Exotic fruit news archive – Page 93

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    Sainsbury's "first for fresh"

    2003-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's went on the road last week to launch its new "first for fresh" campaign to all of the chain's duty and produce managers and today launched it to the national press.

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    Seventh heaven for Sainsbury's

    2003-05-20T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's has won its seventh consecutive gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.

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    New Zealand weaves mushroom magic

    2003-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Scientists have discovered how to grow orange saffron milk cap mushrooms on pine trees.

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    Beacon on sandwich course

    2003-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Ingredients specialist beacon Foods turns its attention to sandwich fillers.

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    Utopia wins top business accolade

    2003-04-17T00:00:00Z

    Exotics company ranked in prestigious Deloitte & Touche Indy 100 for fast growing businesses.

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    Pugh joins Beacon

    2003-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Fruit and vegetable processing company Beacon Foods has appointed Nigel Pugh as its senior technical research and development manager.

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    Brazilian lime expansion

    2003-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Brazil sees the UK market as having growth potential for its limes.

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    Irradiated fruit back on the shelf

    2003-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Fresh exotic fruit treated with radiation could soon be on Australian supermarket shelves.

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    German organic market picks up speed

    2003-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Consumer confidence in organic foods is slowly returning in Germany after a Nitrofen scandal.

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    Mango consumers need awakening

    2003-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Redbridge has said mango and papaya sales are going well so far this year, although consumers need awakening to the varying offer available.

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    Sainsbury's salute for flying fruit

    2003-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury's has introduced a fruit to 230 of its stores that would not normally stock the variety, to raise money for Red Nose Day and it is flying off the shelves.

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    Fruit Logistica breaks record

    2003-02-06T00:00:00Z

    Fruit Logistica organiser Messe Berlin is hailing last month's show as the best in the fruit-trade for high-level commercial contacts. Trade visitor attendance rose by 14 per cent breaking previous records for the event, which featured 850 exhibitors from 45 countries.

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    Beacon of light for onions

    2003-01-20T00:00:00Z

    Onions are getting a pick-me-up in the processing sector.

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    C&C shows faith in Spitalfields

    2002-12-05T00:00:00Z

    The C&C Group has opened a second branch in New Spitalfields, under the name of Gilgrove (New Spitalfields) Ltd.

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    Fungi fit for a prince

    2002-11-14T00:00:00Z

    Fungi expert Antonio Carluccio is pictured on his way to St James's Palace with a harvest of growing cultivated mushrooms.

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    Video pushed at airlines

    2002-11-10T00:00:00Z

    The National Farmers' Union is urging airlines servicing the UK to screen a new video produced by the department for the environment, food and rural affairs which outlines the dangers of illegal plant and food imports.

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    Fry joins retail panel at Congress

    2002-11-10T00:00:00Z

    Peter Fry, head of produce at Tesco, sat on a high-powered retail panel at the Eurofruit Congress in Amsterdam.

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    Shutler's shuffle

    2002-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Somerfield has named Andy Shutler as its new head of fresh produce and frozen food buying.

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    Mango week perks up sales

    2002-09-12T00:00:00Z

    National Mango Week (September 9-15) has seen promotions for the tropical fruit in full force in the UK.

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    Greengro unveiled in Kent

    2002-08-27T00:00:00Z

    Greengro, a new tunnel system designed to produce year round crops in the UK, has been unveiled in Kent by Unigro Ltd.