Watermelons
Imports of melon from China to the Amur Region of Russia have tripled compared to last year. Since the beginning of the year, 76 tons of these melon cultures have been brought in through the Kanikurgan checkpoint. The fruits from all deliveries passed quarantine control, and they can be
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Summer fruits: NFI analysis
2023-06-28 00:00
The intense hot weather of recent weeks favours the consumption of summer fruit, refreshing and thirst quenching by nature. The scenario at CAAB presents itself with a drop in the supply of watermelons and melons, leading prices to rise. Interesting quotations for stone fruits, where we find a
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Watermelons, strategies for the ideal assortment
2023-06-28 00:00
In the summer period, mourners are crucial for the performance of the fruit and vegetable department. Their unit value, whether they are sold per kg or per piece, however, is relatively low and therefore the reference is not easy to manage. Therefore, adopt some strategies on presentation and
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Melon and watermelon showcase taking place in Murcia, Spain
2023-06-27 00:00
HM.CLAUSE & HAZERA melon and watermelon showcase for the fresh chain, is taking place in Murcia, Spain from today June 27th to July 6th, with an impressive range of more than 50 melon and watermelon varieties, and unique advantages for the fresh chain.
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 26 June
2023-06-27 00:00
Melon is one of the most popular products at the moment and the hot weather is driving up demand. The high temperatures are also increasing demand for watermelons. The pace of Italian apricot production is increasing: several varieties, such as the Cot and Errani types, are on sale. It is instead
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 26 June
2023-06-27 00:00
Melon is one of the most popular products at the moment and the hot weather is driving up demand. The high temperatures are also increasing demand for watermelons. The pace of Italian apricot production is increasing: several varieties, such as the Cot and Errani types, are on sale. It is instead
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"Last year in the same period, we sent about 8,000 cartons of watermelons and melons a day to wholesale markets and retailers. Now it's only a little over 2,000. It is the result of very bad weather with continuous rain for weeks. Because that has not only led to a two-week delay in fruit
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Stone fruit, a season with two faces
2023-06-26 00:00
By now, summer is in full swing and there is hope for a revival of the typical good season. But the last few days of trading in the wholesale markets, with the exception of melons and watermelons, have been dull for stone fruits and cherries. Quotations are average but - as we
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Melons and watermelons under the NFI lens
2023-06-23 00:00
Consumption of melons and watermelons is exploding, boosted by the intense heat of recent days. The market is experiencing a shortage of supply (click here to read more), which is causing prices to rise considerably. The good news is that we can count on excellent quality for these
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Peaches and nectarines, depressing period. Consumption down by 50%
2023-06-21 00:00
Summer is finally starting and consumption of typical summer fruit should explode... so at least it has been the case for melons and watermelons which, thanks to the first warm weather, have had a sprint in sales (for more on this click here). Unfortunately for peaches and nectarines the situation is
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Carrefour buys 10% more local watermelons and melons than last year.
2023-06-21 00:00
Carrefour expects to sell more than 25,000 tonnes of melon and watermelon from Spain this summer, 10% more than last year's season. In this way, the company is reinforcing its commitment to more than 100 local, regional and national growers, ensuring that it will be able to offer its customers the best quality melon and watermelon from Spain.
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Semillas Fitó is warming up for its Murcia Melon Show
2023-06-20 00:00
Semillas Fitó is organising its Melon Show Murcia 2023 on 5 and 6 July in Campo de Cartagena, to which both melon and watermelon growers and technicians from cooperatives and marketing companies, wholesalers and managers of large distribution chains are invited,
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Warm weather arrives, sales of watermelons and melons explode
2023-06-20 00:00
Summer temperatures have finally arrived and the demand for thirst-quenching products has also gone into fourth gear. At the Rimini Food Centre, for example, sales - and demand - for watermelons and melons, summer fruits par excellence, exploded.
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 19 June
2023-06-20 00:00
Puglia's green florid fig campaign kicks off. Italian apricot production gets underway. There is a high trend for melons, especially row melons, while demand for watermelons is slow to start. Production of Italian cherries is very low. Trentino mountain strawberries
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"This year we will only sell white striped watermelon to gain efficiency in our warehouses"
2023-06-20 00:00
"We are currently getting ready for the watermelon campaign. The fruit is our most important summer crop, and we plan to market 10 million kilos of the white striped seedless variety," said Sebastián Torres, sales representative of the Benihort cooperative, which is located in the Spanish
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Watermelons and melons: no to import, yes to service
2023-06-20 00:00
This year's watermelon-melon campaign is and will continue to be a tough nut to crack for Italian retailers. First of all, the start with the Sicilian melon was a shock, due to the bad weather that stopped consumption, and thus depreciated the work of the
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Castellón: Benihort expects a good watermelon season
2023-06-19 00:00
Benihort (Benicarlo/Castellón) expects to market 10 million kg of striped low-seeded watermelons in this year's campaign - provided the weather plays along. The 2023 campaign is expected to start at the end of June. The importance of this fruit for the cooperative is underlined by the
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The sun shines, Solinda returns to the benches
2023-06-19 00:00
Summer has been a long time coming, but now it is also starting to make itself felt in the fruit and vegetable department, which is teeming with watermelons and melons and where, shortly, Solinda, the Peviani mini watermelon, will also make its entrance. This year the product arrives on the market a few weeks late due to
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Good demand for Moroccan watermelons at low price range
2023-06-16 00:00
Since the end of April, fresh watermelons from Moroccan production have been available from the Stuttgart-based company Fresh Maximum GmbH, as junior managing director Enes Cakmak tells us. "We receive five to seven truck deliveries per week, which corresponds to about 150 tons. In addition to
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"With this scale up, we can supply all 258 stores in Flanders with mini-watermelons"
2023-06-16 00:00
This week, Aldi Belgium started again carrying Tomeco's mini watermelons, Tomélon. "We partnered with Tomeco, part of Coöperatie Hoogstraten, last year to sell these mini watermelons. That actually went almost too well, doubling this year's available supply," begins Kilian De Geyter, Aldi
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