All Fresh produce articles – Page 142
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will farm visits help the concrete kids?
One in five children have never been to the countryside. A fifth have never picked fruit and eaten it. A quarter of eight-year-olds have never come within touching distance of a cow or pig. Some children believe lemons are grown in Birmingham...
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Growers hit back at pesticide use claims
The fresh produce industry has accused health campaigners of scaremongering over pesticide residues in fruit and vegetables. This week, the government's Pesticides Residues Committee released the results of tests revealing excessive...
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Bumper English apple crop won't be enough
Retailers will struggle to meet consumer demand for English apples this year - despite a bumper crop. The English apple season gets under way on Monday (18 September) amid warnings that despite strong production growth for the main...
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In Brief: Profits up at Total; Residents eat well; Katopé acquisition
Profits up at Total Total Produce, Fyffes' retail fruit and veg supply business, has announced a 10% increase in first-half profits to £13.3m. It claimed strong demand in April and May helped boost turnover to...
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Organix targets 5-a-day consumers
Organix has launched a range of fruit bars aimed at mothers who want to ensure their kids get at least one of their five fruit and vegetables a day. Organic Fruit Bars, part of the organic children's food company's Goodies range, are...
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In the can
Prices rise as fruits remain in short supply Pineapple supplies remain seriously short for importers who can see no end to the upward spiral of prices. Thailand is well behind on shipments and hopes that South Africa and Swaziland...
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The healthiest performer
Fruit and veg is currently the fastest-growing sector in Scotland, which is good news for growers and retailers seeking to improve their regional purchasing policies. Its success is down to the fact that it ticks the right boxes in terms...
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Sainsbury's works to boost UK organic crop
Sainsbury's has set up an organic orchard in a bid to slash its reliance on imported apples. The four-hectare orchard, which has been developed with Sainsbury's apple supplier Orchard World and grower Peter Hall, in Marden, Kent, has been...
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White sweetcorn arrives in UK chain
Sainsbury’s has become the first supermarket to sell home-grown white sweetcorn, introducing it into its Taste the Difference range.
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Price Survey - 8th September 2007
It's a case of five weeks and not out for Asda, which has chalked up its fifth consecutive week as the cheapest retailer. Asda's £35.32 basket contained five of the cheapest items on the list, although it undercut Morrisons on the loose apples, Hula...
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Poor harvests set to hit smoothie prices
The price of the ubiquitous smoothie is set to rocket this autumn, as manufacturers struggle to recover rising fruit costs.Squash prices are also expected to rise, after a disastrous fruit crop in Eastern Europe left blackcurrants up to...
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Reprieve for flavoured milk drinks for schools
Schools in England will be allowed to offer flavoured milk drinks to pupils after a climbdown by the School Food Trust.The Trust initially insisted that only drinks containing milk and fruit juice were allowed in schools, but has changed...
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Whitworths is showing consumers a little Love
Fruit and nut specialist Whitworths has created a new brand to bring "a benchmark in quality" to the healthy snacks market.Love is a range of fruit and nut bars targeted at 25 to 40-year-old women, especially working mums who want to...
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In the can - salmon, tuna and fruit juice
Red and pink salmon UK importers are hoping to pay similar prices to last year for red salmon following a record final catch of 28.5 million for Bristol Bay. But the packers are adamant that their returns must rise to mitigate a 5% rise in cannery...
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Salvesen sells pea division to Pinguin
Pea specialist Christian Salvesen Foods has sold its own label vegetable freezing business to Belgian-owned Pinguin Foods UK for £17.2m. The stock, machinery and contracts relating to Salvesen's three freezing plants in Lincolnshire will pass over...
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In Brief: GM plum trialled; Mixed pack success; Herb drive on net
GM plum trialled HoneySweet, a disease-resistant GM plum, is undergoing field trials in the US after officials ruled it didn't threaten the environment. The NFU welcomed the trial because the variety resists Plum Pox Virus. Mixed pack success...
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Processors lift prices to appease farmers
Dairy companies have announced a raft of huge liquid milk price hikes for farmers, in an effort to quell frustration about low returns in the industry. Major processors Dairy Crest and Arla Foods have broken the 25ppl barrier with the price rises...