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New partnership to back organic apples
A partnership has been formed to boost organic English apple production. East Malling Research and marketers Norman Collett have signed a deal under which 10.5 hectares of additional organic apple trees will be planted. EMR already has some 6.5ha of...
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Hurricane Gustav tears into Jamaican bananas
UK retailers have been urged not to abandon Jamaican banana suppliers left reeling by the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Gustav. The hurricane, which swept across the Caribbean island last week, decimated a banana industry that had only just begun...
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Multiples boost space given to healthy fare
Supermarkets have increased the share of prime promotional space given to fruit and veg by 81% year-on-year, reveals new data that rubbishes suggestions they only promote fatty and sugary food. The total share of premium space, such as gondola ends,...
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All change as Greenvale restructures
Greenvale AP, the UK’s leading supplier of potatoes, has appointed Brian Macdonald as its new financial director. Macdonald, who has worked for brewer Scottish & Newcastle for 25 years, most recently as finance director for developing markets, also...
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What the papers said
Apples could rot on their branches due to labour shortages, warns The Observer. Apple growers blame government restrictions on immigrant workers for a shortage of labour. “If we can’t get the pickers, there is a grave danger that apples will be...
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Egg margins get poached
Supermarkets have again been accused of exploiting food price inflation to boost profits, after it emerged that the retail price of eggs had increased 39% in the past 18 months, while the price received by producers had increased by just...
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Tesco secures local sweetcorn supply
Barfoots of Botley has struck a deal with Tesco to supply locally grown sweetcorn to stores in southern England. Local sweetcorn went into Hampshire and Sussex Tesco stores last weekend, while Isle of Wight sweetcorn was launched into the...
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Cool summer helps lift consumption of carrots
Consumers are eating more carrots this year thanks to the cooler weather and growing popularity of the vegetable among children. The number of carrot-eating occasions has risen 3% to 3.8 billion, according to new consumption data from TNS. Value...
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Osgrow offers a wriggle bit more
This column has recently noted retailers' growing enthusiasm for 'Bugof' promotions - the practice of livening up bags of lettuce and other mundane fare by (accidentally) including the dessicated corpse of an exotic creature or two.
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Frü adds trifle and summer pudding
Frü adds trifle and summer pudding Gü is hoping to almost double UK sales of its Frü Fruity Puds brand to £9m in the next year by adding two new products to the chilled fruit-based desserts range. The new products consist of traditional British summer favourites strawberry &...
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We ask... do you stock fresh produce?
The news that convenience store owners in deprived areas of England and Wales will be given financial incentives to buy more fruit and vegetables should have had the wholesale industry salivating at the thought of potential new business...
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Call for more products to use British Lion eggs
British egg producers are being urged to step up production of eggs for use as an ingredient in processed foods in an attempt to counter soaring imports. Britain imported products containing the equivalent of more than 120 million eggs this May, up...
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Gooseberries: rain or shine
Sales of cooking gooseberries at Waitrose have risen by 91% this season compared with last year, an increase the retailer put down to the adaptability of the fruit to British weather. Waitrose, which also reported that sales of its later-season...
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Apple and pear prices predicted to rise 15%
The price of apples and pears could rise by as much as 15% over the coming year as increased production costs combine with a strong euro and dollar. Growers, processors, graders and packers around the world were struggling to absorb massive...
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Feel Good Kids juice is ‘healthier option’
Soft drinks brand Feel Good is taking on Fruit Shoots and Innocent Kids with the launch of its first children’s range of juices, which it claims is healthier and more refreshing than the competition because of its high water content. Feel Good Kids...
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Growers call for flower price hikes as costs hit
Flower prices may rise and bouquet sizes get smaller as suppliers try desperately to mitigate soaring costs, growers have warned. Rocketing fuel costs have made the cost of heating glasshouses unsustainable, claimed a leading UK flower grower, who...
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Warwick to close Kirton research unit
One of the country’s leading horticultural research institutes is to close in a move that will deal a major blow to future UK R&D. The University of Warwick confirmed last week it would be closing its 120 acre research site in Kirton in Lincolnshire...
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Brakes plays it cool over its debt levels
Brakes plays it cool over its debt levels: Convenience stores in deprived areas of England and Wales will be given help to sell more fruit and vegetables in a bid to stem the rising tide of obesity. In a joint initiative between the Department of Health and the Association of ...
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Mulberry juice first claimed by Fairjuice
Drinks company Fairjuice has introduced what it claims is the UK’s first mulberry juice drink. Mulberry Fair is available in two flavours, Mulberry & Sanguinello Orange and Mulberry, Grape & Pear, rsp £3.29 for 1 litre. The company says mulberries...
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Coming to a store near you
It took years for the baobab to crack the UK. A new law could speed things up for the next generation of novel foods, says Richard Ford