How is demand for tropical fruit holding up in the cost-of-living crisis? What can be done to prevent the commoditisation of key product lines such as mangoes? What role can India play in the European exotic fruit market? How are suppliers meeting the sustainability challenge? And which new
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How is demand for tropical fruit holding up in the cost-of-living crisis? What can be done to prevent the commoditisation of key product lines such as mangoes? What role can India play in the European exotic fruit market? How are suppliers meeting the sustainability challenge? And which new
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Tesco CEO Ken Murphy has called on political parties to stand by their net zero commitments and give businesses the confidence to invest. read more

Aldi is trialling four new loose fruit and vegetable lines in a bid to reduce plastic waste. read more

Fruits from Chile featured prominently in this year’s International Fruit Expo, which took place in Guangzhou, China on 1-3 September. Asoex president Iván Marambio opened the fair with a speech highlighting the strength of the bilateral relations between China and Chile in the fresh fruit trade. read more

The big advantage is that overfilling is reduced to a minimum of even less than 1%. The automatic ideal weight calculation also noticeably reduces the time required. read more

Exports of Ecuadorian bananas from January to July this year totalled 220.85 million boxes, up 6.4% from the 2022 total of 207.56 million boxes over the same period. According to AEBE data, there was a rising trend in the global consensus of value chain experts, going from 40.00 in week 27 to
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With 1,519 exhibitors and 52,828 visitors in 2023, Food Ingredients China (FIC) is the largest and most well-attended international show in the food additives and ingredients industry in Asia. The three-day trade show provides an opportunity for global companies to meet with buyers from around
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Built upon the expertise of TOC Worldwide’s 40+ years of experience, hundreds of port professionals from across the continent and wider international community will be at the Hilton Tangier Al Houara (Morocco) on 20 th and 21 st September to learn, debate and network with professionals
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Outlining the economic benefits of South Africa's participation in the BRICS grouping, President Cyril Ramaphosa has informed Members of Parliament that South Africa’s trade with the bloc has increased by an average of 10% every year over the period 2017 to 2021. read more

The mission to Azerbaijan to promote Macfrut - the fair to be held at the Rimini Expo Centre on May 8-10, 2024 - on an international level ended a few days ago. "Azerbaijan is a strategic country for Italy as it is the leading supplier of oil. The country located between Europe and Asia also
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The Densuke watermelon, cultivated in Japan, is often referred to as the black watermelon. What sets these watermelons apart is their unique cultivation process. They are exclusively grown in the northern region of Japan’s Hokkaido Island. The cost of these watermelons can soar from thousands
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Amelia Martin loves to surf. She’s also an environmentalist and a budding researcher. Martin is the founder of Mud Rat, a company that makes surfboards with cores made of something you might not expect: mushrooms. read more

Staff at retailers across Asia are soon to undertake innovative training through a new platform being launched by Australian growers through Hort Innovation. read more

Asia Fruit Logistica has started with a return to the location in Hong Kong rather than Bangkok, Thailand. For the first day, it seemed to be a very busy one, with exhibitors being pleased about the amount of traffic from Asian buyers at their booths. read more

Abacates do Brasil promotes an event specialized in Avocado and Avocado culture and expects to bring together 500 producers from all over Brazil. read more

As consumers pay more attention to the quality of fresh fruits and vegetables, how to maintain the quality in logistics has a direct impact on their market pricing. In long-distance cold chain transportation, the temperature of the storage environment is the key factor to ensure the quality of
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YASAI and Coop have expanded their collaboration in Switzerland. From today on, YASAI is supplying its products to 390 Coop stores. "We are thrilled to announce a major milestone for our incredible team," said Mark Zahran, Founder, and CEO of YASAI. read more

The largest Portuguese association of citrus fruit operators, AlgarOrange, wants the government to lead a national debate on the strategy for dealing with the country’s water shortage, particularly acute in the Algarve. AlgarOrange unites around 40% of the region’s operators and believes
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The Green Line-DimmidiSì expands the Fresh Soups line, a segment in which it holds a 38% value share (Nielsen data year 2022, IT DM), with two new references for autumn, Pappa al Pomodoro and Zuppa Venere. The recipe for Dimmidisì's Zuppa al Pomodoro Ligure has also been revised read more