All Fresh produce articles – Page 234
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spanish Tomatoes
Increasing interest in speciality varieties BonnySA plans £90m packhouse programme Vast tracts of land have already been cleared at Muchamial north of the Alicante, heartland of the Spanish tomato industries, in the first stage towards...
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Nurishment by ice cream
WT Foods Group is expanding its energy milk drink brand Nurishment with the launch of a new ice cream. Nurishment ice cream comes in four flavours vanilla, chocolate, strawberry and mango. It has an 18 month shelf life and it will be positioned...
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International fresh fruit and vegetables
Fresh produce buyers will find a wealth of ideas and new sources among the exhibitors at Expo's International Fresh Produce Fair. Providing an international flavour, Zimbabwe is bringing producers to the show to promote the high quality fruit,...
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TASTING PANELS
THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wines Looks Australian, tastes Australianand is of course Italian. Dark yellow colour with a creamy grapefruit, melon and hazelnut nose. The oak is slightly less subtle than...
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TASTING PANELS
Oranges and a Caribbean beach did not say rum very clearly to our panel, who gave a mixed reception for the orange colour and flavour. Caribbean Twist From Halewood International The company is spending £1m advertising this 5.4% abv fruit...
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Virgin moves to put new energy into US activities
The Virgin Group is set to launch a range of "new age" drinks in the US, five years after it was set up to take on the might of Pepsi and Coca-Cola. The new range will include fruit juices and energy beverages and used as a test bed for ...
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PRINCE DE BRETAGNE ON THE OFFENSIVE
Prince de Bretagne intends to strengthen its presence in the UK market this spring says marketing director Olivier Sinquin. The promotional and marketing organisation representing France's most important salad and vegetable region is developing...
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Needlers' sharp flavours
Needler Blue Bird Confectionery Group is launching Needlers Chewies, a new sugar confectionery product. The chewy bonbon type sweets come in three fruit flavours: Luscious Strawberry, Tangy Lemon and Zingy Apple. The consumer launch is backed by a...
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The greenery
On target for accuracy English supermarket buyers are to be provided with the most detailed information on consumer varietal preferences of tomatoes, apples and eventually peppers by The Greenery International. The Dutch marketing organisation,...
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jaffa citrus
Israel in race to catch up last year's orange exports Shamoutis get off to slow start A combination of wet weather and dock strikes has meant that shipments of Jaffa Shamouti oranges have fallen well behind export estimates, compounding delays...
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Reef sticks its neck out in £1m spend
The packaging of the still alcoholic fruit drink Reef is being revised and the launch of the bottle is being supported by a sampling campaign. This is part of a £1m marketing investment by Bass this year. The stubby wide necked bottle has been...
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SALAD DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN?
There's further evidence Heinz is rethinking its strategy for Salad Cream with the promotion of Clodagh Ward to mastermind a heavyweight investment programme in the product. As general manager for condiment sauces, Ward will also look after a...
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Waitrose aiming to reactivate interest in traditional but forgotten fruit
Multiples back moves to develop niche varieties
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ENGLISH apples
Long-term growth expected in prepacked fruit with its additional opportunities English dessert apples core Sainsbury concern Sainsbury plans to give English dessert apples greater prominence in the coming season, fruit category buyer Marcus...
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english apples
Multiple sells abundant supplies at lowest prices on record' Tesco volume sales soar Tesco has claimed a massive increase in sales of English apples in the season coming to a close. Buyer Simon Latham said it had reached 57 million, the...
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THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow
Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wines A pale greenish colour with an aromatic rounded nose, with grass, lemon and hazelnut overtones. Not too astringent. It is robust with a good acid balance but a little dry for the mass palate. I found...
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THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow
Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wines This has a pale straw colour with smallish bubbles. Has a green apple nose which is quite lively. A typical cava without showing any real class. Crisp and dry in the mouth with a clean appley flavour ...
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THE EXPERT Arabella Woodrow
Master of Wine and wine buyer for Forth Wines This has a clear colour with large bubbles. It has a slightly medicinal nose and is reminiscent of tonic and lime peel. It seems fairly innocuous in the mouth and is probably more alcoholic than it...
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Industry must play to its strengths to boost market share
Gala growers praised for quality of this year’s crop
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Campaign calls for fruit for cooking' fixture
Bramley apple growers want multiples to reposition their fruit in produce departments away from varieties such as Granny Smith