Retailers
Little Kitchen Harvest launches new chilli micro-plant to meet current consumer trend of ‘micro-leaf cuisine’
Specialist micro-plant cultivator Little Kitchen Harvest is set to hit UK retailers with an exclusive range of innovative micro-plants.
The unique plants have been developed to meet the current consumer trend of ‘micro-leaf cuisine’ and produce a continuous crop in the comfort of kitchens across the country.
The upcoming launch will focus on chillies, and be followed later in the year by a series of selected micro herbs.
A Little Kitchen Harvest spokesperson, said: “Spice is trending strongly and consumers love the interaction of being able to grow and then cook with their own produce.
“We’ve worked for two years on breeding our ‘Mighty Mouse” variety chilli pepper – to give tantalising heat but with zesty aromatics, so It’s a great hit of spice and flavour; perfect for Mexican or Thai cooking, but versatile enough for soups and sauces.”
Each micro-plant is complemented with a bespoke ceramic pot that is magnetised so that it can easily fit safely to the side of a fridge or any other magnetic surfaces in the kitchen.
The company’s spokesperson, added: “As well as creating great dishes, the products are fantastic gifts and we hope to tap into the fresh flower market.
“The launch has been devised to coincide with both Father’s Day and the upcoming festival season; where Taste Of London festival goers will be the first to see the new line.”
Pots will be priced at £5 each and initially available via www.littlekitchenharvest.com
Little Kitchen Harvest is a start-up company specialising in bringing the home-grown experience into suburban and urban kitchen spaces.
Food retailer toasts a successful financial year, and also plans to open 40 new stores in 2014, creating 1,250 jobs
Iceland Foods is toasting a successful year of trading after generating group sales of £2.71 billion, up 2.7% on the previous year.
The UK supermarket chain posted the results – largely driven by new store openings and group expansion – through its holding company Topco for the 52-week period to the end of March 2014.
Like-for-like sales in the company’s last financial year, though, were flat, and adjusted EBIDTA fell 10.6% to £202 million, reflecting “major investment for sustainable future growth in the UK and abroad.”
A spokesperson for Iceland Foods also confirmed that the Malcolm Walker-led business is on track to open 40 new stores this year, creating 1,250 jobs in the process.
Walker said: “This has been a year of major investment for Iceland both at home and overseas. In the UK we accelerated our expansion programme with the opening of 46 new stores and also rolled out our online shopping offer to 280 stores.
“Overseas we began to serve important new export markets in South Africa and the Middle East, acquired the formerly franchised Iceland stores in the Republic of Ireland and opened two additional stores in the Czech Republic. We were also delighted to regain our title as the Best Big Company To Work For in the UK.”
During its most financial year, the business reduced its net debt from £875.2 million to £805.1m.
At year’s end, Iceland Foods operated 844 stores in the UK and internationally, compared to 793 a year earlier, and currently boasts a workforce of 25,000 people.