Potato news archive – Page 79
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ArticleRudolph speed hailed with bells on
Major flexible packaging supplier to the fresh produce sector Ultimate Packaging demonstrated its responsive credentials with a rapid response to a customer earlier this month.
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ArticlePotato sector gears up for busy Christmas period
Home-grown potato supplies have been ample this year and a pricing gap has opened up between the high-end offer and lower-grade material. The next stop on the calendar is Christmas, so what is in store for the potato category in the next few weeks and beyond? Anna Sbuttoni reports
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ArticleFlandria gets festive with spud range
VLAM is currently promoting two new festive potatoes from its Flandria Specialty Street range, the Vitelotte and the Ratte
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ArticleRaymond Blanc marks LEAF's 18th
Chef and restaurateur Raymond Blanc joined Linking Environment & Farming (LEAF) last week for its 18th birthday celebratory gala dinner and charity auction.
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ArticleThinking ahead
The UK is in many ways the home of innovation and with the fresh produce market more competitive than ever, it will be the most forward-thinking producers that will really come into their own past the recession. So what have UK growers got up their sleeves? Anna Sbuttoni reports
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Speciality spuds to beef up box scheme
Organic grower and box scheme supplier Tolhurst Organic Produce is launching a line of speciality potatoes for its box scheme customers.
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Christmas comes early in the supermarket aisles
There is plenty of evidence on the retail shelves this week that winter has arrived and that Christmas is not far
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Madderson reflects on shipping career
Brian Madderson retired as managing director of Port of Dover shipping specialist George Hammond at the end of October. On November 1, he launched himself into a consultancy role for the firm and a brand-new position as chairman of the UK Independent Petrol Retailers’ Association. He spoke to Laura Gould about his 20 years in the business
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Budgens reports own-brand success
Convenience retailer Budgens has seen double-digit growth on some own-brand product lines as it continues to develop its own-brand range.
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ArticleMcCain relaunch prepared range
McCain Foods has relaunched its Prepared Potato range with a marketing spend of more than £7 million.
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ArticlePotato Council launches 2010 plan
The Potato Council has unveiled its corporate plan for next year, which was put forward for consultation by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) last week.
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ArticleThe potato challenge
Home-grown potatoes have long been a staple in the kitchen, filling up generations of families and earning themselves recognition as a British favourite. However, even though consumption is edging upwards for the first time in years, the UK industry has its work cut out to get the younger generation to buy into the category. Anna Sbuttoni reports on one of the sector’s biggest challenges ahead of British Potato 2009
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ArticleChristmas veg backed at BBC Good Food
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) will be pushing the case for locally grown seasonal vegetables for the Christmas table at this year’s BBC Good Food Show.
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ArticleLondon chefs select Lincolnshire
Select Lincolnshire brought a group of high-profile London chefs to the county for 24 hours to meet fruit and vegetable producers and taste their produce, with a view to using it in their restaurants, last month.
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Rail move reflects attitude change
Railways have always had their enthusiasts, so it was intriguing to read last week that the rails are humming out of Spain
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ArticleOrganic GM alternative considered
Concern was raised over the organic agriculture industry’s ability to cope with the onslaught of climate change while spurning GM technologies, at a high-level debate in the capital last week.
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ArticleBranston invests in anaerobic digestion
Branston Ltd has confirmed that plans to build a large-scale anaerobic digestion plant that will turn waste potatoes into electricity are to go ahead, with construction work starting next month.
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ArticleASF launches Good Natured spuds
Angus Soft Fruits Ltd (ASF) is expanding its Good Natured brand with the launch of its new Splendid Spuds as it looks to capitalise on the popularity of potatoes in the UK.
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Greenvale strengthens green team
Potato supplier Greenvale AP has strengthened its “green team” with the appointment of Jessica Cranthorne as environmental co-ordinator, based at the company's Floods Ferry site in Cambridgeshire.
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ArticleBolland questions local policies
The chief executive of Morrisons has said the “local” argument can be taken too far and that the supermarket giant will only source locally where appropriate.