Danish container shipping company Maersk has announced it will cut more than 10,000 jobs after the financial downturn in the third quarter of 2023, when it saw its revenue and earnings shrink. read more

Bako Sweet is partnering with retailers to transform holiday produce displays and champion sweet potatoes as the ultimate holiday must-have this season. read more

Agroter's Monitor Ortofrutta initiative dedicated to identifying the best fruit and vegetable department in self-service shops nationwide is enjoying great success among Italian large-scale retail chains. The topic is very hot, not least because the latest findings of the
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France produces 50% of its needs in pears read more

The Indian government has initiated aggressive retail sale of onion from the buffer at subsidized price of Rs.25 per kg to protect the consumers from recent increase in onion prices due to delay in the arrival of kharif crop. This comes as another measure in addition to the slew of measures put
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Walloon potato industry organization FIWAP and the PCA (Interprovinciaal Proefcentrum voor de Aardappelteelt) have reported that the potato harvest in Europe has been slow and laborious over the past week. read more

Peru’s mango harvest season has started slowly with very low volumes due to a warm winter that led to very little flowering and fruit available to be harvested. According to Fernando Hidalgo, from Grupo Cultivemos in Peru, the effects of El Niño are very serious for their industry: “As for
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The watermelon family contains varieties with very different fruits, both in weight and shape. This often complicates processing operations in the warehouse by requiring different machines and equipment. For companies specialising in production and processing
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In August, heavy rain and hail led to increased fungal and bacterial infestation in many production areas, including Stefan Seischab's vegetable cultivation. "Bacteriosis caused parsley to suffer considerable losses. However, this seemed to have been a problem throughout Germany, which is why
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India's Consul General T. Ajungla Jamir visited Cesena Fiera last Friday, welcomed by President Renzo Piraccini, who presented the next edition of Macfrutin scheduled from 8 to 10 May 2024 at the Rimini Expo Centre. read more

Africa is a continent not to be underestimated when it comes to fruit and vegetables. It is so vast and diverse that it needs both the know-how and the technology to produce on its own, while at the same time importing fruit from Italy and Europe. Renzo Piraccini, President of Macfrut, who is in
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In 2023, a total of 81.77 million crates have been shipped up to September, in contrast to 2022, when exports reached 69.75 million crates, an increase of 17.22%. read more

A few months after announcing its conversion to a Benefit Corporation, Carrefour Italy presents its Sustainability Report for the year 2022, certifying the efforts made to advance the food transition for all, in line with the Carrefour 2026 strategy. read more

Diseases and weather hazards are just some of the difficulties French kiwi production, like other sectors, has had to deal with. For Jean-Baptiste Pinel, managing director of Primland, this negative situation has actually forced kiwi producers to evolve towards something positive, while
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Guillaume Gras has been appointed new Chief Financial Officer of the Dia Group and joins the company's Management Committee. Gras has developed different functions in his career of nearly 20 years in the retail sector within the Casino Group, including 10 years in France and in the United States.
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On the occasion of World Food Day, called by the FAO, which took place on 16 October, Bonduelle renewed the date of its in-house collection week, asking its employees to donate food to help people and
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Korean fresh pear production is expected to decrease 20 percent in Marketing Year (MY) 2023/24 as adverse weather events struck orchards throughout spring flowering and into the summer. Supplies of high-quality pears are expected to be below average because of high rates of damaged fruit. Prices
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The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Observatory of the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) has published the Analysis of the life cycle of wood packaging, a study commissioned by ASYFE (Association of Sawmills and Wood Packaging Manufacturers). The report has been
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It was hoped that the dramatic scenes of the May flooding would remain a sad memory (at least for this year), but, apparently, 2023 wants to be remembered as the year of environmental disasters, although there is a serious suspicion that in the future we will unfortunately have to get used to these
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Egypt has already managed to double its export volumes of melons to the Saudi Arabian market in just the first eight months of this year, reports EastFruit. This increase in shipments includes both watermelons and melons, with the latter expected to continue rising until the end of the year. read more