In week number twenty, fruit and vegetables by imposed weight show a setback in large-scale retail sales, and the gap with the LCC performance increases. This time the main culprit is classic modern retail, which worsens its performance compared to recent
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In the first quarter of this year, Kazakhstan purchased nearly 133,000 tons of fruit, which is 1.2% less than in the same period last year. The most imported fruits were mandarins, to 27.7 thousand tons (+36.2%). Pakistan, China, and Turkey were the main supplier countries. read more

The sales volume of the Gaimersheim-based food retailer currently totals 4.58 billion euros. This corresponds to an increase of 2.95% compared to the previous year. In the same period, the 630 or so Edeka companies in the association generated €4.071 billion - an increase of
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Organic farmer Michael Boyer produces organic vegetables at three locations in and around Göttingen, most of which he markets in his own specialty store in Göttingen's Ostviertel district. The first year with the market garden proved to be surprisingly difficult, Boyer sums up. Many customers
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In the 2022/23 season, the Andean country exported 252,000 tonnes of mangoes, an increase of 7.23%, agraria.pe refers to APEM managing director Juan Carlos Rivera Ortega. "This is another record season for Peruvian exports of fresh mangoes. Lately
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SG Alimentación-Southgreen (SGA) will be renamed to SGA Group, thereby integrating the three main family-owned production companies that supply it under the same commercial structure. read more

According to an analysis carried out by Confidencial Digital based on the products marketed in Mercamadrid, Spain's biggest wholesale market and a reference in Europe, this market went from selling 3,075,105 kilos of avocado in 2012 to 45,885,295 kilos last year. This means that avocado
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In addition, three trucks carrying sweet cherry, cherry, and peach went through customs control. Ural's customs officers inspected fresh fruits for defects and spoilage and sent them to the laboratory for examination. read more

Maersk is the latest carrier to attempt a general rate increase (GRI) on containerised trade from India to the United States. read more

Only a few weeks remain before the end of the citrus season in Egypt. It's been a season of highs and lows, according to exporters' reports, who have oscillated during the campaign between anxiety and delight. Ibrahim Gadallah, development manager of JanaFresh, sums up the season in a
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On June 17, members and staff of Growers United will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a summer party. Growers United was founded in 2013 by a group of fruit vegetable growers with the aim of improving growers' returns through cooperation in the fruit vegetable category. Cooperative chairman
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The second plot, optimal. As in the case of the first plot, dumbfounded. All matches are coincidental and the characters are fictitious. (Read the first episode here). read more

It’s been a solid season for Greek kiwifruit in the Indian market, says Saurabh Tanwar of Indian fruit importer Fruitways: “The Greek kiwi has proven to be the most important origin for the Indian consumer. As per the data of April 2023, the Greek kiwi took the second place in terms of
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Agricola Moderna, with the agency G/B_22, triumphed at the Grand Prix NC Award 2023, in Milan, as Best Holistic Company, best holistic communication project 2023 in the Food sector, and for the best Design & Packaging project. A pop and biobased pack with waste frying oils
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Monday 5th June saw the opening reception for Hort Connections 2023 at the Adelaide Convention centre, the event will run until 7th of June. read more

Distinctiveness in a sign can be played with the information card, bringing together health, sustainability and cooking content. It is called Nutritionists among trolleys the proposal made to retail by the Italian Association of Nutritionists in the Kitchen (Ainc), which
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Cultivated fields and livestock farms held in check by flooding, landslides, interrupted roads and instability from the hills to the plains. The almost 21 thousand farms affected by the floods that hit Emilia-Romagna are reckoning with the losses and damage they have suffered. Which
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Over the last ten years, citrus fruit consumption has fallen significantly both in Spain and at a European level. The data - reported by interempresas.net - are those released by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, which also identified individual product trends
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After a delayed start to the Mexican table grape season, producers are bouncing back with normal production moving into the month of June. Production is currently coming from the northern and coastal districts of Sonora, areas that were delayed due to cooler spring weather. Grape volumes are
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