Lettuce and endives
Zijtwende International specialises in the marketing of fruit and vegetables. The core range consists of the most important greenhouse and open field vegetable crops. In particular, the range includes peppers, aubergines, cucumbers, iceberg lettuce and many varieties of tomatoes.
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Rare offer and higher prices for lamb's lettuce from the Netherlands
2023-12-22 00:00
"We started with field salad from the Netherlands in early November, as there were problems with sowing at our partners in more southern cultivation areas. The reason for this was the excessive water. This is greenhouse produce. Meanwhile, we have partially switched to outdoor produce. The price
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Florette strengthens its Gourmet range with a new recipe: the Mediterranean Gourmet salad.
2023-12-19 00:00
Florette launches the Mediterranean Gourmet Salad, a recipe based on endive, red lettuce sprouts and rocket, now available to consumers on the fresh-cut, washed and ready-to-eat shelf. With this addition, the company reinforces the range and
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“Bottlenecks mark the start of the season for Italian lettuce”
2023-12-19 00:00
Already at the start of the season for Italian lettuce for the winter of 2023/2024, there were major bottlenecks. Normally, the lettuce is always ready to harvest in the last week of October, but this year the start of the season was rather difficult. "September was consistently nice and warm,
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"We expect the first lychees to arrive in a few days"
2023-12-18 00:00
Although the traditional Christmas business has become less important over the years, December is still an exciting and high-turnover sales month in the fruit and vegetable trade. "The top sellers include all cabbage vegetables and lamb's lettuce," says Denis Piper, Sales Manager at
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Coop introduces vertically farmed lettuce
2023-12-15 00:00
Kilometre Verde, an Italian vertical farming company, made a deal with Coop Italy to distribute four different salad varieties, under the Fior Fiore brand, to 700 stores. The varieties available will be multi-leaf lettuce, green lettuce, curly lettuce, and variegated lettuce, all packed in
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Nonsan City announced on December 14 that it plans to transform the cultivation of lettuce, targeting the European market by production efficiency.
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Excellent demand from Europe for Italian fresh-cut references
2023-12-13 00:00
In the first week of November, Italian grower Agrieuropa began selling its winter vegetables, including carrots, round turnip, radish, parsley root, long turnip and kohlrabi. Lamb's lettuce is available throughout the year. However, unlike other years, it is not available in large quantities
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"French lettuce is 30 percent more expensive than German equivalent"
2023-12-11 00:00
At the beginning/mid-November, Smolik Obst- und Gemüse switched its range of colorful lettuces at the Freiburg wholesale market from the German to the French season. "We still offer local tunnel products, but the German products are coming to an end. The catering trade has already been
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Avisomo, Coop Norway form JV to grow Norwegian lettuce year-round
2023-12-07 14:00
Avisomo, an Oslo-based turnkey vertical farming systems developer and equipment manufacturer, has formed a strategic partnership with Norway’s second-largest supermarket chain, Coop Norway, to build a fully automated vertical farm directly integrated into its existing distribution centre.
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AMI: Increasing supply of Spanish iceberg lettuce
2023-12-07 13:00
Accordingly, wholesale prices were at a high level. However, with the recent increase in the availability of goods, prices are falling steadily.
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"The low prices of Iceberg lettuce are currently affecting those of other kinds of lettuce"
2023-12-07 00:00
The Spanish lettuce export season started between weeks 42 and 45, coinciding with the end of the local productions at the destination countries. At the moment, the demand is a bit quiet, but is expected to become livelier as the Christmas season approaches.
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Strawberry prices surge again, exceeding 10 euros per kilo
2023-12-06 00:00
Since mid-November, the cucumber price has been dropping. Last week, the average price at the auctions of the Union of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives (VBT) fell below the five-year average. The unit price is at 48.10 euro cents. The lettuce price is also dropping, for the first time in
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Fresh lettuce washing machine successfully tested with plasma-based disinfection technology
2023-12-05 00:00
In November, the research project SPLASH, which was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), was officially brought to a close. Prior to this, the results of the project had already been presented to visitors at the KRONEN Customer Day: The twelve-month-long test
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Auchan and Intermarché are joining forces to acquire Casino
2023-12-04 00:00
Zero VAT on meat and veg in Cyprus
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Concerns about endive harvest quality
2023-11-30 00:00
There are still a lot of questions surrounding the current French endive campaign. Although harvesting resumed at the end of last week (delays due to flooding), the recent rains have once again halted the work of endive producers. “We are clearly behind schedule. The cycle has progressed well,
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Prices of iceberg lettuce stabilized
2023-11-28 00:00
Supply and movement of iceberg lettuce within Ontario right now seem to be steady.
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"Challenging weather conditions for lamb's lettuce sowing"
2023-11-27 00:00
This winter's flagship product, large-leaf lamb's lettuce, is just getting underway at SAS Racines Carrées. The 100% organic producers' organization also cultivates shell lamb's lettuce all year round, for packaging in trays. This Nantes-based range is "recognized and renowned," thanks in
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The beginning of November marked the change of season for Früchte Eder Ltd from Kirchham/Tutting with peppers from Spain, which they had previously sourced from Belgium and the Netherlands. "The quality is still very good, as the plants are still quite young. They are greenhouse produce from
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