola drink Pepsi Twist in the UK but only as part of a trial through multiple grocers, the soft drinks giant has revealed. The company was first to market with such a product in the US last...
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Up close and personal with food
Sir; When Alice gives in to the bottle marked drink me' she gets the mixed flavours of cherry tart, custard, pineapple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast delicious by anyone's standard. But, in today's wonderland of supermarket...
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fresh ways with veg
Suppliers succeeded in a major coup when the Department of Health gave frozen fruit and vegetables the green light for inclusion in the government's Five-a-Day campaign. Frozen vegetables is a burgeoning sector and, including potato products, is...
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Halewood's Hard Core brand proclaims the apple's prowess
Tim Palmer Halewood International is taking the premium packaged drinks category into uncharted waters with the introduction of a high strength (8.4% abv) cider called Hard Core. Brands manager Fran Draper said: "Our research has spotted a gap in...
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German apples
Bodensee region aims to build on progress made in niche markets Growers eye UK as they develop new varieties German apple growers along the shores of Lake Constance are looking to the UK as they develop new apple varieties to increase...
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GERMAN APPLES
Elbe boosts CA capacity Apple growers in the co-operative Elbe Obst are building three new CA stores which will increase its capacity to market late fruit from 6,000t to 40,000t. Growers in the traditional region near Hamburg have always...
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PPS duo for Sierra
Tequila brand Sierra is being extended with the introduction of two premium packaged spirit variants. UK distributor The Drinks Company is launching two Sierra Slammer variants Tropic, a mix of orange, pineapple, passion fruit and mandarin...
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Dealing with the emotions
Heinz Tomato Ketchup is back on TV this weekend with the first of two bursts of new ads boasting You can't eat without it'. Heinz's general manager, sauces, Steven Turner, said the new theme, which represented a switch in strategy, targeted...
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Frozen food
The frozen food market, which for the purpose of this analysis comprises seafood, ready meals, potato products, hot and cold eating desserts, vegetables, pizza, vegetarian foods, sausages, pies, pastry rolls, hand held snacks, quiche and fruit, is...