All Fresh produce articles – Page 228
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Canned tomatoes: EU plays quota charades
The European Commission has announced its tomato processing quotas for this year an increasingly anachronistic practice. Total quota will be 6.8 million tonnes, split into paste (4.6mt), whole peeled plum (1.3mt) and other products (929,000t). ...
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First NZ Cox arrivals
New Zealand's apple season has got under way with the first Cox having arrived and a second vessel docking this week. Roger Growcott, sales director of Enza Worldwide, claims the fruit is looking good, and has been making up to £16/ctn on the...
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ANOTHER GERMAN YOGURT GIANT
Following in Müller's footsteps, another German yogurt giant has its sights set on the UK market. Erhmann, Germany's largest fruit yogurt brand [18% share/ACNielsen], has set up a sales and distribution operation in the UK through the Wright...
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Organic range from loseley
Loseley Chilled Products is capitalising on the trend for all things organic with the launch of its range of organic dairy products. Accredited by the Soil Association, the range will include yogurt (Greek, fruit, natural and luxury), cottage...
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Seven inches of...oh you decide
OK, OK. We know we ditched our caption competition long ago but the man from Heinz begged us to use this ridiculous shot of Denise Van Outen and Graham Norton using salad cream in such a puntastic way. It only goes to show that microcelebrities...
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Convergence of the droplets
Mars aims to stretch Starburst's appeal to a wider group this month with the launch of two products. Starburst Smilers are low fat tropical fruit pastilles targeting women aged 18 to 40 (rsps: 50g 27p, 200g 99p). And Starburst Factor X gum and...
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FPC: e-commerce
Problem of perishability Opinions remain divided as to how far the fruit and vegetable industry will adapt to internet trading. As the industry goes global, several delegates to the annual conference of the Fresh Produce Consortium believe...
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HOW THE PINK LADY GROWERS COOPERATE
An international producers' club including members in France, Australia, South Africa and the United States has voluntarily agreed to use the With the Pink Lady apple trademark year round. Funds are available to take legal action against itinerant...
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Primitive character
Casa Girelli has added a Primitivo di Puglia to its Canaletto winemaker's choice range. Managing director Stefano Girelli said: "Primitivo is a grape with great character and Puglia is one of Italy's most exciting wine regions." The Canaletto...
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Campino candy can-do on tv
Bendicks (Mayfair) is backing the launch of its new sugar confectionery brand Campino with a £6m TV ad campaign. Campino, which blends fruit ingredients with cream in a hard candy, comes in two variants: strawberries and cream and oranges and...