All Drought articles – Page 30
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Price Survey
Asda is the UK's cheapest supermarket for the third week in a row. In a tight race, Asda's basket price of £46.42 came in barely cheaper than Somerfield's total of £46.86. Tesco was third at £47.24, or 1.8% more than Asda, followed by Morrisons,...
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Peas first to be hit by heatwave price hikes
Prices for frozen vegetables are already on the rise in UK supermarkets, with growers and processors alike pointing the finger at the summer heatwave. It is the first evidence of the impact of this year's damaged vegetable crops, which...
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There's always time for tea
Tetley customer marketing manager Simon Attfield is fed up with people sounding the death knell for tea. He says: "Every year we hear it's the end for tea, but in truth the tea market is flat. In fact, it is coming back into favour...
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Break escape for new lines
We may be a nation of tea and coffee drinkers, but if consumers are increasing their consumption of a cup of 'rosie lee' or a hit of strong black stuff, they are not drinking it at home.While TNS figures show healthy value growth of 2.7%...
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Time to get into the grove
In the 1950s and 1960s, bread and dripping was a teatime staple. Mum had cooked the roast beef or pork for lunch and served up the leftover fat and juices, spread on bread, for tea.But how times change - today's equivalent is a much...
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inside track
Drought is the word on everyone's lips in gardening circles and it means retailers are altering their offer. This season, Sainsbury copied Tesco in setting up marquees to sell gardening products. Supermarkets have found barbecues, garden...
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Torrential rain pushes down Capespan citrus
Torrential rains in the main citrus producing regions of South Africa may have filled the dams to bursting point after last year's drought but are also expected to take their toll on the crop, said Martin Dunnett, Capespan UK procurement ...
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Analysis & Features
the golden state of things to come
Scattered around the Californian state capital Sacramento are photographs of governor Arnold Schwarzenegger - not in typical electoral pose, but sitting astride a Harley Davidson, leather clad and complete with dark sunglasses. For some...
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"Asda's price for a single four-pint carton of milk was up to £1.34. That's a 34% increase on its controversial twofer"
I've been reading stories suggesting 'The End of Cheap Food' since, ooh, April, possibly earlier. Drought, floods, China, India, biofuel, all these and more were cited as reasons why wheat, milk, butter meat and other commodities were set to...
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SA growers hit by tough conditions
South Africa’s citrus growers are “licking their wounds” after their worst year since 2000, according to Capespan.UK trading director Martin Dunnett said 2005 had been tough for orange and grapefruit growers in particular, with an over-supply...
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Ocado ‘on the up’
Ocado’s chief financial officer, Jason Gissing, has defended the online retailer’s assertion that it will begin making a tangible profit during 2006 despite recording a loss of £40.5m for the year ending November 30, 2004.In view of the loss,...
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Is 2005 the year that innovation dried up?
70% of buyers believe the retail sector produces boring products, according to The Grocer’s reader survey. Stefan Chomka reportsBritvic’s announcement that it is launching a bottled water brand called Drench at a time when the food...
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Commodities Update: fish, mandarins, pineapple, olives
Red salmon prices upRetail canned fish sales continue to show year-on-year growth in spite of escalating prices due to raw material inflation.IRI figures for the year to September show that by volume, pilchards are up 12.9%, mackerel 12.7%...
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Drought fear for West Sussex
Growers in West Sussex are bracing themselves for the prospect of serious drought conditions after the local authority imposed a domestic hosepipe ban.Although they can for now continue to abstract water to irrigate crops, there are fears that...
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The best in Bramleys
It’s time to get entries into the Brammy Awards, which are now in their 12th year and recognise companies and individuals in the supply chain and the media that have made the most of the Bramley’s superior properties.This year, for the first...
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Exporters look to counter downward pricing spiral
UK retailers are asking more but they are not paying more say fresh produce exporters, who are exploring other marketsSouth Africa’s top fresh produce exporters remain cautiously optimistic. Companies such as Colors Fruit, the...
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Fruit growers feel the squeeze
Deregulation and Black Economic Empowerment have resulted in South African fruit farmers learning new skillsThere’s no escaping the fact that South African fruit farmers are going through tough times. A strong rand, severe winter...
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Transcending the transition
South Africa’s farming industry is undergoing a difficult transformation, but the sun is shining as the Rainbow Nation enters its second decade, says Claire HuA decade after emerging from the shadows of apartheid, South Africa’s food...
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Commodities update: Pineapple, tuna, dried fruit and chilli
Pineapple tribulations“It’s the same old story,” was the reaction of a canned fruit importer this week when asked about the prospects for the summer pineapple crop in Thailand. “Higher tin plate costs – up 42% – and adverse weather...
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Lamb demand proves resilient
The assumption of mutton and lamb as a commodity sector in decline is being challenged by strong demand in retail and catering.Ironically, the evidence has emerged during a period of almost unprecedented upheaval in the sheep industry, both...