All Fresh produce articles – Page 222
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PEOPLE MOVES IN BRIEF
Fruit juice brand Tropicana has appointed two new members to its channel marketing team. Roisin O'Shea, previously at Gallaher, is the new category development manager, grocery. Louise Jobson joins as category development manager for the convenience...
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Exotics: Mania for mangoes
Sainsbury and Safeway have already given their support to a Mango Week from August 17-27 to coincide with the peak arrivals from Puerto Rico and Israel. Sant Mehta, chairman of the UK's largest supplier Minor Weir & Willis, aims to create an...
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Multiples: Waitrose puts puts faces to fruit on PoS
Waitrose is featuring its English growers in store for the first time on point of sale material to emphasise quality, seasonality and the close relationship which they have built up. Strawberry producers Harry Hall of Hall Hunter, Wokingham, and...
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Tropicana targets impulse sector as its single serve range g
Fruit juice specialist Tropicana is targeting its relaunched single serve range at the impulse sector this month. A £1m campaign includes outdoor advertising in the London area throughout July and August, as well as radio, on-pack promotions in...
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Things go sour for Skittles
Mars Confectionery is adding more flavours to the Skittles portfolio with the launch of Skittles Sours. The five new flavours in the Sours bag are pineapple, mandarin, raspberry, apple and cherry and will be available from next month. Mars plans...
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Milk's going Splish Splash Splosh
Staple Dairy Products is expanding its portfolio of mainstream brands with the launch of three Splish Splash Splosh flavoured milk drinks. The screw-capped 500ml bottles come in three variants chocolate, strawberry and banana. All are made with...
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Apples and pears: Deregulation for NZ fruit
October will see the end of an era when the New Zealand apple and pear industry is finally deregulated. Regulations will be revoked on October 1 at the end of the season allowing growers a choice of exporters competing on an equal footing. The...
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Stone fruit: New apricot heads for UK
French recognise potential to expand niche markets French apricot growers in the Gard region are launching a new apricot variety called Bergarouge in the UK this summer. It is a hybrid of two of the most popular types, Bergeron associated with...
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Brandwatch Mintel category report: Fruit juice and juice dri
Between 1995 and 2000, the fruit juice and juice drinks sector grew by an estimated 51% in volume terms. In 2000, the total juice sector sold a volume of 1,879 million litres, equating to sales of £1,973m. The main threat for fruit juices comes...
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Retail Price Index: Fruit 'n' veg hit inflation
Food price inflation surged to 5.3% in the 12 months to mid-May, up from 3.7% in April. The government's latest RPI figures also showed the headline rate for all items rising from 1.8% to 2.1%. The main reason was a 24.5% upturn in seasonal food....
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Arbor Mist backed with a cool £4m
Matthew Clark is planning to put some new life into the wine cooler market by putting a £4m marketing budget behind Arbor Mist, its recent entry into the sector. The products are a slightly sparkling, lower alcohol mix of wine and fruit juice. The...
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Root crops: Watton Produce forms partnership with Briess
Chipiona Produce strengthens UK import/export links Norfolk based Watton Produce, already one of the largest UK carrot and parsnip growers, is spreading its wings through joint partnership with Covent Garden based Spanish importing company Briess &...
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ISRAEL: Ready to eat
Israeli growers are leaving mangoes on the tree longer so they can be offered to UK supermarkets as tree ripened. Fruit will incur extra expense as it will have to be airfreighted said summer fruit sales manager Yaron Yarchie. The UK is programmed...
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Marks and Spencer: Lunch to Go facility set up
M&S has reorganised its logistics arrangements for its rapidly growing Lunch to Go food delivery service. Lunch to Go delivers sandwiches, salads and microwave meals in vans direct to offices in London and other major cities in the UK, typically...
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NEW RISPINOS TRIO
Uncle Ben's has doubled the number of variants in its Rispinos rice snacks range by adding a trio of savoury flavours. Barbecue, Cheese and Onion and Pizza all of which have less than 2% fat joined the three sweet versions last week. The...
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Wonka takes a savoury turn with Oompas' caterpillars and mas
Mashed potato and caterpillar are among the weird and wacky flavours in Nestlé Rowntree's new Wonka Oompas sweets the first kids' sugar confectionery product to combine savoury and sweet flavours. Based on the Oompaloompa characters from the...
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Sally Easton
Master of Wine and wine buyer for Berry Brothers and Rudd This has a lemon colour with a hint of opaqueness. It smells intensely of ripe lemons and a little honey. The palate is gently sparkling with freshening acidity and sufficient sweetness to...
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israeli GRAPE
New varieties Airfreighted Israeli Perlette grape has arrived on the UK market earlier than anticipated this season, coinciding with the news that total UK imports will be increased. Rani Friedlander, UK general manager for Agrexco, expects the...
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APPLES: SA apple imports to rise
Capespan forecasts 40% increase for vintage' Golden Delicious Major increases in South African apple imports to the UK have been forecast by Martin Dunnett, marketing director of Capespan International. With Golden Delicious already being sold in...
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CHERRIES: Setback for Picota
The Spanish stalkless Picota crop grown in the designated Valle de Jerte region west of Madrid has been badly hit by poor fruit set which may ultimately reduce production by 60% of its full potential. With Picota harvesting due to start between...