Berries news archive – Page 192
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ArticleBerries make up for lost time
UK strawberry sales and production are running well ahead of last year as fine weather helps volumes pick up from a slow start.
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ArticleBlack and blue
We all read regularly about strawberries and raspberries, but the lesser-volume types being grown on these shores are gaining their own share of the limelight. David Shapley takes a peek at UK production of blueberries, blackberries and blackcurrants.
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ArticleKG hails queen of the strawbs
Specialist berry producer KG Fruits is for the first time offering retailers substantial volumes of what it says is the sweetest strawberry ever grown in the UK.
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ArticleJO Sims breaks into bakery
The increasing demand for fruit ingredients in the baked goods sector has lead to significant outlay by the UK’s leading fruit ingredient supplier, JO Sims.
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‘Ere Wiggin, what are you on about?
As summer gets underway, horticulture continues to attract its share of the headlines. Indeed some subjects never seem to go
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ArticleAnglo-Chilean alliance in berry category
A new company - Euroberryuk - has been formed from an alliance between two established grower owned companies from both sides of the Atlantic.
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ArticleAVA aims at wedding market
AVA strawberries will be promoted as the perfect fruit for weddings, as part of an expanded PR campaign for the fruit.
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ArticleBritish berries score with Sophie
As model Sophie Anderton launched the strawberry season this week in eye-catching fashion, the UK soft-fruit industry has been spared the ravages of one of the wettest Mays on record by its use of polytunnels and has been using the fact to its media advantage.
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ArticleTulpin takes first Egyptian grape
The first Egyptian grapes to reach Europe this season have flown into Ostend.
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ArticleOlins oozes optimism
Laurence Olins told Re:fresh 2006 that the future has never been more optimistic for suppliers as the fresh produce industry is much more dynamic and intellectually led than ever before.
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ArticleBerry campaign best of class
Sputnik Communications was awarded the Prophet Marketing Campaign of the Year award for its promotion of British Summer Fruits & Winter Berries.
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Somerfield's strawberry success
The recent sunny spells have prompted a sudden surge in strawberry sales at Somerfield in the last three weeks, with the supermarket reporting record sales of more than one million punnets.
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ArticleBerryWorld on Huelva mission
BerryWorld recently organised a grower trip to Huelva, Spain, to view developments and new concepts in the production area for soft fruit.
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ArticleRe:fresh Awards - the winners
The fresh produce industry turned out in force last night to celebrate the third annual Re:fresh Awards Dinner.
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Strawberry pull-out
Strawberry growers in Huelva in south-western Spain have begun pulling up their plants in the face of low prices.
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ArticleBlueberry boom worries Argentina
A surge in blueberry plantings in north-western Argentina is leaving growers nervous.
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New blueberry region enters the fray
Producers in northern Spain are grouping together to grow blueberries which they expect to be able to export by summer 2008.
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Angus AVA go at Taste of Scotland
Angus soft Fruits have been getting the consumer appetite whetted with tasting sessions at the Taste of Scotland show last week.
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Asda goes local on soft fruit
Asda is extending the scope of its local sourcing when it comes to strawberries, with a little help from Advanced Marketing Services.
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ArticleDon ducks for cover
Monty Don, celebrity gardener and outspoken critic of the soft-fruit industry, has backed out of an agreement with FPJ to answer a series of questions from producers.