All Fresh produce articles – Page 162
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First GM potato trials in UK set to go ahead
Genetically modified potatoes that resist blight will be planted in England, after Defra gave the go-ahead for trials next year. BASF will plant in Derbyshire and Cambridgeshire to see how the crop performs in British conditions, but it...
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First GM potato trials in UK set to go ahead
Genetically modified potatoes that resist blight will be planted in England, after Defra gave the go-ahead for trials next year.BASF will plant in Derbyshire and Cambridgeshire to see how the crop performs in British conditions, but it...
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Banana growers' plea bearing fruit
Banana producers in the Windward Islands say trade is improving after their emotional plea for support.In the summer, the Windward Islands' Banana Development and Exporting Company (Wibdeco) said the region's economy risked collapse...
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Fairtrade fans boosting nuts
Tesco is extending its Fairtrade nut offer. It claims more than 13,000 farmers in Malawi, Mozambique and India will benefit from the decision to launch a 200g Fairtrade peanut and raisin mix and Fairtrade natural cashews in 150g...
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Making kids wild with a health kick
Britvic has responded to new government standards for food and drink sold in schools with a range of healthy fruit juice drinks for schoolchildren. The Really Wild Drinks Company range will be available in 250ml cans for vending machines...
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Price Survey
The price of oranges has risen this week by a whopping 61%. Hurricanes in the US and Caribbean have affected the volume of oranges produced there this year, while frost in South America and flooding in South Africa have also contributed to the...
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Shop Profile - CK's Supermarkets
Nuturing his rapidly expanding retail operation has kept Christopher Kiley on his toes for nearly two decades.
He opened is first store, selling fresh fruit and vegetables, in Llandeilo, south Wales, in 1988. Now CK’s Supermarkets has 18… -
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Shop Profile CK's Supermarkets
Nurturing his rapidly expanding retail operation has kept Christopher Kiley on his toes for nearly two decades. He opened his first store, selling fresh fruit and vegetables, in Llandeilo, south Wales, in 1988. Now CK's Supermarkets...
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RDC unloading delays 'cost growers fortune'
Sluggish unloading at supermarket distribution centres is costing small growers a fortune, they claim. Abuse of the just-in-time delivery system regularly keeps trucks waiting for hours at suppliers' expense - even though growers face stiff...
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How organicis organic?
Twenty years ago organic food accounted for a tiny, tiny niche in the market, with sales of just £5m. Now sales have reached £1.6bn p.a. and strong growth continues. With retailers, farmers, packaged foods suppliers and consumers embracing...
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Spanish pay for raspberry plants
Spanish raspberry production is set for a boost after growers struck a deal with a British plant breeder. With legal action hanging over their heads, the largest growers have agreed to stop illegally propagating plants developed by...
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Price Survey
Fresh fruit and vegetable prices continued to fluctuate in this first week of December. The cost of parsnips has risen by an average of 11% in the past seven days, and now rests at £1.82 for a kg. The largest increase took place at Asda,...
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In the can
Fruit. The few remaining Spanish canners have started to process the season's bumper mandarin orange crop. At 150,000 metric tonnes, it was nearly double last year's production. A high proportion of 2005's crop went into the fresh...
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Asda starts a drive to reduce air miles
Asda is offering bagged potatoes that make a virtue of their local origins. All 79 of its eastern counties stores started stocking East Anglian new potatoes in late October. They will be available into next year and then from June...
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In Brief: Fruit market 'soft'; Food safety scandal; Growing anxiety
Fruit market 'soft' Growth is slowing in the £250m-a-year soft fruit industry and growers must work harder to excite consumers, according to Nick Marston, MD of KG Fruits. More research was needed, he said. Food safety...
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Iconic brand bows to state health pressure
Heinz is responding to calls for healthier product formulations with a reduced salt and sugar variant of its iconic tomato ketchup. Due to hit shelves at the beginning of the new year and timed to coincide with healthy eating resolutions,...