Berries news archive – Page 193
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Retailers roll out all things bright and beautiful
there always seems to be something new going on in the salad market. What is particularly interesting is the way the sector is
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Sunny soft-fruit jv for The Summerfruit Company
Soft-fruit marketer The Summerfruit Company has joined forces with US producer Sunnyridge Farm to co-ordinate procurement of berries to the UK from North and South America.
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ArticleAmazonian berries top the bill
International fruit ingredient supplier JO Sims will be putting the positive health benefits of antioxidants in the spotlight at this year’s Health Ingredients Europe (Hi Europe) exhibition, taking place in Frankfurt from November 14-16.
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ArticleBerry good for gums
Juice manufacturer Ocean Spray ITG will be highlighting the health benefits of the North American cranberry at Health Ingredients Europe (HiE) 2006 following recent research which cites its potential for improving oral health.
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ArticleMcKeith bigs up berry properties
Celebrity nutritionist Gillian McKeith made an impression at Fruit Focus last week, using her familiar bullying tactics to endorse eating berries.
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ArticleCranberries boost immunity
New research has found cranberries may offer defence against food poisoning, thanks to the fruit’s ability to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
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ArticleRaspberry offer outstrips demand
UK raspberries are in the midst of a tricky time as offer outweighs apparent consumer demand.
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ArticleBerry bodies link up
Spanish producer and exporter groups and associations have come together to form a whole-chain trade body that represents the entirety of strawberry production in the Huelva region.
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Somerfield shoppers: British strawbs rule
British strawberries have been voted shoppers’ favourite own-label product at Somerfield in a survey just published.
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ArticleSpreading the news
British Summer Fruits and Winter Berries won this year’s Re:fresh Marketing Campaign of the Year award, sponsored by Pr2. The campaign is devised and run by London PR agency Sputnik Communications and Tommy Leighton asks Lucy Rickett what made it into an award winner
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ArticleThe value proposition
Redbridge Worldfresh, a division within Redbridge Holdings, was born of the merger between Redbridge Produce Marketing and AFI only two years ago. At that time the combined business had an annual turnover of almost £60m. During the last couple of years, the integration has been completed and the initial period of policy formulation and implementation has begun to bear financial fruit. Tommy Leighton talks to Richard Parke-Davies and Ian Waller about the company’s vision, both for itself and the soft-fruit category
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Berries show the way for us all
The soft-fruit industry converges on Kent next week having enjoyed more than its fair share of publicity in recent months.Of
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ArticleSpanish berry profits slide
The Spanish strawberry sector has closed the 2005-06 season €25 million down on last season.
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ArticleStrawberries take sporting chance
The UK strawberry sector appears to have shrugged off the World Cup effect.
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ArticleCranberries defence against food poisoning
New research has found that cranberries may offer defense against food poisoning, thanks to the fruit’s ability to inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria.
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ArticleGetting aggressive on raspberries
The UK raspberry crop is being promoted aggressively this week and next in High Street multiples as the supply chain tries to avoid offer out-stripping demand.
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Back to the grind and half a glass
Now we’ve all finished watching grown men dive and cheat their way through what is meant to be the world’s
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Stonefruit sensations for all occasions
I get the impression from reports on European stonefruit harvesting that it has been a bit of a bumpy ride so far this season,
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ArticleSpanish pray for grape success
Spanish grapes are set for a successful season, with a good quality crop standing out in a competitive July market. UK consumption of Spanish product has grown in the last 12 months, and Foods from Spain will continue its promotional push. Anna Sbuttoni reports
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ArticleBSF takes polytunnel debate to parliament
British Summer Fruits took the opportunity to engage with the country’s politicians last week, as parliament rallied behind the home-grown soft-fruit crop.