All Fresh produce articles – Page 216
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Top fruit/ grapes: Argentina export boom
More Argentinian apples, pears and grapes are heading for Europe as plantings and yields increase. Exporters have already had success with bicoloured apples, such as Gala shortly expected to reach 2 million cartons and Fuji. Beurre Bosc,...
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Funyuns run ahead of the pack
Walkers has promised a raft of new product launches for 2001 in the wake of its newest arrival, Funyuns. These are onion flavoured rings which have been established in the US for some time and which Walkers has just brought to the UK. This has...
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Ireland: Fruit and veg is sold too cheap'
A fresh confrontation is looming in the Irish Republic between food producers and multiples over the latest price war initiated by Tesco. After a battle over cut-price milk (which they lost) and over frozen New Zealand lamb (which they won), Irish...
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Grapes/ stone fruit: Chile expects UK sales to be back on co
Chilean exporters and distributors are predicting a strong upturn in sales this season after last season's poor returns caused by light crops and fluctuating markets. Then, Europe took some 28% of Chilean fruit exports, but Ronald Bown, chairman of...
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Doing the Slamba
Latest entry into the premium packaged spirit market is a tequila and lemon mix from Scottish Courage Brands. Slamba is a 5.5% abv drink sold in a 250ml can inside a 440ml clear plastic container. It was launched in the on-trade at the end of last...
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New products: Kellogg's is on a roll
Kellogg's is taking its first steps beyond the cereal category with the £6m launch of a kids fruit snack product. Real Fruit Winders are long flat strips of fruit based confectionery (containing 50% fruit) that come rolled up. Kids can peel them...
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The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey
Brand Ranking (based on value) 1 Hartley's Pure Fruit Jam 2 Robertson's Standard Jam 3 Robertson's Golden Shred 4 Tesco Standard Jam ...
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The Grocer focus on jams, spreads & honey: market value and
Market by value (£000) 52 w/e Nov 12 ...
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Potatoes: Imports keep lid on British prices
New year assessment of the potato crop has indicated that around 12% either remains in the ground or is affected by waste. Farmgate prices have only increased marginally so far because at present growers are keen to offload middle to lower grade...
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It's a bigger and creamier Waistline
Exclusive Karen Dempsey Crosse & Blackwell is revamping its low fat dressings brand Waistline to take a bigger dollop of the salad cream market which was rejuvenated by Heinz last year. Waistline will be made with a creamier recipe and it will now...
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New Zealand: Enza rebuffed in the battle for permits
The lifting of the injunction preventing New Zealand apple and pear growers being granted independent export permits for 2.4 million cartons of fruit this season has led to the resignation of Enza's chief executive David Geor. The Enza board said...
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TESCO CHOOSES ORANGE RIVER PRODUCERS
As the South African seedless grape season in the Orange River region gets into full swing, Tesco has awarded its Nature's Choice accreditation to four major producers, Peu Bezuidenhout, Brennie Wiehahn, RK Oosthuizen & Sons and the Karsten Group....
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Soft drinks: It's Alive to new trends
Coca-Cola has set out its 2001 stall with the announcement of four UK product launches targeting younger, trendier sectors. Erosion of Coca-Cola's eponymous brand by other drinks sectors energy and still fruit-based drinks in particular has...
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New Covent Garden turns to comedy
New Covent Garden Soup Company is getting behind Comic Relief 2001 with a Red Nose Day soup. It is to donate 33p per pack of the Squashed Tomato and Basil Soup to Comic Relief's latest campaign to "say pants to poverty". The soup special,...
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Canned fruit: SA eases fruit prices
The South African apricot pack started on November 27 and is expected to run until the end of the year, with peaches starting at the end of the month. Prices are being quoted and have weakened by up to 5% on some products. "It's not that there's...
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BANANAS: Windwards take on selling role
Geest name will eventually disappear as a brand Windward Isles banana growers will be selling their own fruit through a new directly controlled sales office from January 1, as part of sweeping changes announced this week. The office will trade as...
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APPLE BRANDING: Pink Lady price holds up
Pink Lady producers who are members of an international alliance that aims to maintain a premium price for the variety are pleased that retail price levels have been holding during the transition from summer to autumn supplies. "The Australian...
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Citrus: The allure of the Algarve
The Portuguese citrus industry has taken its first steps to explore the export potential of the UK. Growers have been fortified by EU certification that has recognised the superior quality of citrus fruit grown in the Algarve. Dr Jose Vitorino,...
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T&T uses Popstars to target teens
Drinks manufacturer T&T is to use new teen TV docusoap Popstars as a platform for the launch of its range of fruit based soft drinks. It wants to "catapult the brand into the everyday drinking repertoire of the ever fickle teen market" with the...
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ONIONS: Holus looks to wider horizons
Specialist onion importer/ exporter and distributor The Holus Bureau, which last year sold £17m worth of bulbs from its offices near Ely, Cambs, is branching out to embrace other crops. It has set up a two way office in Antwerp and will launch a...