All Fresh produce articles – Page 108
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Former PepsiCo man aims to double sales of Streamline Foods
Reduced-sugar jam-maker Streamline Foods has set out ambitious plans to double turnover to £24m within three years.The Good Food Group-owned business is launching a range of fruit fillings/compotes into the multiples next month and also...
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NewsGrocer 33: Half-price Häagen Dazs helps Morrisons
With the greatest number of items on promotion (15) Morrisons had the cheapest basket this week. Half-price Häagen Dazs and the cheapest pineapple (£1) helped it move three places up the table.
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Operating profits are up at Dole Fresh UK
Fresh fruit supplier Dole Fresh UK has posted an increase in operating profits for the second year running since its return to profitability in 2008.Operating profits for the year stood at £626,000 compared with £384,000 in 2008, with...
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Picture This... Desperate for potatoes
Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross is revisiting her role as potato ambassador with a new TV campaign for Albert Bartlett Rooster Potatoes.
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Tesco’s fresh foods departures continue
Paul Thomas has become the latest Tesco senior executive to move on from the fresh foods category, having spent just eight months in the role. Thomas, currently senior buying manager for potatoes, is going into corporate purchasing,...
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NewsGrocer 33: Asda back with sub £60 basket
Asda offered the cheapest basket this week and the only one to come in under £60. It also had the greatest number of exclusively cheapest items (11) nine more than the nearest rivals. Five Rollback deals including Quality Street and the mushrooms...
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NewsBee crisis: The buzz is back
Alarming media coverage has spurred efforts to keep up Britain's bee population. So what will the results be? Rob Brown & Cedric Porter weigh up the efforts to return the hum to our hedgerows
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EU planning label to regulate the use of ‘mountain’ on foods
The use of the word 'mountain' and images of mountains on foods could soon be regulated by EU law. Brussels is considering a labelling scheme that would give special protection to products from mountain regions.
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NewsAcid Test: Heinz Salad Cream with Lemon & Black Pepper
"At first taste it was really strong compared with the healthier-for-you light salad cream I usually have. It also tasted very peppery, which I don't really like."
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Retail Prices: Deep price promotions woo the stay-at-home salad fans
Promotional activity has brought down the price of salad staples, while the shift to new season has pushed up the cost of root veg, reports Simon Mowbray
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App success for Nectar and Sainsbury’s
Sainsbury's and Nectar's iPhone and iPod Touch apps have been downloaded more than 100,000 times in their first week.The apps, launched last Tuesday, reached numbers one and two on Apple's lifestyle download chart and made the top 10 in...
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Halewood eyes alcopop generation
Lambrini owner Halewood International has launched a lower-abv fruit-flavour aimed at alcopop-loving ladies. Botany Creek has a 7.5% abv and is available now in white and rosé (rsp: £3). Although Halewood already owns a...
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NewsM&S salads panned in new salt report
Marks & Spencer salads have been slammed for their high salt content in a new report.
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NewsVimto sales hit £50m milestone
Vimto’s ‘Seriously Mixed-Up Fruit’ campaign has helped the brand to annual sales of £50m for the first time.
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New smoothie has UK-only ingredients
The first smoothie to be made exclusively from British milk and fruit has launched into Waitrose. Frumoo is made from fresh milk and fruit and comes in a resealable pouch. The brainchild of marketer Maria Leavesley, it was developed...
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NewsStrange fruit
Bompas & Parr have brought the world pulsating puddings, vaporised vitamins and more foodie weirdness. Catherine Dawes finds out what’s next on the menu for the creative duo
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NewsEthics: the first casualty in the new banana price war?
After 2009‘s brutal price wars, bananas are again at the heart of the hositilities. As prices again head south, asks Rob Brown, have no lessons been learned?
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Stans pushes fruit in healthy campaign
It's better known for selling the cheapest fuel in Britain, but now Stans Superstore has turned its hand to healthy eating.The independent retailer ran a bumper healthy eating campaign at its store near Oswestry in Shropshire last week....
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Huntapac launches its first vegetable brand
Carrot packer Huntapac is looking to do for carrots what Rooster has done for potatoes with the launch of Roots, its first-ever consumer-facing vegetable brand. The company, which supplies root vegetables and salad crops to Tesco, Marks...
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Sainsbury’s sources UK cherries for basic
Sainsbury's is offering homegrown cherries in its basic tier for the first time, following a breakthrough in negotiations with British growers. The retailer routinely stocks British cherries for its standard and Taste the Difference...