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Price Survey
The price of oranges has risen this week by a whopping 61%. Hurricanes in the US and Caribbean have affected the volume of oranges produced there this year, while frost in South America and flooding in South Africa have also contributed to the...
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Shop Profile - CK's Supermarkets
Nuturing his rapidly expanding retail operation has kept Christopher Kiley on his toes for nearly two decades.
He opened is first store, selling fresh fruit and vegetables, in Llandeilo, south Wales, in 1988. Now CK’s Supermarkets has 18… -
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How organicis organic?
Twenty years ago organic food accounted for a tiny, tiny niche in the market, with sales of just £5m. Now sales have reached £1.6bn p.a. and strong growth continues. With retailers, farmers, packaged foods suppliers and consumers embracing...
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Shop Profile CK's Supermarkets
Nurturing his rapidly expanding retail operation has kept Christopher Kiley on his toes for nearly two decades. He opened his first store, selling fresh fruit and vegetables, in Llandeilo, south Wales, in 1988. Now CK's Supermarkets...
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RDC unloading delays 'cost growers fortune'
Sluggish unloading at supermarket distribution centres is costing small growers a fortune, they claim. Abuse of the just-in-time delivery system regularly keeps trucks waiting for hours at suppliers' expense - even though growers face stiff...
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Spanish pay for raspberry plants
Spanish raspberry production is set for a boost after growers struck a deal with a British plant breeder. With legal action hanging over their heads, the largest growers have agreed to stop illegally propagating plants developed by...
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Price Survey
Fresh fruit and vegetable prices continued to fluctuate in this first week of December. The cost of parsnips has risen by an average of 11% in the past seven days, and now rests at £1.82 for a kg. The largest increase took place at Asda,...
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Healthy Start for new food voucher scheme
Greengrocers are set to grab a share of a £129m a year windfall, thanks to a government initiative. Healthy Start is a Department of Health scheme that gives families vouchers to spend on milk and, for the first time, fruit and...
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Asda starts a drive to reduce air miles
Asda is offering bagged potatoes that make a virtue of their local origins. All 79 of its eastern counties stores started stocking East Anglian new potatoes in late October. They will be available into next year and then from June...
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In Brief: Fruit market 'soft'; Food safety scandal; Growing anxiety
Fruit market 'soft' Growth is slowing in the £250m-a-year soft fruit industry and growers must work harder to excite consumers, according to Nick Marston, MD of KG Fruits. More research was needed, he said. Food safety...
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In the can
Fruit. The few remaining Spanish canners have started to process the season's bumper mandarin orange crop. At 150,000 metric tonnes, it was nearly double last year's production. A high proportion of 2005's crop went into the fresh...
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Iconic brand bows to state health pressure
Heinz is responding to calls for healthier product formulations with a reduced salt and sugar variant of its iconic tomato ketchup. Due to hit shelves at the beginning of the new year and timed to coincide with healthy eating resolutions,...
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Walkers challenged over 'wet' potatoes
Potato growers are angry about a Carbon Trust report that says they add water to their spuds. The trust's Carbon Footprints in the Supply Chain looked at how PepsiCo sources and processes potatoes for Walkers crisps. It concluded the...
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Coca-Cola drink to prevent blood clots
Coca-Cola and Unilever are throwing their weights behind groundbreaking new products containing an ingredient said to help prevent blood clots.Coca-Cola plans to launch a mass-market drink containing the tomato-based ingredient...
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Fairtrade: more appeal than organic
Retailers focusing heavily on organics are failing to meet the growing demand for Fairtrade products - and are losing sales as a result, it has been claimed. A survey of 600 shoppers by juice maker Fruit Passion found 41% of shoppers made...
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Chips to get pricier as potato volume drops
Chip prices could rise after Christmas as supplies of top quality frying potatoes become scarce, according to the British Potato Council. The long, hot summer and low rainfall stressed out the plants, cutting yields and increasing disease...
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Canaries fighting for share on two fronts
Canary Islands tomato growers are fighting to defend their slice of the EU market - but in their eagerness to promote they have launched two unrelated and costly campaigns. They are key suppliers to the UK during the winter season, and...