Supermarket DC Super Heroes land at Coles with new collectable campaign to encourage Aussies to have fun and eat more fresh fruit and vegetables read more

The Gemüsering Group is one of the largest fruit and vegetable companies in Germany, which also includes companies such as Kärcher and Andretta, which together with the Gemüsering itself are located at the Stuttgart wholesale market. Freshplaza.de spoke to sales manager Markus Keller on site.
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In the first three months since the beginning of the melon export season from Uzbekistan, the volume of shipments of this product to foreign markets was 22% less than the record figure for the same period last year, EastFruit analysts say. read more

The Italian strawberry campaign 2023 started, in some regions, with higher prices, due to the mild and long-lasting winter of 2022 and the frequent frosts from January 2023 onwards. The plants suffered various stresses due to the inconsistent temperatures, which caused
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From July 31, 2023, Great Britain canceled all customs duties and tariff quotas for seven agricultural products from Moldova. These benefits will be valid for the next 12 months. This was reported to NewsMaker.md by the British Embassy in the Republic of Moldova. read more

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Very low prices for blueberries, expected by Ukrainian berry growers this season, have been avoided. Prices remained close to the previous year’s level, and exports of Ukrainian blueberries have grown significantly. Taras Bashtannik, head of the Ukrainian Fruit and Vegetable Association
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Here is another Italian record that is known to few, outside the trade: it concerns the production of fennel, of which our country is the leader in the European Union with about 370 thousand tonnes per year, obtained from 17 thousand hectares distributed in various parts of the country. Of the
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EastFruit reports that the Georgia’s active blueberry picking season has already been over for two weeks. Farmers and experts generally assess the 2023 season as positive compared to the previous year. The weather was more favorable for blueberry harvesting, production and export increased
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Dole’s Xavier Roussel, Charles-Henri Deprez of Greenyard Fresh, Maria Wieloch of Swedish retailer ICA, Westfalia’s Johnathan Sutton, Avnish Malde of Wealmoor, and Guillaume Sens of Georges Helfer are just some of the headline speakers who will take part in Fruitnet’s inaugural Global
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A farmer-led Defra-funded initiative to improve slug control and reduce reliance on chemical control gets underway in August. read more

Aldi GB is trialling sensory-friendly shopping hours in selected UK stores for several weeks between August and October. read more

The hospitality industry accounted for 10 per cent of administrations in the first six months of 2023 – the fourth highest sector in the UK – according to analysis by full-service law firm Shakespeare Martineau.  read more

Fresh Direct, the UK’s leading foodservice fresh produce wholesaler, has been awarded six Great Taste awards for a range of products produced in its Fresh Kitchen facility in Bicester. read more

Mission Produce has announced the appointment of Tony Bashir Sarsam to its board of directors, effective 14 August 2023. read more

As part of USHBC’s Global Business Development Program, Grab a Boost of Blue mobile billboards have hit the busy streets of Vietnam to promote blueberries the expanding market. read more

Zespri has filed a civil case in the Intellectual Property Court in Nanjing, China against two defendants involved in the unauthorised production, sale and marketing of Gold3 fruit. read more

After 29 weeks, fruit and vegetables by imposed weight seem to be consolidating their sales trends, equalling those of LCC, when last week they even exceeded them. Among the channels, discounters were on a roll, outperforming supermarkets and
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The raspberry season has almost finished its transition from summer to everbearing varieties in EastFruit countries. However, raspberry prices are still frustrating for farmers almost everywhere. read more