"Ramadan always boosts watermelon sales"
Melon sales are good this week, says Bertus Schipper of Zoutewelle in the Netherlands. "Melons were in very short supply at the start of the season, and prices had never been as high. Those have since fallen slightly but are still very decent."
"We're getting the same volumes as last year from Costa Rica, but then there were far fewer planted. Despite all the rain in
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