All Fresh produce articles – Page 129
-
News
Exhilarating! Clothes with a fruity twist
Unilever is targeting "sensory junkies" with a fruit and flower-scented range of Comfort fabric conditioner concentrates backed by a £4m marketing spend.,...
-
News
Tyrrells flies the flag with new flavours
Patriotic fervour has gripped upmarket potato chip company Tyrrells, which has launched a new range of British flavours as part of a year-long Great British Campaign. The new additions Welsh Rarebit, Beef Wellington and Pork &...
-
News
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...
-
News
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...
-
News
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...
-
News
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…
-
News
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,...
-
News
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.
-
News
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.
-
News
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.
-
News
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...
-
News
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...
-
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...
-
News
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...
-
News
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...
-
News
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,...
-
News
No c-store chiller funds as Change4Life rolls out
The government is not making any additional funding available to help c-stores sell fruit and veg, despite announcing plans to roll its Change4Life local stores scheme out across the country. The scheme encourages c-stores to sell more produce...
-
News
No c-store chiller funds as Change4Life rolls out
The government is not making any additional funding available to help c-stores sell fruit and veg, despite announcing plans to roll its Change4Life local stores scheme out across the country.The scheme encourages c-stores to sell more...
-
News
Ugly fruit comes of age as stores tempt home cooks with cheaper produce
A change in European law means home chefs could soon be able to make fruit pies or cakes more cheaply. EU rules previously laid down restrictive standards for the size and shape of certain fruits and vegetables sold at retail.
-
News
Organic food found to have no superior nutritional benefit
Organic food is no healthier than non-organic food, claims a major new study commissioned by the FSA. The nutritional content of organic and non-organic foods was "broadly comparable", according to researchers from the London School of...