Tomato news archive – Page 53
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ArticleProduce fit for a Queen
To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, FPJ shines a spotlight on some of the businesses that have helped make the trade what it is today. By way of introduction, David Shapley looks back at how the industry has changed since Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne
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ArticleReturn of the sun boosts prepared
Changing tastes and a desire for convenience are continuing to drive the prepared category, but suppliers still need the sun to keep on shining
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A right royal mix in the salad section
Tesco has got off the mark with the Jubilee celebrations, as far as my local branch is concerned, with Union Jack bunting
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ArticleBernard Sparkes: How to grow the future of the fresh produce industry by learning from the past
As I approach retirement after nearly 54 years working in British horticulture, I believe it to be a fantastic industry
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ArticleTomato sales soar in Co-op stores
Great British weather and high consumer demand for home-grown salads sent sales rocketing in The Co-operative’s stores during British Tomato Week last week.
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ArticleBernard Sparkes retires aged 70
Sparkes, a veteran of the horticulture industry and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award at the Grower of the Year awards in 2007, bows out after 54 years of service.
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ArticleThe sky's the limit
A number of challenges and continued question marks by some consumers over the need to airfreight fresh produce have made this a tough year for importers. But despite that the sector continues to innovate and invest, as Fiona Keating reports
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The freshness and variety of produce
While It’s Fresh! has been in stores for some months with giant avocados, berries, pears and melons, its use has now
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ArticleFlorette gets all dressed up
Florette has hit the ambient grocery shelves with a range of salad dressings.
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ArticlePushing the market for melons
The melon sector has had a number of challenges facing it lately, but producers are fighting back with investment and NPD, as Eurofruit’s Steven Maxwell and Gill McShane explain
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ArticleIt'sFresh! tomatoes head for Tesco
Thanet Earth’s It’sFresh! tomatoes are rolling out in Tesco stores from 13 May.
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ArticleSalads await summer of sales
Salads are a firm fixture on the shelves as summer dawns, but producers will be looking nervously to the skies to help spark the expected sales rush
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ArticleRight royal new packs for Jersey
The Jersey Royal Company is supplying the island’s iconic potatoes to Asda this year with a revolutionary new packaging format aimed at reducing food waste.
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A welcome splash of colour on the shelf
Colours play a major part in influencing customer choice, and when something packaged differently from the norm arrives it is
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Article5 A DAY? Make mine a muffin, say kids
Many children believe blueberry muffins, jam, milk, cereal and water count as part of their 5 A DAY, a poll has found.
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ArticleNot just for Jubilee
It’s been a cautious start for the UK tomato season, with good light levels getting the crop off to an early start, only to be stunted by dull weather mid-spring. But ahead of a summer of opportunity, there is optimism for a lasting sales boost. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports
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ArticleThanet Earth unveils plan for fourth glasshouse
Thanet Earth will begin construction on its fourth glasshouse this summer, three years after the first three greenhouses on the Kent site became operational.
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ArticleThanet Earth to open new greenhouse
After overcoming financial difficulties, the joint venture glasshouse complex is to expand with a new tomato facility
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ArticleUK tomatoes hope for red, white and blue glory
The UK tomato season stands to get a sales boost this year from the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee as well as the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer.
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Brands finding a place on retail shelves
Charles Dickens, writing The Pickwick Papers, immortalised the Garden of England’s reputation for apples, pears, hops