A range of berries and salad veg are among more than 40 everyday items to have their prices cut by Aldi. read more

India’s table grape shipments into Europe face a major challenge in order to overcome a sudden lack of logistical access via the Red Sea. read more

Fresh fruit and vegetable supply lines into Europe are at serious risk of delays and disruption as a result of the recent mass rerouting of shipping services away from the Red Sea. read more

Nufri’s Envy apple has been awarded the Taste of the Year 2024 quality seal for Spain and Portugal. The certification scheme covers products that score highly in consumer taste tests. read more

An international coalition of non-profit industry and non-governmental organisations has come together to form the Alliance for Sustainable Packaging for Foods (ASPF). read more

IFCO has launched a reusable plastic pallet that it claims has the potential to revolutionise the fresh grocery supply chain across Europe. Dora is a strong, stable and sustainable alternative to wooden pallets, suitable for manual and fully-automated processes. read more

According to HHLA, the switch to passify has now begun at Container Terminal Tollerort, meaning that the first lorry drivers are now using the passify app exclusively for truck access. The changeover will continue to be rolled out gradually. read more

Current plans envisage that not all types of genetic engineering will have to be labelled in future - so-called "new genetic engineering" such as CRISPR/Cas is to be exempt from labelling and risk assessment. What this would mean for cultivation areas in Germany,
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German exports of agricultural products increased by 1.1% in terms of volume, but fell by 0.2% in terms of value. read more

Fruit Growers Tasmania has collaborated with Independent Grocery Stores (IGA) Tasmania, including Hill Street Grocer, to celebrate the Tasmanian blueberry season. read more

LATAM Cargo maintains its leadership in the transportation of Chilean cherries, closing 2023 with approximately 7,546 tons of this fruit exported from Chile, representing a 32% growth compared to the previous year. read more

Aiming to give a boost to the movement of rail-based containerised cargo, Bangladesh is set to build another inland container depot (ICD) in the Ghorashal area in Narsingdi district in central Bangladesh. read more

"Each year, more supermarkets are stocking Metis® products on their shelves, and more and more consumers associate Metis with quality and added value in plums, as well as an alternative to traditional products," state the brand's representatives. read more

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and London. This publication is updated weekly. read more

The October update of the import-export data of the fruit and vegetable sector, analysed by Agroter's Fruit and Vegetable Monitor, confirms, once again, the worsening of the trade balance in volume (with a deficit well above 400,000 tonnes); however, the sector is holding
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Huercasa, the European leader in the production of ready-to-eat vegetables, will be at Fruit Logistica, where it will have the opportunity to showcase the health benefits of corn, which has been its flagship product for more than three decades. read more

The Spanish pitaya campaign came to a close in January, and this season, the crop has benefited from the temperatures that have been recorded since March, which have allowed a good production to be obtained from mature plantations on the Peninsula, such as those of Rosa Pitaya. read more

A coalition of non-profit industry and non-governmental organizations have formed the Alliance for Sustainable Packaging for Foods (ASPF), intending to work with global governments and regulators to pursue safe, sustainable, holistic, and harmonized food packaging regulation. read more

The simple average price for apples of the 4 major EU producers (in € per 100 kgs) stood at €94 in January. That is €24 above the 5-year average. read more

The Granada Más Association is delighted to announce the inaugural International Congress of Subtropical Crops, scheduled for May 15 and 16, 2024. The prestigious event will take place at the Granada Congress Palace and will bring together the world's leading experts in the cultivation of
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