"All the retail promotions means chicory sales are running like crazy"
Dutch chicory demand is currently unusually high. "All supermarkets are having promotions simultaneously, so sales are running like crazy," says Dennis Blankendaal of Frysk Witlof. "The local and overseas supply is sparse; prices are, thus, much higher than last year. We need some time, though, to straighten out that year, which was enormously damaging."
Frysk Witlof is
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