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Fresh Produce Price flash
The price of our basket of fruit and vegables fell for the third consecutive survey following two rises. It is now 1.1% less expensive than five weeks ago. However, it is 6.8% more expensive than one year ago, and 6.5% cheaper than at the...
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Portion of fruit boosts appeal of cereal bars
Masterfoods plans to shake up the cereal bar market by introducing a product designed to offer health benefits and indulgence. The confectionery giant claims Frutasia, which comes in strawberry or apricot, will be the only cereal bar to...
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Aboriginal ways to keep on clubbing
An Aboriginal remedy is set to help give clubbers, workers and drivers a boost. Australian-made energy drink Buzz Monkey claims to be the first of its kind, containing wild plum leaf and fruit, which are used by Aborigines to sustain...
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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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Fruit juices struggle for promo space in chillers
Chilled not-from-concentrate juice is having to fight with higher-profile products like Innocent Drinks smoothies for its share of space in the chiller cabinet. With far less space devoted to promotions in chilled than elsewhere...
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Processed onions head for big time
The Moulton Bulb Company has set its sights on supplying processed onion to major multiples. It has just refurbished a 1350 sq m plant in Lincolnshire to cut and pack onions and is already supplying 15 tonnes a week to Waitrose and the...
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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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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...