All Fresh produce articles – Page 87
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NewsGary the Grape app promotes fruit from South Africa
A new app has been launched to promote the health benefits and ethical credentials of South African grapes…
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Analysis & FeaturesPotato prices drop at last as hot July weather boosts crop
The wholesale price of potatoes in the UK has fallen 38% since June, after favourable weather in July boosted supply…
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Analysis & FeaturesHas Strawberrygate hulled the lengthy promos of old?
As Daphne Smallman, 76, discovered while shopping at Tesco in June 2011, some pleasures aren’t as simple as they first app…
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NewsAspall predicts vintage apple crop - in quality if not quantity
Cider producer Aspall has said it is expecting a ‘vintage’ apple crop in terms of quality – though only average in size.
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NewsWaitrose launches sweetcorn in husks for BBQs
Waitrose is offering a net of six sweetcorn cobs still in their husks to encourage consumers to cook them on the barbecue…
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NewsJaffa campaign to 'bring back half-time orange'
Jaffa is targeting children’s football clubs nationwide with a new campaign to ‘save the half-time orange’…
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News'Super broccoli' Beneforté gets own website
The Institute of Food Research is to launch a website giving information on ‘super broccoli’ Beneforté…
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NewsSainsbury's CEO opens AC Goatham apple packing centre
AC Goatham & Son has opened a new £9m packing and distribution centre near Rochester…
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NewsTesco strawberry fine: bad luck or well deserved?
Tesco can consider itself “unlucky” to have been caught out running a misleading promotion on strawberries in 2011…
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Category ReportThe roast dinner resurrected
After years of decline, is the most British gastronomic tradition coming back to life?…
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Category ReportRoast dinner: Kantar Worldpanel
Last year, the nation ate 2.1 billion roast meat dinners, a slight rise after years of steady decline.
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NewsTesco fined £300,000 over half-price strawberry offer
Tesco has been fined £300,000 for misleading consumers with a half-price offer on punnets of strawberries.
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NewsEnglish dessert apple crop 'not bumper'
English apple producers have downplayed talk of a bumper English dessert apple crop following the latest forecasts for the…
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Analysis & FeaturesAlmond prices rise thanks to smaller crop yields
Almond prices are rising as crops in key growing areas fall short of forecasts…
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NewsNew potatoes receive new definition
The potato industry has established a standard definition of ‘new potatoes’ after an investigation by trading standards revealed that potatoes were being sold as ‘new’ for up to seven months after harvest.
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NewsPrinces makes commitment to British fruit & veg farmers
Princes has pledged to buy 40,000 tonnes of British fruit and veg in the next year…
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NewsLowest onion crop for years feared by growers
The UK could be headed for the worst onion harvest in four years as poor weather earlier this year continues to take its toll on the crop.
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NewsFrozen blueberries from Canada set for UK launch
Wild Canadian blueberry suppliers are targeting UK shoppers with a new frozen retail pack…
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NewsSainsbury's and Thanet Earth to offer UK tomatoes all year
Sainsbury’s will be able to offer British-grown tomatoes all year round for the first time this year…
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NewsJazzy potatoes set to return to Co-op Group stores
Jazzy variety potatoes will be returning to The Co-operative Group shelves for the second year running in August…