Salad vegetables news archive – Page 51
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FPJ Big 50 Products: Podcast
The FPJ team discuss the inaugural FPJ Big 50 Products, the supermarket price war and products trends to keep an eye on
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ArticleFlorette offers ‘Bags of Insight’
The bagged salad specialist has introduced its new ‘Bags of Insight’ infographic to communicate about consumer buying habits
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ArticleWay salad presented 'can push price up three times higher'
Study commissioned by Lidl and carried out by Oxford University professor found that looks were everything
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ArticleSalad category diversifies into exotics
The exotic salad market is burgeoning as consumers choose new flavours with fruit, grain and protein additions, leading to plenty of new opportunities for suppliers
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ArticleChiquita relocates head office to Florida
Group confirms plan to move to Fort Lauderdale, with Fresh Express division to be based further north in Orlando
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ArticleIsraeli breeders identify new trends
New opportunities are apparently emerging for new product development in the tomato and melon categories
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ArticleHospitals 'paid too much' for produce
Health boards allegedly spent around £400k too much after paying over the odds for bananas, potatoes and cucumbers
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ArticleBelgium 'rediscovers' UK market
Belgium has been a major supplier of fruit and veg to the UK for many years, but while that has waned somewhat, it is coming back strong
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ArticleBejo acquires lettuce specialist Agrisemen
No job losses to occur under acquisition of Breda-based firm, which will give Bejo a market position in lettuce
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ArticleAir raid tunnel salad farm opens for business
Growing Underground, a farm based in ex-WWII tunnels, is set to start trading through Covent Garden wholesaler
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ArticleRetailers urged to help desperate cucumber growers
Derek Hargreaves, of the Cucumber Growers Association, says just a 3p rise would help growers who are “on their knees”
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ArticleNew 'sweet' lettuce variety unveiled at Sainsbury's
Launched by Bedfordshire Growers and that company's growing partner Jepco, Red Butterhead is a Red Salanova type bred by Rijk Zwaan
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ArticleWimbledon Pimm's demand sees more cucumbers grown
Demand has become so great, that UK growers have reportedly had to re-plant their crops in April and May to ensure availability
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ArticleMicro produce hits the mainstream
Micro produce’s growing public exposure has been boosted by a recent listing in a major multiple retailer. Nina Pullman asks key suppliers whether the category is ready to move into the mainstream
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ArticleInterview: Something in the watercress
Martyn Fisher meets one of fresh produce’s most innovative business leaders to hear about the future of watercress and salads
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ArticleTesco trebles its exotic salad lines
Retailer says figures that show exotic salads are becoming lunch option of choice are behind move to expand range
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ArticleWaitrose in 'market first' salad product launch
Grower’s Selection Seasonal Salad Leaves pack, priced at £1.50 for 60g, includes micro wasabi leaf
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Vitacress hawks its wares to the next generation
Local schoolchildren invited to come and see how salad is produce at one of the firm's sites, as well as meeting the company's hawks
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ArticleProduce sales slide in Belgium
Volume sales of fruit and vegetables in Belgium fell by nearly 6 per cent in 2014, according to research from GfK Benelux
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ArticleTozers’ rocket seeds have lift off
Seed firm is part of educational project to launch 2kg of rocket seeds into space and test how it affects growth