Mercadona acquires 220,000 tons of Spanish citrus
Mercadona, Spain’s leading supermarket chain, launches the 2023/24 citrus campaign with a purchase forecast of 220,000 tons. This figure represents a 10% increase compared to the previous year (when it acquired 196,000 tons).
At a time of crisis in the agricultural sector, where production declined and the field was abandoned due to lack of profitability, Juan Roig’s company
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