Onion and garlic news archive – Page 22
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ArticleShiloh Produce extends Chep deal
Group will continue to transport its yellow-red and white onions to supermarkets using Chep pallets
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ArticleBlack Garlic earns supermarket listing
Black Garlic has won two new listings at Tesco and at Waitrose.
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ArticleLife in the fast lane
A racing driver, a chartered engineer, an amateur grower and a mother of two, Christine Tacon has turned around The Co-operative Farms and made the role her own. Anna Sbuttoni met her to talk marketing, multiple retailing and Morris Minors
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ArticlePrepared market thrives with category evolution
The UK prepared market is showing some of the most promising growth in the produce aisle, but the sector needs to keep investing and innovating to safeguard its position in a competitive market. Anna Sbuttoni reports
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Retailers mix and match with shoppers spoilt for choice
Consumers will have already got the taste for strawberries by the time Wimbledon fortnight arrives. In fact the shelves have
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ArticleWaitrose launches bread-less salad wrap
A fresh take on sandwiches held together with Cos and Romaine lettuce leaves rather than bread has been launched by UK premium retailer Waitrose.
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Linked sales and promos as summer season kicks in
Strawberries may well be one of the best impulse buys, but there are plenty of signs that retailers are using every other
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ArticleChina predicts bumper garlic crop
China expects to harvest 50 per cent more garlic this season compared to last, when low volumes led to record prices
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ArticleOrganics take on price matching challenge
Organic produce growers and suppliers are seeing prices squeezed more than ever in order to compete with conventional lines. Anna Sbuttoni reports on a category that is feeling the pinch in an increasingly competitive grocery market
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ArticleYorkshire green garlic season starts
Copperwheat Agriculture has kicked off the new season crop of Yorkshire grown garlic with supplies of green garlic on shelf now.
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ArticleFull steam ahead for the UK’s future food basket
With its diverse microclimates and advanced technology, Scotland has a multitude of crops to offer from soft fruit and potatoes to herbs and garlic, as well as many successful routes to market. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports from a nation continuing to make huge progress
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Retailers make the most of their points of difference
I get the feeling that simple descriptions to encourage the public to buy such as “sweet” or “juicy”
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ArticleIndonesia reopens to Dutch onions
A new treatment programme has reopened the Indonesian market to Dutch onions after a two-year hiatus
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ArticleBig crop vetoes Philippine onion imports
Solid Philippine onion production means the government is unlikely to issue any import licences in the next six months
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ArticleGarlic duty case raises alarm for importers
UK fresh produce importers will be on high alert after a major court case highlighted an ongoing issue over deceptively packaged produce.
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ArticleWaitrose trumpets Elephant Garlic's arrival
Waitrose has flexed its trunk by stocking a new heavyweight product: Elephant Garlic.
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ArticleMcCain pulls out of sweet potatoes
Potato giant McCain no longer has a presence in the sweet potato market after the withdrawal of a key product.
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ArticleChinese garlic prices hit new heights
Chinese garlic prices have broken new records as speculative investors hoard volumes of an already short 2010/11 crop
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ArticleMeet The Goodness Gang
Barbie, Buzz Lightyear and Bobo the Bear move aside, UK children have a new toy to adore that may just boost sales of fresh produce.
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ArticleGarlic prices remain high
The garlic market is expected to remain “bullish” for some time as China remains in control of an increasingly lucrative product.