All Fresh produce articles – Page 191
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Joint venture for exclusivity
Two companies have launched a joint venture to provide fresh produce exclusively to Asda.International Produce, a business combining the import activities of Geest’s English Village Salads and Thames Fruit, began trading this week. It will...
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Potato enters Thai Bites’ make-up
Jacob’s has revealed ambitious plans to double the value of its Thai Bites brand within two years with the launch of its first sub-brand.Thai Bites Fusions – a blend of rice and potato with a crunchier texture and smaller bite – will roll out...
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Merrydown ends cider production
Merrydown will stop making cider after more than 50 years of production.The company is to close its site in East Sussex at the end of the year, which will also mean it will stop making its Shloer fruit drink. It will be outsourcing...
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Prince's potatoes rejected by supermarkets
Supermarkets have rejected the Prince of Wales’ potatoes from his organic farm.This follows the initial rejection of his organic carrots, which were said to be too crooked. His potatoes were not considered to be shiny enough for...
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A vintage year for raspberries
As the English raspberry season reaches a peak over the next three weeks, growers are talking about the possibility of a vintage year if the weather holds. Yields have already been some of the best on record with fruit quality benefiting from...
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farmers’ choice
British farmers Bruce Stapleton and Geoffrey Sprot are behind the release of a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc in the UK through Grape-2-Wine. Kotare, from the Riversleigh Estate vineyard in Marlborough, is named after the Maori word for...
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Discounters in the ascendant
The major retailers must brace themselves for the discounters pushing into ready meals, fruit and veg and also non-food.Amy Balchin reportsReady meals, fresh produce and non-food will be the next challenges for the...
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Sainsbury spotlights paw paws
Exotic fruit is coming under the spotlight in Sainsbury stores in a bid to expand consumer knowledge beyond mangoes.
The retailer recently conducted a ‘try me free’ promotion on paw paw fruit which saw sales soar 300% during April and… -
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Weetabix makes a bar
Weetabix is finally to put its biggest brand’s name to a cereal bar. The fruit-filled Weetabix Chunkyfruit Bars, which contain real fruit pieces and a traditional-style home-baked crust, come in four varieties – apple, strawberry, blackcurrant & ...
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Rémy adds fruit
What's new overseas?Rémy Cointreau has launched a fruit-based alternative to its classic cognac aimed at young women.Rémy Red has already proved a hit in the US, according to marketer and distributor Maxxxium. The company...
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Half price push for Wimbledon
Ed BedingtonRetailers are gearing up for bumper strawberry sales as Wimbeldon fortnight gets under way, with consumers expected to eat 6,000 tonnes of the fruit.Sainsbury is hoping to boost volumes with a half-price offer at £1.79 a...
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Scots grower of the year
A soft fruit producer is celebrating after being named Scottish Grower of the Year by Sainsbury.James Gray of Angus Soft Fruit has been supplying the retailer with strawberries since 1994. Sainsbury said Gray had won the award for a number...
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Sundora dried fruit goes into a snack bar format
Sundora has made eating its dried fruit more convenient with the launch of a range of fruit snack bars.The new fruit bars contain up to 97% real fruit pieces with no added fruit pulp and are foil-packed for freshness and shelf stand-out....
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Fragata adds four more
Spanish olives brand Fragata is getting four new stuffed additions to its repertoire.Manufacturer Angel Camacho is introducing piri piri, orange, almond and sun dried tomato to the line-up in easy-to-open, 200g ringpull cans.Rsps will be...
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Morrisons’ fresh plan
Morrisons’ ambitions to ramp up its vertically integrated supply operation to the Safeway stores took a step forward with the acquisition of a fruit packhouse this week.The retailer has bought a 14 acre site in Thrapston, Northamptonshire, from...
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Fairtrade first at Waitrose
Waitrose is set to help South African farmers with the launch of a Fairtrade avocado.The retailer is the first to sell the Fuerte Large avocado, grown near the Kruger national park. The fruit will be available until June 27 when it will be...
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Rémy mixes a fruity cocktail
Rémy Cointreau has surprised the drinks industry with the UK launch of a fruit-based alternative to its classic cognac aimed at young women.Rémy Red liqueur has already proved popular in the US where it has been on sale for the last 18 months,...
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Brammy Awards seek most exciting products
The annual awards highlighting all that is best about Bramley Apples were launched this week.Now in their 11th year, the Brammy Awards are intended to recognise and reward retailers, caterers, manufacturers and the food media who have made the...
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Sundora grabs attention
Dried fruit snack specialist Sundora has revamped its Snack Pack range packaging. The Sundora Snack Pack is now packaged in metallic foil with impactful product photography.Sundora Foods’ commercial director, Julian Richards, said the new...
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Mushroom wars
Somerset-based Middlebrook mushrooms, the largest supermarket supplier of mushrooms, is claiming it is discriminatory to make mushroom growers in Britain pay higher rates to their pickers than those working for other vegetable producers.The...