Berries news archive – Page 182
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ArticleA Superior season
Spanish grape producers are anticipating one of the best seasons to date for sugraone branded as Superior Seedless™. Good news following last year’s poor crop. Ed Bedington went out to investigate.
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ArticleAsda beats fruit-sales record
Asda has seen its fruit sales shoot through the roof and last week claimed to have sold more fresh fruit than ever before.
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Oliver plugs strawberries
Jamie Oliver is set to help Sainsbury’s to sales success with English strawberries.
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ArticleScots launch branded berry
Angus Soft Fruits has brought a group of Scottish family-run fruit growers together to launch the first branded strawberry.
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ArticleSaskatoon gets UK relaunch
JO Sims has relaunched the saskatoon berry season in the UK at London’s Canadian consulate last week.
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ArticleThe appeal of summer
Summer eating is all about colourful fruit and salad selections. This year, to meet demand and increase consumption, retailers will be appealing to consumers by maximising availability and introducing new lines, to suit a variety of shoppers and occasions, writes Elspeth Waters.
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ArticleBSF shows sex appeal
The saying “sex sells” has been used for many things. But the last 12 months has seen it applied to soft fruit. The often risqué efforts of British Summer Fruits to spice up the image of homegrown strawberries and raspberries have had a huge impact on sales across the category, and interestingly the uplift transcended the promotional period and stretched through the winter. Tommy Leighton reports.
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ArticleThe great cover up
The British soft-fruit industry is one of the few agricultural success stories of the last 10 years, but it faces crisis as moves are being made to prevent the use of the polytunnel. Tommy Leighton reports.
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ArticleSupply picture blurred by global advances
There have been significant changes in the berry supply calendar in recent years thanks to year-round demand and climatic anomalies. Doris Lee Butterworth reports.
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ArticleBreed to succeed
It can literally take a lifetime of painstaking trials and thousands of pounds to breed a new strawberry variety, or any other berry fruit that will stand the commercial test of time. David Shapley talks to KG Fruits about its relationship with US-based breeding giant Driscoll’s.
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ArticleSpain looks for alternatives
A difficult season for strawberry production in Spain this year has been well documented. But a sectorial plan in place and investment outside Andalusia are proving not only that strawberries are not the only soft fruit, but also that Huelva is not the only growing area. Kathy Hammond reports.
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ArticleItaly keeps hopes up
With a season that clashes with the peak of the Spanish season and the early UK crop, Italian berry producers generally struggle to send berries to the UK. But, with larger volumes available, there remains hope that exporters can find the odd niche to create demand for their fruit.
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ArticleHighs and lows
The UK market is not what it was for Belgian and Dutch soft fruit producers. Or is it? Tony Leighton reports on contrasting fortunes in the Low Countries.
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ArticleUS impact on UK market
Global production bases allow soft-fruit suppliers to overcome seasonal variances, such as seen in Spain this year, and deliver top quality timely varieties to the market. How is the US market responding to market opportunities, asks Jessica Purbrick-Herbst.
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ArticleTaking the heat out
Farm Refrigeration offers storage solutions for soft-fruit producers, including one of KG Fruits’ largest suppliers, Hugh Lowe Farms. Elspeth Waters reports.
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ArticleTrio of releases excite EMR
Three new varieties from the strawberry breeding programme at East Malling Research (EMR) have been named and are due to be released to the UK industry this year.