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NewsGreggs goes healthy with salads and pasta pots
Greggs will debut a new line of healthy food options for shoppers by June to appeal to a wider audience. The new range, which has yet to be named, will comprise salad with French dressing, a tropical fruit mix, pasta and yoghurt pots alongside its current product portfolio.
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NewsCripes! Crips cracks it at Morrisons
Low-calorie snack brand Crips 99Cals has bagged its first national supermarket listing. The oven-baked wheat and potato snack, which its maker claims contains 70% less fat than traditional fried potato crisps, is rolling out to 300...
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NewsGrowers warn of damage to crops if May stays dry
Supplies of British fruit and vegetables as well as grains such as wheat could come under serious pressure if the dry spell continues this month, growers have warned. April was the warmest on record and the driest since 2007, according...
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NewsBaby Zilli adds some zing to baby drinks category
Aldo Zilli's babyfood brand is hoping to reinvigorate the declining baby drinks market with the launch of an organic range. The Baby Zilli drinks will hit supermarkets from mid-June in: apple; summer fruits; orange, mango & apple;...
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Stonegate shells out for organic specialist
Stonegate has snapped up specialist Farmhouse Freedom Eggs in a move the supplier claims will bolster its position in Wales. Based on the outskirts of Usk in Wales, Farmhouse Freedom specialises in packing free range and organic eggs and...
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NewsAsda goes for Cornish Crystal spuds
Asda has introduced Cornish Crystal potatoes to its Extra Special range. The potatoes have a creamy, soft and tender flesh with a fluffy skin. Grown in Cornwall and supplied through QV Foods, they are harvested about two…
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Focus On Wine & Champagne: Innovations
Waitrose this month started stocking Cienna Rosso (rsp: £9.99), a sparkling red wine with an abv of 7.5%. The cienna grape was created by crossing sumoll, from Spain, with cabernet sauvignon, resulting in a wine with a "creamy palate with plenty of acidity and juicy flavours".
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Focus On Soft Drinks: Innovations
Reggae Reggae Sauce entrepreneur Levi Roots has extended his £30m brand into soft drinks for the first time, launching a range of Caribbean-inspired fruit juices and carbonates.
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Comment & Opinion
Saturday Essay: Let’s celebrate the traditional English apple
Aesthetically pleasing foreign varieties are usurping the English apple – it’s time to fight back, says Professor David Bellamy
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Comment & Opinion
Second Opinion: Now this is what I call fruit and veg
The freshness and diversity of Italy’s offer put UK supermarkets to shame, says Joanna Blythman
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Higgidy open top savoury slices hit Boots
Premium pie maker Higgidy has unveiled its first savoury slices. The open-top puff-pastry slices, which can be eaten cold or heated, are available in pancetta, red onion & mature cheddar and spinach, pesto & goats cheese (rsp:…
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NewsTwinings freshens up its Earl Grey offering
Twinings is giving its 180-year-old classic Earl Grey tea a modern twist by launching two new blends. New Twinings Earl Grey contains bergamot to enhance its citrus taste, while Sunshine Grey has a lemon flavour and is designed to be...
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NewsFarmers to scrutinise multiples’ CSR claims
The NFU is about to put the CSR claims of the UK’s 10 biggest supermarkets to the test with a benchmarking exercise that will measure what retailers say in their corporate social responsibility statements against their actions.
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NewsFood price hikes in check but meat could yet go up
Amid declining consumer confidence, food price inflation is being contained but the price of meat could still see significant increases, new forecasts suggest. In its latest quarterly retail price report, published this week, agrifood...
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NewsWaitrose to bring edible flowers to the salad aisle
They're usually associated with fine dining but Waitrose is hoping edible flowers and micro-leaves will appeal to adventurous home cooks as well. The supermarket has developed an eight-strong range of salad 'add-ons' with Bakkavör that...
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NewsProcessing change behind Fenmarc fall
Fenmarc has experienced a 9% drop in sales as a result of its sister company Puffin Produce starting to process its own sales. Pre-tax profits at Fenmarc which supplies own-label veg to the multiples and owns the Very Very Veg Co brand ...
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NewsFreshgro Chantenay carrot packs arrive
Freshgro is looking to shake up carrot snacks with the launch of Chantenay carrot snack packs. Carrot snacking was dominated by carrot batons, according to Freshgro. Chantenay snack packs would provide a point of difference because they...
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NewsClippy’s Apples listed by Asda and Booths
British jams and relishes brand Clippy's Apples has secured listings with Asda and Booths. Clippy's six savoury lines, which include apple, tomato & roasted garlic relish, and apple, redcurrant & chilli jelly (rsp: from £2.39),...
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BerryWorld raises Sweet Eve output
Soft fruit supplier BerryWorld has announced it is quadrupling its production of the new Sweet Eve variety strawberries for this year's British strawberry season to meet growing demand from the mults.The company said it would produce...
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Happy Egg Co goes large with Biggies
Noble Foods' The Happy Egg Co is launching a new line of supersize free-range eggs, aimed at consumers who need larger eggs for home baking.A pack of six Biggies will be sold for £2.09 a 31p premium over six large eggs. Boxes will...