All Fresh produce articles – Page 119
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Mushroom Bureau plans new campaign
A major campaign to encourage younger consumers to eat mushrooms is being planned for 2010. Growers' body The Mushroom Bureau has put out a tender for an agency to produce a campaign pushing the health benefits of mushrooms. The campaign...
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Ex-Innocent Brook launches Bear fruit and granola snacks
An ex-director of Innocent Drinks has set up Bear, a new range of baked fruit snacks that he predicts will claw £5m in sales over the first three years.After four years as Innocent's commercial director, Giles Brook departed earlier this...
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Bree brings surprise touch of glamour to £3m Rooster TV ad
Albert Bartlett has pulled off arguably the unlikeliest advertising coup of the year by signing Desperate Housewives star Marcia Cross as the new face of its Rooster potato brand.Cross, who plays Bree Van De Kamp in the hit American TV...
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In Season: Scottish garlic
The Really Garlicky Company is hoping the trend for home cooking will boost sales of its large clove varieties as it recovers from two poor years.
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Potato farmers fear dickeya disease will wreak havoc in UK
Fears are mounting that a disease that has devastated potato crops across Europe could take hold in the UK.
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Top fruit quality boosted by new Mansfield depot
Sainsbury's and Waitrose's apples and pears will have improved environmental credentials after a leading supplier to the stores completed an £8.5m storage and grading facility.FW Mansfield & Son's one hectare complex in Chartham,...
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Tangerine’s sweets get halal approval
Barratt Sherbet Fountains, Dip Dabs, Black Jacks and Fruit Salads are among 150 popular sweets brands to have gained halal approval.Tangerine Confectionery has received the Halal Seal of Approval for its Barratt, Mojo, Princess and…
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M&S squeezes size of baby lemons
Marks & Spencer is launching the smallest lemons ever sold on the UK high street. At just 30mm to 40mm wide, the lemons are half the size of the standard variety.
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Greencore’s godfather of pasta sauces
Greencore has introduced a branded range of chilled pasta sauces, Pacino's, to Sainsbury's and Asda.Asda has listed the tomato & basil, cheese, and tomato mascarpone variants, while Sainsbury's is carrying just the tomato & basil...
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Micro pear makes its M&S debut
M&S has taken a less-is-more approach to fresh produce retailing by launching one of the world's smallest pears.The Bambinella pears are just 25mm to 45mm wide and no bigger than a large cherry. They have never previously been sold...
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NewsCritical Eye... on the gazpacho gestapo and medicated pudding
I like to pretend I cook from scratch every day. So apart from an expensive M&S prepared salads habit that I refuse to give up (even if I do have to whip out the credit card), I generally don't spend extortionate amounts on food, and certainly...
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Heinz’s new squeezy bottle turns out not so squeezy after all
Heinz has been forced into an embarrassing rethink after a wave of customer complaints over its much vaunted lightweight tomato ketchup bottle.The company launched the bottle in April, heralding it a major step forward in packaging...
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End of the affair: Irish stop buying potatoes
The unthinkable has happened the Irish have fallen out of love with the potato. Sales of fresh potatoes in the Republic of Ireland have tumbled 11.3% in value and 12% in volume over the last quarter [TNS 12 w/e 14 June 09]. Year-on-year...
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Chilean avocado gets dedicated UK week
A major UK marketing push is being planned to support anticipated record imports of Chilean Hass avocados this season, following a bumper harvest.The first-ever Avocado Week will be launched in October, backed by events, tastings,...
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Good by name... and by nature
It's been a tough 12 months for the organic fresh produce sector. Sales of organic fruit, veg and salads are down 16.1% by value and 18.2% by volume [TNS 52w/e 17 May 09]. But organic's loss has been Angus Soft Fruits' gain. Its...
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Good by name... and by nature
Angus Soft Fruits has won over shoppers with its range of pesticide-free fruit. Now it hopes to do the same with its new Good Natured Salads. Richard Ford reports
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In Season: the easy peel orange
The 'easy peel' orange is returning this year to take advantage of the rise in home-prepared lunches. The oranges, which made their UK debut last year, are on sale in Sainsbury's and M&S from now until the end of August. They are grown in...
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Morrisons stocking home-grown chillies
Morrisons has begun stocking a new range of locally grown chillies in 20 of its East of England stores.The chillies are being supplied by From My Farm, which sourced them from Bedfordshire grower Edible Ornamentals. Varieties currently...
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Retail Prices: Inflation more than halves as key category prices drop
Down down down... inflation has slowed by more than half compared to last year and fruit and veg prices plummeted 7.9% in July. James Ball reports
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Lucy, Fenella and Zoe bring bling to berries
Four major new berry varieties have been unveiled that growers hope will help boost their margins.
Lucy and Fenella are mid and mid to late season June-bearing strawberry varieties, Autumn Treasure is a pest and disease-resistant…