Potatoes have a lot of problems, but here are 5 ways to give them a lift in foodservice
Potatoes have a problem. Maybe more than one problem. Right now, historically low prices are the biggest challenge for grower/packer/shippers. This leads menu R&D professionals to take them for granted as a low-cost, always-available ingredient. Potatoes have a high menu penetration, and are often viewed by foodservice professionals as a cheap plate-filler. When portions are […]
In time for Easter, Aldi lowers pricing on 7 staple vegetables to just 15p each
Supermarket chain Aldi has put six staple vegetables and a key herb on sale for Easter at just 15p each. The discount retailer, which has continually set the bar low on pricing of its fresh produce since its foray into the UK, made its Easter Super Seven even more of a bargain by dropping them […]
Potatoes and onions can still be stars of your produce section with proper merchandising
Potatoes and onions provide a constant opportunity for cross-merchandising and upselling. Their presentation can be flexible, allowing retailers to tailor approaches to, and drive sales in, the often-conjoined categories on a local, and even store-by-store, basis. Just how to merchandise and promote the two separate, but not-to-be-casually-separated, categories can be accomplished in many ways. Retailers […]
Aldi releases its Super Six vegetables for Christmas at astonishingly low prices
Always keen to undercut competitors on pricing of its items, Aldi typically goes even lower on select fresh products this time of year. From 18th December, Aldi shoppers will find those Super Six vegetables in stores across the UK for less than 20p. This is an especially nice gift during a 12-month stretch when consumers […]
Select UK potato, carrot growers get 100% backing on costs from Morrisons
By the end of the year, some of the potatoes and carrots that appear in Morrisons supermarkets will be from farms being supported financially by … Morrisons. The generous initiative, in which the retailer is underwriting 100% of costs for growing those vegetables, is part of a trial that will stretch into 2024. Growers have […]
Is variety specification crucial for category growth in foodservice?
I recently attended two events where speakers focused on the importance of variety-specific traits in produce that have an impact on consumer preference and liking. Some traits focus on visual aspects like size, shape or color, while others focus on the eating experience, including aroma, taste and texture. At each event, speakers asked the audience […]
New Covent Garden Market’s Annual Trends Report
New Covent Garden Market, where over 100 wholesale traders supply fresh fruit and vegetables to some of London’s top eateries, has predicted Asian Wok Cucumbers, Celtuce, foraged sea vegetables and Crabapples as some of the hottest on-trend ingredients coming to kitchens in 2022. Meanwhile, potatoes are enjoying a moment with new varieties on the scene […]
Branston begins work on potato protein extraction plant
Leading potato supplier Branston has broken ground on a £6m facility in Lincolnshire that will extract high grade plant protein from potatoes. The facility, the first of its kind in the UK, will take the protein from “low-value potatoes” and create starch-based products as well as utilize it in vegetarian and vegan foods. Branston is […]
