Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts says his supermarket is “absolutely focused on food first” when it comes to keeping its prices down, reports The Telegraph. read more

Chilean stonefruit exports fell 11 per cent in volume but increased 19 per cent in value to in 2022/23. Asoex said 242,000 tonnes of stonefruit worth US$409m was shipped, making it one of the best campaigns in recent memory. read more

Syngenta Vegetable Seeds has announced that it has completed the acquisition of Feltrin Sementes, a Brazilian vegetable seed company serving smallholder growers and home gardeners in over 40 countries. read more

SanLucar has introduced papayas grown in the Canary Islands to its expanding range of fresh produce. Consumers in Germany and Austria can now buy tree-ripened Sweet Sense papayas, characterised by their natural sweetness, juicy and firm orange flesh and distinctive aromatic flavour,
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A series of pumpkin, courgette and winter squash variety trials will be held this summer, the Outdoor Cucurbit Growers Group (OCGG) has confirmed.  read more

The inaugural Global Tropicals Congress will take place in The Hague on 14 September. The one-day event brings together key players from across the industry to explore the latest market opportunities in the tropical fruit category. read more

The World Citrus Organisation reports that it now counts among its members Citrojugo, a Mexican producer, processor and marketer of acid citrus -based juices, essential oils, and dried peels. Citrojugo represents the WCO’s first Mexican member and represents a watershed in the growing interest
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The Australian table grape season has concluded on a positive note with domestic and export sales for 2023 making a marked recovery on the previous two years. read more

Leading Australian fresh produce company Costa Group has received a buyout proposal from private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners (PSP). read more

Training fruit pickers using virtual reality equipment, employing robots to move fruit containers and wearing exoskeletons to support physical labour are all possibilities being considered by Australian berry growers as part of new research trying to boost labour efficiency. read more

Zespri's RubyRed is the latest kiwifruit to hit overseas and domestic markets. Zespri chief executive Dan Mathieson stated that RubyRed has gone really well in the market because it’s such a “new, beautiful looking, vibrant, tasty fruit”. read more

SanLucar offers a new reference for tropical fruit lovers: papaya, a product that the brand now sells in stores in Germany and Austria. read more

In the case of onions, the range, which is still dominated by imported goods, is increasingly being supplemented by the first domestic onions. More and more retail chains are switching to the first winter onions. Prices remain high due to the still limited availability of goods. Thus the
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Communicating directly to the consumer the quality of the product, the transparency of the supply chain and the value of environmentally friendly agriculture: this is the bet made by Paolillo with the launch of its new websitewww.buonoinognimomento.it, at the centre of a communication plan aimed at those who
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Contrary to some positive voices regarding the German garlic market, the situation for local growers does not seem to be improving. On the contrary, for the 31 producers of HWG Heide Wendland Gemüse GmbH & Co. KG, this could be the third year in a row in which they have to expect a drop in
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The overall majority of Moroccan watermelon growers produce seeded varieties, with large sizes reaching 8-12 and up to 30 kg per melon. This type of watermelon represents the bulk of Moroccan volumes, with over 99%, and this varietal choice has its advantages and limits. Obeida Mansour, CEO of
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The Agricultural Research Council-Tropical and Subtropical Crops (ARC-TSC) Division is hosting a Cultivar Day at the Addo Research Station today (5th of July 2023) exhibiting the latest, “exciting selections” from the citrus and granadilla breeding programmes. read more

The Horticultural Development Council of Zimbabwe welcomes the re-introduced possibility of loading out through Beira - the average transit time from Zimbabwe to Beira is around 18 hours - while also concerned by a news report in Zimbabwean media that created the impression that fruit destined
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With this nice weather, plenty of watermelons are being loaded in Southern Europe, destined for the northern countries. Fruitprint, a Dutch company that links retailers and distributors directly with organic growers worldwide, organizes watermelon sales from Greece, delivering most to Austrian
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A training project, or rather, a real online academy: this is the innovative e-learning platform developed by Ama Crai Est over the past year and dedicated to all members, employees and collaborators of the 400 or so points of sale of the cooperative company based in Montebelluna.
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