Ukraine's imports of strawberries up in 2013 despite record high production
«Unfortunately, the Ukrainian strawberry production potential is significantly higher than farmers' capacity to find sales channels for their produce», says Ms. Tetiana Getman, Head

FRUIT EXPO 2014 - International Fruit & Vegetable Trade Show
Since the beginning of the Fresh Market an exhibition has been an additional element accompanying the main event which are meetings of producers and sellers with buyers from retail networks.

Challenging but rosy future for soft fruit
Robert Verloop of Naturipe, kicked off with a vision for the future of the softfruit sector and the challenges in the sector. Firstly softfruit should follow the example of Coca Cola with the

Berries of Ukraine Conference moves to Vinnytsia!
Last year’s edition was successfully held in Mykolaiv and gathered record high number of participants. For the year 2014, the organizers decided to hold the conference in another large berry

Brussels wants to tighten regulations on organic products
They want to make organic products more reliable and check them more, states the German website Proplanta.de report. Stricter regulations and checks should make sure that organic products are

Berries of Ukraine Conference moves to Vinnytsia!
Last year’s edition was successfully held in Mykolaiv and gathered record high number of participants. For the year 2014, the organizers decided to hold the conference in another large berry

Fresh Produce Ukraine 2013
With some 3 months to go until the start of the exhibition the floor plan is already filled by more than 60%. More than 160 companies from approximately 20 different countries around the world

Italians at Fresh Produce Ukraine 2013
Following the successful edition of Fresh Produce Ukraine 2012 in which more than 23 Italian companies participated a large increase in Italian exhibitors is expected for the forthcoming 2013

“Berries of Ukraine” moves to Mykolaiv!
Ukraine's most important berry business event moves to Mykolaiv: such a decision was made by organizers of the annual international conference in 2013. Continuous change of the berry event

Leeks from import
Then there was a downward price correction, but it was evident that in general prices in the next few weeks will be very high. The forecasts confirmed at all. Belgian and Dutch prices

Prices in trade networks
Then I compared them with those offered by retailers to consumers. The results of the "investigation" is presented below. This allows to compare prices in an indirect way to

Fresh Market 2012 - success!
Mazurkas Conference Centre hosted this year 260 people representing more than 160 companies with Polish and foreign. At the conference, as in previous years, industry experts fruit and

Участники Конференции Fresh Market 2012
Конференция Fresh Market 2012 состоится 28 сентября 2012 года в Мазуркас Конференц-Центре в г.

Uczestnicy Konferencji Fresh Market 2012
Konferencja Fresh Market 2012 jest najważniejszym wydarzeniem roku branży owocowo-warzywnej. Głównym celem przedsięwzięcia jest wzmocnienie rozwoju i relacji biznesowych pomiędzy

Mega auction !!!
Industrial Auctions is specialized in auctions of machines and production lines in the food industry. Recently we have successfully organized auctions in the snack, fish, sausage and meat

Fresh Market Award – voting started!
Fresh Market Award - Product of the Year is the contest for the most innovative product in the fruit and vegetable industry. Candidates for the title of the Product of the Year 2012 are

Last moment to submit products!
What is the Product of the Year? Any product or service to the Fruit and Vegetable Industry may be put forward as a candidate for the Product of the Year title - new varieties of fruit

Fresh Market Award
What is the Product of the Year? Any product or service to the Fruit and Vegetable Industry may be put forward as a candidate for the Product of the Year title - new varieties of fruit

Decreasing prices of imported strawberries
Due to last week rains in Spain the supply of strawberries was low and prices increased significantly. The increase was at about 50%. The weather in Spain got better and the situation has

Imported strawberries in lower prices
More and more companies decide to import strawberries and offer them in lower prices. Most fruits that are being sold in Poland are imported from Spain. However importers offer also fruits from

Prices of vegetables near Warsaw
Red beets – 0.25 – 0.35 PLN/kg Onion – 0.20 – 0.30 PLN/kg (depending on size and packaging) Red onion – 0.75 – 1.00 PLN/ kg White cabbage –

Promotion of „Jabłko grójeckie” (Grojeckie Apples)
Mr Mirosław Maliszewski, the president of Związek Sadowników RP (Polish Orchardists Union), says that apples from Grójec (mazowieckie province) are well known in Poland as well

Potatoes – low demand, low prices
 Export to Russia cannot start. There is a lot of potato on the domestic market. Especially wielkopolskie I łódzkie provinces are full of this product  where the price,

High supply of cauliflowers
Therefore prices remain relatively low. Cauliflowers are bought at prices from 0,175 eur / pcs. In the Warsaw area purchase price reaches 0,4 eur / pcs. but this is an exception.  In the

British-Polish Agrifood Forum
The fourth British-Polish Agrifood Forum takes place on 17 March at the Hotel Hrabski, Falenty near Warsaw. The Forum offers the rare opportunity to meet and share experiences and expertise with