The intralogistics group Mecalux will equip the PepsiCo plant in Veurne (Belgium), one of the largest crisp factories in Europe. The Belgian entity of the beverage and food multinational has decided to modernise its logistics with the

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Mecalux will be the first company in the world to install the new equipment.
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AP Moller - Maersk has appointed Efraín Osorio as Maersk's new managing director for Central America, Andean, and Caribbean, based in Panama City. Osorio, who graduated from Kings Points in merchant marine, will lead the positioning of Maersk's transformation as a logistics integrator in the
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In the fruit and vegetable sector, labeling has long been a topic of interest and debate. In fact, with the continuous rise of the share of packaged fruits and vegetables for sale in the dedicated aisle - so much so that it already represents almost 50% of the references for sale - it is becoming increasingly important. read more

The study conducted at the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria in Brazil reveals significant economic advantages of using banana peel (BP) and sweet potato vine (SPV) as the sole food sources for rabbits, in lieu of traditional, more expensive feeds like maize and alfalfa hay. Feeding rabbits
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Mexico's 2024 avocado production is forecast at 2.77 million tons (MMT), a five percent increase over 2023 on strong export demand. Production in 2023 reached 2.65 MMT, up four percent compared to the previous year. Exports totaled 1.4 MMT in 2023, a 17 percent increase year on year. The United
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The Turkish citrus sector is mobilizing to prevent the spread of Psyllidium (Greening) disease from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) to Turkey. Hayrettin Ucak, Deputy Coordinator of the Aegean Exporters' Associations and President of the Aegean Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Exporters'… read more

In Saxony-Anhalt, a total of 55,547 tons of open-field carrots were harvested in 2023. This information was shared by the Statistical Office in light of Carrot Day on April 4th. The cultivation took place over an area of 836 hectares. This area is roughly equivalent to the size of the
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The stone fruit campaign is already a reality in the Sevillian crops. The international company Royal, which exports from Seville to half the world, has already started harvesting the first stone fruit at the right time.
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By eliminating a high percentage of flowers, manual thinning is no longer necessary. This is the aim of Florìx, a flower thinning machine developed in collaboration with Agroxx and Rinieri. A technical day was held on 4 April 2024 at the Montanari company in Filetto di Ravenna, Italy. "Florix
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The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed of the European Union (RASFF) has launched a read more

Import of fruits and vegetables to Greece increased by 36.96% in March 2024, according to the Association of Greek Export Companies for Fruits, Vegetables, and Juices, INCOFRUIT-HELLAS, reaching 103,890 tons compared to 75,856 tons in the same month of 2023. Potatoes took the lead in imports,
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Representatives from German discounter Lidl were on hand to deliver a presentation on the banana supply chain during day two of Fruit Logistica in Berlin. read more

UK retailer Waitrose is trialling point-of-sale messaging to encourage more customers to buy loose fresh produce in a bid to cut food and packaging waste. read more

The Co-op has said it is well placed to drive future growth after reporting a substantial increase in membership. read more

Banana suppliers from six Latin American countries have accused Kaufland, one of Germany’s largest retail chains, of failing to meet its commitments on fair pricing. read more

Five of the world’s leading grocery retailers have come together to establish a collaborative venture capital (VC) fund, W23 Global. read more

Expolink, the Egyptian Exporters Association (EEA), is organising the Egyptian pavilion at fresh produce trade exhibition Macfrut, which takes place in Rimini on 8-10 May. read more

This exceeded the previous year's figure by 22%, while total food sales grew by "only" 9.5% to around 34.8 billion euros. read more

The temperature in recent weeks has ensured that the asparagus has been able to grow well. The reported warm weather for the coming days is also ideal for the asparagus. In order for the harvest to get off to a good start, a longer dry period would now be desirable. read more

Innovative thinkers have been invited to apply for LEAF’s Caroline Drummond Scholarship for Innovation in Sustainability. read more