Summer fruit production at risk after late frosts
After a dry winter, polar air has brought frost and hailstorms to central and southern Italy, which risk further blows throughout Holy Week. And the damage is being counted. Crops affected and

Week 12, good for fruit and vegetables, bad for discounters
Sales of both consumer packaged goods (FMCG) and fruit and vegetables by weight also increased in week 12, although the differential between the two performances increased, but to the detriment of

Prices for melons in Rotterdam on 24.03.2023
  Name Variety Size Packing Price USD Cantaloup BR 5s 5 kg

Ramon Alcedo appointed as new director of Fairtrasa Peru
Fairtrasa is proud to announce the appointment of Ramon Alcedo as the new director of Fairtrasa Peru S.A. Fairtrasa Peru is part of the Fairtrasa Group, a vertically integrated global organic

Prices for kiwi fruit in Rotterdam on 24.03.2023
    Name Variety Size Packing Price USD KIWIFRUIT Yellow Flesh GR 39s 3 kg containers N/A

NIAB publishes annual review of fruit work
NIAB has published its first annual review summarising all the fruit-related research and demonstration projects it is currently engaged in. The NIAB Fruit Annual Review 2023 includes results of

Mango prices in Rotterdam on 24.03.2023
  Name Variety Size Packing Price USD Mango Palmer 5s 4 kg

Drake Hall inmates use fruit to create hooch
HMP Prison Drake Hall is a women's closed prison, located near the village of Eccleshall in Staffordshire, England. Inmates there have been brewing illegal hooch from fruit and vegetables,

Iranian exporters are frustrated with risky payment conditions in Gulf countries
Demand from Gulf countries for Iranian produce has increased significantly in recent weeks, but not in the way Iranian exporters would like. "There is a strong demand for certain fruits and

The Netherlands: GroentenFruit Huis is committed to 'On the Way toPlanetProof'.
The Dutch O+G umbrella organisation GroentenFruit Huis welcomes in principle the plans of the food association CBL to work with Dutch farmers and gardeners to achieve a uniform sustainability

Fruit and vegetables will require phytosanitary certificates in new post-Brexit border proposals
Goods imported into the UK from the EU will be subject to changes from October, after the U.K. government today released its 'Target Operating Model'. The new plans will see a more streamlined

Countries that kept up the fruit & vegetable trade with Russia in 2022
In March 2022, EastFruit published an article calling on all companies to stop doing business with Russia. Many organizations, experts, and business representatives from many countries of the

Pomegranates prices in Rotterdam on 24.03.2023
  Name Variety Size Packing Price USD POMEGRANATES PE Aco 10s 4 kg - POMEGRANATES PE

82% of Spanish fruit and vegetable exports went to the EU in January
In the first month of 2023, Spain exported 938,451 tons of fruit and vegetables, i.e. 82% of what it exported that month, to other European countries for € 1,319 million. Shipments of Spanish

Dole supports cyclists at the Giro di Sicilia
Dole Italia, leader in the production and distribution of premium quality fresh fruit, is this year for the first time Official Supplier of the Giro di Sicilia, the men's stage road cycling race,

"Turkish vegetables now just as good as European ones"
In September last year, Yeliz Kaya founded Green Ova in the Netherlands. It focuses on importing Turkish fruit and vegetables for the Dutch and European markets. "Many Turkish companies struggle

Less than half of Italians buy fruit and vegetables with lists and leaflets
It is now clear to us, numbers in hand, why - even in dark times such as these - the shops with the best-performing fruit and vegetable departments are not those with the most promotions, the most

Hamoniz LTD appoints Saro Tumino as its new General Manager for Italy
A few months after its official presentation at Fruit Logistica 2023, Harmoniz LTD, the new Israeli seed company born in 2022 from the merger of TomaTech and Nirit Seeds, welcomes Saro Tumino as

"The important thing for restaurateurs is to ensure that no net weight is lost"
Similar to many colleagues, specialized catering supplier Ercan Duruöz of Elele GmbH had to absorb tough sales losses during the pandemic. However, the Essen-based fruit wholesaler made a virtue

Reybanpac was awarded as a Triple Impact Company: economic, social and environmental
Ekos, one of the main business magazines in Ecuador, awarded Reybanpac among the Best Companies with Triple Impact: economic, social and environmental. Vicente Wong, CEO of Favorita Fruit Company

Ramadan sales have been very good for all South African fruit
Chilean freight rates to the Middle East have dropped to a level roughly equivalent to South Africa’s freight rates to that region, while on the route to India, last year’s extreme difference

Lower volumes expected for Greek watermelons
The new watermelon season in Greece is coming up, and Nasos Zafirakis, director of Zafirakis Fruits, hopes it’ll be a less difficult season than the last one: “The previous watermelon season

AMI: German fruit imports at lowest level in eight years
Germany imported less fruit last year than at any time in the last eight years. Compared to the previous year alone, there is a shortfall of a good 400,000 t. Despite the decline in import volume,

Dutch fruit growers combat frost
In the Netherlands, the fickle weather is over, and the sun is back. But, there has been light nightly frost again, Weer.nl reports. For many fruit growers, that means there is work to be done to