Berries news archive – Page 201
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ArticlePensioners sought in berry study
New research in New Zealand is looking at anti-ageing properties of soft fruit and needs pensioner volunteers.
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ArticleBritish Summer Fruits to sponsor Fruitstock
British Summer Fruits is to sponsor Fruitstock, the free two-day music festival organised by Innocent, the makers of Innocent Smoothies.
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Awaiting the berry baby boom
British Summer Fruits is certainly making its presence felt in its first year. The sexed-up revelations from its nutritional
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ArticleVarieties spice up economy
With record levels of strawberry sales in June and significant trialing of raspberry varieties under way, new health messages and positive media coverage have created a tidal wave of optimism for UK soft fruit. Emma Hatfield reports.
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ArticleRaspberry hooray
A visit to Home Farm, Bidborough in the heart of Kent, immediately brings home a real sense of the scale of expansion of the UK raspberry crop writes David Shapley.
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ArticleLunny’s soft spot
Not only is the UK soft-fruit industry in good shape, but it also still has a vast untapped potential for increased sales, believes Emmett Lunny, senior technologist at Marks & Spencer.
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ArticleWaitrose eyes soft premium
Sharp-eyed customers will have spotted the arrival of UK grown premium Gariguette and Fragrant Berry strawberry varieties in selected branches of Waitrose in July. While volumes are small at this stage, the appearance of these two strains reflects the commitment of the retailer to offering the widest selection of UK soft-fruit available.
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ArticleSuperior shapes up
As reported in last week’s Journal, this season’s Spanish Superior Seedless® is now flowing into UK stores, with exporters facing a tougher than normal selection process following poor weather during the growing period. Tommy Leighton visited licensed exporters in Murcia to gauge the start-of-season outlook.
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ArticleRecord June for British strawberries
Sales of British strawberries rose to record levels in June.
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A stream of unwanted precedents
Dangerous precedents have been cropping up with some regularity this year. Local councils in Herefordshire, Wiltshire and
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Salad days reinvented
Salad days are here again, and the range of pre-packs, different varieties, sizes and colours seems never ending, writes David Shapley.
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ArticleWimbledon serves up strawberries and balsamic
Wimbledon crowds were offered an alternative to the traditional serving of strawberries and cream this week.
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ArticleUS faces berry hike
Production increases in key producer states mean the US is likely to see a significant rise in strawberry production in 2004.
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Strawberries light up the aisles
My spies tell me the English strawberry crop is already at full stretch thanks to a combination of excellent growing
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ArticleUK strawbs set for 12-month window
Redeva's Ronnie McNicol believes soon we'll be eating UK strawberries all year round.
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ArticleThe big benefits of British summer fruit
On May 24, to celebrate the beginning of British berry season, British Summer Fruits released to all national and regional media the results of a research study into the benefits of strawberries and raspberries. The research was conducted on the association’s behalf by leading nutritionist and founder of the Institute for Optimum Nutrition Patrick Holford, and is part of British Summer Fruits campaign to shift the emphasis of eating strawberries and raspberries from special-occasion, dessert fruits to everyday, any time, super foods.
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ArticleBerryWorld marks decade of growth
BerryWorld is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year and, says chairman Peter Vinson, has a very good story to tell. The story is perhaps more interesting as the company has employed an informal style and has often shied away from jumping on platforms to extol its own virtues, he adds. Tommy Leighton reports.
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ArticleExpansion potential still outstrips norm
As readers will gather from other articles within this FPJ Supplement, of the major berry sectors, blueberries is the fastest growing.
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ArticleSibbit set for first summer in soft fruit
Sainsbury’s will be putting its full weight behind homegrown soft fruit during the coming months. For Craig Sibbit, installed as soft-fruit category buyer at the beginning of this year, his first summer at the helm promises to be action-packed. He spoke to Tommy Leighton.
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