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In a recent bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council in Brussels, Cyprus's Agriculture Minister, Maria Panayiotou, sought assistance from Greece to combat the sale of foreign potatoes misrepresented as Cypriot in the Greek market. Panayiotou highlighted the
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Potatoes, will the future be in price or service? Second instalment
2024-02-28 00:00
As mentioned yesterday in the first episode (Click here to read more), service components, associated with price and product appearance, are some of the main drivers for choosing a product when purchasing. This is also true when it comes to fruit and vegetables and, in this case
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Growing European demand for Brazil’s sweet potatoes
2024-02-28 00:00
Demand for sweet potatoes from Brazil has grown in Europe. Cassiano Berol, from the Brazilian exporter Agricola Plantar: "Due to the challenges with drought in Europe, with Spain and Portugal, who are both sweet potato producers, and recent heavy rains in Honduras, which is also an important
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'The potato market seems to be at an impasse'
2024-02-28 00:00
On the potato market, traders are not laying their cards on the table, according to Jan Van Luchene of the Belgian company Bruwier Potatoes. "Since the new year, the market has been on a significant upward trend and, in a rapidly growing situation, sellers delay selling
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Potatoes, consumers demand sustainability and provenance
2024-02-28 00:00
What are the drivers when buying potatoes? How important are sustainability, price, origin, supply chain? This question was answered by a survey in a number of large supermarkets and retail outlets on the peninsula conducted last November by Potatoes Forever. In its second year of activity,
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Casino's consolidated net losses deepened sharply to 5.7bln euros
2024-02-28 00:00
Australia: Woolworths announces price drops on more than 400 items
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On the basis of Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No. 1107/2009, the BVL has granted an emergency authorisation for the plant protection product.
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'The product will end several days earlier than normal'
2024-02-27 00:00
The quantities of potatoes harvested were smaller than usual, due to the weather, and now comes the time of reckoning. "We estimate that we will have Selenella potatoes for another five to six weeks or so," says Massimo Cristiani, president of the consortium, "so
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Hospital issues apology after man receives 'disgusting' beige meal lacking vegetables
2024-02-27 00:00
A hospital apologized after facing backlash for serving a "disgusting" beige meal without vegetables to a patient, sparking outrage among many Britons who called it "an absolute disgrace." Lara, the patient's daughter, shared a photo on X of the meal served at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in
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Pioneer Potatoes is a relatively small family farm located in the Skagit Valley in Washington State. "We are a sixth generation farm specialising in growing, packing and shipping potatoes for the past 25 years. However, our legacy
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Potatoes, will the future be in price or service? First instalment
2024-02-27 00:00
Prices of prime potatoes have skyrocketed in the last two years, while consumption is holding up, although it has remained at similar levels for the last 3-4 years, apart from the peak during the pandemic (Click here to read more).
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Hospital apologises for a tasteless meal served without vegetables
2024-02-27 00:00
A British hospital has apologised after being criticised for serving a 'disgusting', beige-coloured, vegetable-free meal to a patient, sparking outrage from many Britons who called it 'a real disgrace'. Lara, the patient's daughter, shared a photo on X of the
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New Box Premium line for potatoes arrives
2024-02-27 00:00
The Food Service channel is tinged with blue. Ruggiero launches the new and exclusive Premium Box Line on the market, a selection of the best varieties of potatoes, each with its own culinary use, proposed in practical Total Blue boxes designed specifically for the world of catering and the food service channel.
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Food Service channel goes blue
2024-02-27 00:00
Ruggiero launches on the market the new and exclusive Premium Box Line, a selection of the best potato varieties, each with its own culinary use, proposed in practical Total Blue boxes designed specifically for the catering world and the Cash&Carry channel. The wide range of
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Hospital apologises for serving lunch without vegetables
2024-02-27 00:00
A Scottish hospital has been forced to apologise after criticism for serving patients a "disgusting" beige-coloured meal with no vegetables. Lara, a patient's daughter, shared a photo on X of the lunch served at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Glasgow, which was made up of
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Farmers across Devon and Cornwall are being prompted by the Environment Agency (EA) to eschew planting "high risk" crops like maize, fodder beet, potatoes, and other root vegetables on unsuitable terrains to avert soil erosion and subsequent muddy run-off.
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The unstoppable rise of potatoes. What future?
2024-02-26 00:00
The price rigidity of demand has been demonstrated on many occasions for foodstuffs, but an even shy increase in demand in the face of a consistent rise in prices, as happened last year for potatoes in modern distribution, is a case in point, on
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"Currently there seems to be a stagnation in the potato market".
2024-02-26 00:00
"Currently, the potato market is not laying all the cards on the table," says Jan Van Luchene of the Belgian company Bruwier Potatoes. "The market has experienced a strong upswing since the New Year, which is why sellers are waiting for the right moment to
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"The potato market is seemingly at an impasse"
2024-02-26 00:00
Those in the potato market are playing their cards close to their chests, explains Jan Van Luchene from the Belgian company Bruwier Potatoes. "The market has been trending upward significantly since the New Year, and in a rapidly rising market, sellers hold off on selling their free potatoes.
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Smaller-scale grower achieves big results with grading technology
2024-02-23 00:00
Pioneer Potatoes is a relatively small family farm in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. "We're a sixth-generation farm specializing in potato growing, packing, and shipping for the past 25 years. However, our farming legacy spans over 150 years, including various other produce. Although we
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