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European Capital to buy Whitworths
Nuts and dried fruits supplier Whitworths is expected to be sold to private equity firm European Capital for £85m.Reports suggest that European Capital has beaten off bids from private equity groups Barclays Private Equity, HG Capital and...
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Disney and co
Disney has shown foresight in targeting healthier options including water, smoothies, juice drinks, fresh milk and fresh and dried fruit bars. The media giant dominates character licensing and has plenty up its sleeve for the coming...
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Trends & Developments
?Disney Consumer Products this year linked up with Lyme Regis Fine Foods for the creation of three Disney-branded Fruit Bars. It is working with other suppliers on balanced ready meals for children and healthy cereals, both due out next...
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Orange shortage hits juice manufacturers
A world shortage of juicing oranges is developing due to frost and poor crops in the main growing areas.Juice manufacturers are complaining that the cost of raw materials has risen by up to 50% this year, and warn that prices may have to...
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Fruit2day off shelves after ASA ban on ads
Hero Foods is withdrawing its Fruit2day juice with added fruit drinks from UK shelves after criticism from an advertising watchdog.The Swiss Food giant, which launched the products here at the beginning of this year, said it was...
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Salad days are at Uniq for Woolley
Uniq has handed Stephen Woolley the new role of managing director for its Smedley's Salads business. Woolley joins the Spalding-based business from Young's Bluecrest, where he was general manager for its Hull site. Prior to that...
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Levy gives his energy to Eat in Colour launch
The Eat in Colour initiative to boost fresh produce sales is finally set to launch - more than a year after the concept was floated. It has been given new impetus by the appointment this week of Anthony Levy as chairman. The Fresh...
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Waitrose vegetables go black to the future
Waitrose is to offer its customers a range of naturally black fruit and vegetables, which will be launched in the run-up to Hallowe'en. It has sourced black varieties of cabbage, potato and pear from British growers, and is...
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Big drive for Tenderstem
A branded broccoli variety is being given national marketing exposure this month to help establish it as an attractive alternative to standard brassica crops. Tenderstem will be featured in consumer newspapers and lifestyle...
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Cool cocktail mixer is a breath of fresh air
A product that does away with the need to have fresh fruit on standby for making a gin & tonic or cocktails has been developed by new company Frecco. It produces individually packaged ice cubes made from mineral water, fruit juice and...
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"The ideal ambassadors for promoting a healthy lifestyle? Our sporting heroes, of course"
That was easy, then. A TV ad featuring Frank Lampard shows the Chelsea and England midfielder playing keepie-uppie with a cauliflower, and sales of the nobbly vegetable double overnight. Need to boost sales of fruit? Get Freddie Flintoff...
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Go bananas for Caribbean fruits
A decade ago, two-thirds of the bananas we ate in Britain came from the Caribbean, notably the Windward Islands of Dominica, St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenada. Now sales have been whittled away to less than 10% as cheaper fruits from the...
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Talking shop
It's time to reconnect the link between producers and wholesale markets, says Helen Evans, communications manager at Covent Garden Market Authority. I challenge any visitor walking through New Covent Garden Market's Buyers Walk not to be...
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Mayan Gold potato is like 'history on a plate'
A potato billed as the first entirely new variety to arrive in the UK for 400 years has been launched by UK grower Greenvale. It is a very close relative of the spud first brought to England during the reign of Elizabeth I, which is...
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English apples set for bumper sales season
It is shaping up to be a bumper year for British apples, as supermarkets report the fruit is flying off the shelves. Asda claimed it was the first of the multiples to offer English apples from this year's harvest by getting Cox's on the...
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Smoothies war hotting up in the freezer aisles
Taking on the likes of Innocent and PJs, King Parrot Foods has put smoothies in the freezer aisle. The new company has come up with an original concept - a single pouch ?of individually quick-frozen (IQF) fruit, low-fat yoghurt and...
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Milk Marque gets into health foods
Milk Marque's 12,000 British farmer shareholders are the new owners of a health food company selling dried fruit, nuts and seeds. Community Foods was purchased this week by Milk Marque, the shell of the former dairy co-operative that...
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More extras join special cast
Forget the recent baked beans wars that have stolen many a tabloid headline during the past six months. Or the rise of Omega-3 products that are now cropping up across all areas of the market. If you want a category in which there has been,...
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In Brief: SA so sweet on Israel; Bananas are boosted; All washed up
SA so sweet on Israel South Africa is using Israeli technology to develop a Sharon fruit industry aimed at the EU market. Production of the persimmon-style fruit in the Cape has reached 4,000 tonnes a year and should rise by 50%...