All Fresh produce articles – Page 205
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Waitrose flags up sources
Waitrose is individually identifying dessert apples by variety and source with a new colour coded sticker in a move which will rationalise the style of labels used across its full range. The first fruit with a new look, South African Royal Gala, is...
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Danone gets the hump
Danone is to feature a camel called Harry in a new regional TV ad campaign for Volvic Touch of Fruit, part of a £9m marketing spend. Aimed at building brand awareness in Scotland and the north of England, the ads which include Harry pushing a...
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Fuller's follows Fusion's fruit trend with cranberry Organic
Another brewer is reacting to the challenge to its traditional markets from premium packaged spirits by introducing a fruit flavoured beer. Fuller's has chosen cranberry, one of the leading flavours in the PPS sector, for an extension of its...
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The total meat free/vegetarian category is worth £539m (52 w
In this instance the category includes both chilled and frozen sectors, and products such as vegetable/meat free sausages, burgers, kievs, fillets, deli slices, pâté, samosas, meals, pies and some potato products. The chilled sector dominates...
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Market shares by value
52 w/e 52 w/e Mar 4 '01 Mar 3 '02 Value (£000) Total market 784.8 843.9 Juice drinks 187.2 ...
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seedless GRAPE
New reds filling a niche Continuing demand for seedless grape has led to a massive investment programme by Paloma, one of the best known producer/exporter groups in the Murcia region of Spain. It is concentrating on specially selected red...
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It's Easter Sunday, so it's off through the traditional holi
But what's this? Onions and shallots from Roscoff in Brittany alongside the gastronomic delights of Surrey and Sussex? Surely not? Don't tell Margaret Beckett, but the tasty product from across the Channel, which was once pedalled around Britain by...
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Coca-Cola fights back with lemon variant for Diet Coke
Mary Carmichael Coca-Cola is aiming to add fizz to the UK cola drinks sector with the launch of a lemon-flavoured variant of Diet Coke in June. The soft drinks giant hopes new Diet Coke with Lemon will boost the sector, which has been under...
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The fruit juice/juice drinks market is worth nearly £844m (5
Pure fruit juice is the largest sector in this market with a 55% share, which is growing at a faster rate than juice drinks in both value and volume. The greatest growth has come from one-shot juice/juice drinks, which have increased by 18.3% in...
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Poor weather has slowed the harvesting of Mediterranean new
It has forecast total annual imports (August-July) at 213,000 tonnes by the BPC, 6% up on last year. However, the figures do not tell the whole story, for the UK's imported new potato market is relatively inflexible and more so when the English...
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LIMONESCO GUARANTEE
Consumers are to be offered a full refund on Italian sparkling lemon drink Limonesco whether they like it or not! The brand has been repackaged and the new look bottle goes into the trade in mid-April. Featuring a neck collar promotion called the...
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n Convenience food producer Suntrax Corporation of Kingst
n For over two generations, one of the oldest labels in Jamaica, Roberts, has been represented in the UK by Evans, Gray and Hood, part of the Kimpton's Group. The firm's wide portfolio ranges from ackees to guava jelly and tropical fruit punch...
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Drink away with Falstaff
Thatchers is adding to its range of single variety ciders with the introduction of Falstaff and Redstreak. Falstaff apples are grown by the Somerset cider specialist in its own orchards. The cider will be listed exclusively by Waitrose from...
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The launch of Winders in January last year signalled Kellogg
The long, flat, rolled-up strips of fruit-based confectionery were aimed squarely at six to 12-year-olds and were backed by a £6m launchpad including TV and magazine ads. The backing paper featured comic strip cartoons starring brand characters the...
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Innocence at large in juices
Smoothie specialist Innocent Drinks launched its first range of fruit juices. Three products will be available from May in apple, blackcurrant and elderflower, orange, mango and lime, and pink grapefruit, pineapple and lime flavours. Innocent's...
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PASTA SALAD DAYS AT GINSTERS
Ginsters launched a series of pasta salads. The three new products are based on its top selling sandwich flavours, chargrilled chicken and bacon, double cheese and onion and prawn. Commercial manager Alistair Simons said: "We wanted to extend our...
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The big brands have rushed out a host of new barbecue accomp
Heinz Condiment Sauces Rsp: £1.09 for 180ml A range of four contemporary table sauces in garlic, sundried tomato, Mediterranean olive and exotic flavours designed to encourage consumers to experiment with new tastes, which have also found a...
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Jersey Royal to get facelift
Jersey new potatoes are set for a facelift this season. The Jersey Potato Export Marketing Board (JPEMB) has officially taken over from the island's States Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and is making the relaunch of the crop a priority....