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Hot potato and TV Thomas
Activity is hotting up in the children's market with the Redan Company extending its Fun to Learn comic range and Egmont Fleetway launching a new TV campaign for its Thomas the Tank Engine titles. Fun to Learn Friends from Redan will make its debut...
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THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow
Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wines A pale greenish colour with an aromatic rounded nose, with grass, lemon and hazelnut overtones. Not too astringent. It is robust with a good acid balance but a little dry for the mass palate. I found...
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strawberries
New Christine variety produces 86% Class I fruit; AFI also impressed by Nicola Season set to be one of the earliest on record The main English strawberry crop is running ahead of last year and will be one of the earliest on record according to...
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THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow
Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wines This has a pale straw colour with smallish bubbles. Has a green apple nose which is quite lively. A typical cava without showing any real class. Crisp and dry in the mouth with a clean appley flavour ...
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traceability
Growers get Food Trak tech A group of six soft fruit growers supplying fruit to Berryworld has won a MAFF agricultural develoment scheme grant to install integrated traceability throughout their supply chain. The system provided by Food Trak will...
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THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow
Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wines This has a clear colour with large bubbles. It has a slightly medicinal nose and is reminiscent of tonic and lime peel. It seems fairly innocuous in the mouth and is probably more alcoholic than it...
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SALAD DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN?
There's further evidence Heinz is rethinking its strategy for Salad Cream with the promotion of Clodagh Ward to mastermind a heavyweight investment programme in the product. As general manager for condiment sauces, Ward will also look after a...
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fPC conference
Scrutiny of internet selling The impact of the internet on fruit and vegetable trading will be one of the central discussion points at the Fresh Produce Consortium's annual conference on March 19 -22. Speakers will include Professor F Lachotski,...
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Reef sticks its neck out in £1m spend
The packaging of the still alcoholic fruit drink Reef is being revised and the launch of the bottle is being supported by a sampling campaign. This is part of a £1m marketing investment by Bass this year. The stubby wide necked bottle has been...
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TOP10 household cleaners
1 Flash Excel lemon liquid 2 Mr Muscle kitchen cleaner 3 Mr Muscle bath & tile cleaner 4 Flash spray & bleach 5 Jif cream lemon 6 ...
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Southern hemisphere APPLES
Rising competition for premium varieties Difficult times for NZ growers Confirmation that New Zealand growers experienced one of the most difficult and frustrating years in the industry's history has been underlined in the Apple and Pear Marketing...
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Pasta Reale brings in organic
Pasta Reale aims to stir up demand in the fresh pasta fixture with the launch of its new organic range. The new products include two organic pastas (cream cheese and basil tortelloni, and tagliatelle egg, basil and tomato) and two organic sauces...
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Banana boat first for southampton
The Southampton Star, chartered by Geest from star Reefers, unloaded her first shipment of bananas from the Windward Islands on 23 January. Southampton, which handles more than half the UK's banana imports, will be supported by the weekly service to...
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Under the skin
Better weather puts a spring into salads..........Soft fruit prices begin to rise with improved demand..........New Zealand apple season finishes in a fortnight............Stone fruit quality improves..........Theo Weitenberg has been appointed as...
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ETHICAL TRADING
CWS and Sainsbury sourcing first fruit Fair outlook for banana sales Fairtrade bananas became a new element in UK banana retailing for the first time this week with the news that CWS is selling fruit imported from Costa Rica and Ghana in 1,000...
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UK debut for Malaco
Malaco, the Scandinavian sugar confectionery brand, is being launched in the UK this month as part of the Leaf confectionery portfolio. The range of fruit jellies, gums, liquorice, fruit flavoured countlines and bagged sweets became part of the...
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ethical trading
Pineapples, mangoes and citrus are the wider target Fair trade Oké brand set to appear on other fruit Plans to extend the Oké Fairtrade banana brand currently appearing in UK supermarkets to other tropical and subtropical fruits will be under...
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ETHICS ON BOARD FOR BRITAIN'S FAVOURITE FRUIT
The independent Fairtrade mark is awarded by the Fairtrade Foundation the UK's fair trade labelling body. The government has welcomed the latest drive to improve the lives of banana workers. The Rt Hon Clare Short MP, secretary of state for...
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Cheap headline prices for own label canned goods have been
In canned fruit, for example, both Asda and Tesco have seen 12% and 9% falls respectively in their year on year sales figures for own label canned fruit, despite continuous low retail prices on the value ranges. Del Monte, with an 18% share of the...
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Fruit'n'veg firms must wise up to new realities'
Fresh produce companies are learning about Wal-Mart the hard way last year was a "nightmare" for them as they grappled with retailers anxious to lower prices, says a top food industry trainer. David Lavelle, head of business strategy of Wye...