Apples
Asiafruit October out now
2023-10-13 06:00
The October 2023 edition of Asiafruit Magazine is now available to subscribers on the Asiafruit app – Apple, Android and desktop – bringing you the latest news and views from across Asia’s fast-moving fresh produce markets.
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New global branding for Kanzi® apples
2023-10-13 00:00
At the upcoming Global Produce & Floral Show in Anaheim October 20th-21st, CMI will introduce a new look for Kanzi apples. Danelle Huber, CMI’s Senior Marketing Manager, says that besides its primary booth (inside at #869) CMI’s Activation Station (outside at #7000) spotlights the
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Hungarian walnut season started with average 2023 season expected
2023-10-13 00:00
Hungary’s 2023 walnut season is off to a good start with an average season expected says Máté Tömösváry, from the co-operative Balaton-ker-Tész: “We have just started the walnuts harvesting and expect an average season with apples and some pears being harvested too.”
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Aggressive pricing on strong Michigan apple crop
2023-10-13 00:00
In 2022, the Michigan apple crop saw some 32 million bushels of fruit and the 2023 crop looks to be very similar in numbers. “It’s a bountiful crop and sizing appears to be what markets need – with a good mix of consumer package sizes and bulk sizes,” says Trish Taylor, marketing manager
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More pears and less apples expected in the Netherlands
2023-10-13 00:00
Dutch apple production is expected to be down by 12 percent while the pear harvest will increase by an estimated three percent.
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GLOBAL MARKET OVERVIEW PINEAPPLES
2023-10-13 00:00
The global pineapple market has seen some ups and downs recently, with lower production in the main country of origin, Costa Rica, affecting other markets. In the Netherlands, reduced pineapple planting in Costa Rica has resulted in higher prices, benefitting larger growers. In Italy, the market
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Asda announces £9m of price cuts
2023-10-12 15:00
A number of fresh produce items are among 232 branded and own-label products to have their prices cut at Asda.
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Croatian retailer partners with family farms to offer them new fresh produce markets
2023-10-12 00:00
Studenac, the proximity retail chain in Croatia, is strengthening its ties with family farmers in the country’s northeastern region of Slavonia, by providing them a market for their fruits and vegetables. They are developing a new, local source of fresh produce while stimulating the local economy.
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High demand for French apples
2023-10-12 00:00
The French Apple Pear Association (ANPP) gives a positive review of its visit to Fruit Attraction and talks about the very promising start of the French apple campaign. Sandrine Gaborieau, in charge of communication for the association, also discusses the surprising color of this year’s Golden
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Excellent start for Fuji and Winesap apple auctions
2023-10-12 00:00
High prices also thanks to excellent quality produce of considerable grades. The auctions of the Fuji apple variety and the less-known Winesap, which is popular only in Tuscany and Emilia Romagna, started on October 10th.
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Valle Varaita apples, communicating the product through aperitifs
2023-10-12 00:00
The consortium for the protection and valorisation of Valle Varaita apples, set up two years ago with the participation of 15 producers in the province of Cuneo, is expanding and communication has become the watchword. Enthusiasm is not lacking, thanks to a sparkling start to the campaign, as
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Climate and sustainability to take centre stage at Banana Time 2023
2023-10-11 12:00
Climate change and sustainability will be key topics at the Banana Time convention in Ecuador, as producers grapple with the huge challenge of El Niño.
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Apples: club varieties grow in GDO and seek a strategy
2023-10-11 00:00
In the apple sector, the numbers add up. This is how we could summarise the analyses of Agroter's Fruit and Vegetable Monitor regarding the undisputed protagonist of Italian fruit growing. Stable surfaces and production, exports that continue to 'pull' and consumption that is stationary at
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Ukrainian farmers received a premium level of color for red apple varieties in 2023
2023-10-11 00:00
According to EastFruit, most Ukrainian farmers can expect to receive very good prices for their apples in the current season. The reason is not only the favorable situation on the European market, which we wrote about in detail in this analytical article. One of the main hopes is associated with
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World’s first branded table grapes take a bite of the Big Apple
2023-10-11 00:00
This October 13 to 15, Sun World International will be hosting an experiential sampling station for its Autumncrisp® brand grapes at one of the nation’s largest premier wine and food events, The Food Network New York City Wine and Food Festival presented by Capital One (NYCWFF).
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Fructícola Empordà has invested 6.5 million euros in the construction of a warehouse that allows it to maintain all the qualities of the apple for a whole year using ACR technology (Advanced Control of Fruit Respiration), a unique system in Spain. The space has a
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Ukrainian farmers received a premium level of color for red apple varieties in 2023
2023-10-11 00:00
According to EastFruit, most Ukrainian farmers can expect to receive very good prices for their apples in the current season. The reason is not only the favorable situation on the European market, which we wrote about in detail in this analytical article. One of the main hopes is associated with
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Esselunga visiting producers associated with Vog and Vip
2023-10-11 00:00
Two days in the beautiful landscape of the South Tyrolean apple orchards, discovering territories, communities and companies that play a leading role in the apple chain.
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At Fruit Attraction Benjamin Laimer, Vip's sales manager, told us about the consortium's communication strategies. In Italy, in particular, it recently launched the project A ogni mela la sua stagione (To every apple its season), aimed at publicising the wide selection of organic apples from the Val
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New (Re)Generation Fruit project
2023-10-11 00:00
“Producing good fruit and producing well” is the objective of the new (Re)Generation Fruit project of Blue Whale and its 6 partners. On September 21st, Blue Whale, which counts 300 producers, presented this new project at its headquarters in Montauban. The goal is to develop agricultural
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