"Stores are acting irresponsibly by buying citrus too soon"
The mandarin campaign is starting to take shape with the marketing of the early varieties, both with and without leaf, with an abundance of small sizes and higher prices compared to last season.
"We are facing a campaign with more expensive mandarins and oranges and, generally, with fruit of an unprecedented low quality," said the Valencian marketer José Manuel Pardo, whose
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