With Chiquita to go, the banana is leaving the fruit department and since the beginning of May has also been found in the checkout zone in around 300 Billa stores in the greater Vienna area, according to a statement from Chiquita. This pilot project will test the banana as a healthy snack to go,
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Bonduelle Italia, a leading vegetable company operating in the fresh, frozen and ambient markets, becomes B Corp™ and is the Group's first benefit company in Europe. An achievement that crowns the company's commitment to generating a positive impact on the planet, people and territories, and which
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"The Italian agri-food chain welcomes the majority amendments to the Drought Decree to start field trials of Assisted Evolution Techniques (TEA). Our agriculture must be able to rely as soon as possible on these techniques that will allow it to
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After six years of absence L'Insalata dell'Orto is back at Macfrut. "It's a great comeback, we were looking forward to it -says Sara Menin, marketing manager-, we propose to the market our flagship product for 2023: as a preview we present the Mixes and Snacks line, with the brand Metti un
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Sustainability is an increasingly decisive factor in consumers' purchasing decisions, according to the AECOC Shopperview report, 'The impact of sustainability on the shopping basket'. According to the survey, half of all consumers have stopped buying products
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With the launch of Delphy Germany, Delphy has set itself the goal of further expanding its market share in Germany. In Germany, Delphy is active in soft fruit, ornamental plants, outdoor and greenhouse vegetable production. As the company announced, with the recruitment of
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More than 220 tons of vegetables from Uzbekistan were imported to the Astrakhan region last month. The cargo included white cabbage, cauliflower, parsley, onion and radish. Most of the vegetables brought to the region from the neighbouring republic were cabbage. read more

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The return of autumn temperatures is making itself felt on production and prices. This week the situation will only get worse. The melon market is already in dire straits, while for stone fruit prices are still high because supply is limited. We can already see
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Patatas Hijolusa, the leading company in the cultivation, selection, packaging and marketing of fresh potatoes on the Iberian Peninsula, has consolidated as a group and on 8 May acquired 100% of Agrícola Villena, S.L. from Alicante, a company founded in 1919 and which currently owns
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Sustainability is an increasingly decisive factor in consumers' purchasing decisions, according to the AECOC Shopperview report, 'The impact of sustainability on the shopping basket'. According to the survey, half of all consumers have stopped buying products
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The seed house CapGen Seeds together with the grower Alberto R. "El Palomillo" invite the public to an open day on the 18th of May. This event will be a perfect opportunity to get to know the characteristics and behaviour of the Obelix pear tomato, the pear tomato from
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According to FAO data, in a Hortoinfo analysis, in 2021 Spain surpassed the Netherlands for the first time ever in the price paid to farmers for their aubergines, as Spanish producers were paid €0.67/kg and Dutch producers €0.65/kg. read more

Congestion and capacity constraints have made container visibility in recent times an absolute necessity for supply chain management. The new Container Dashboard in Kuehne+Nagel's myKN online platform harnesses data of a geo system cloud solution to allow customers to track all their containers
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Researchers in Arkansas and Georgia have shown that delicate fresh-market blackberries typically picked by human hands to maintain quality, can now be picked by robots as well. read more

Macfrut 2023 was a key stage for the world of packaging machines, as could be seen by visiting the Ulma Packaging stand. Among the models exhibited by the company from Gragnano Trebbiense (PC): the TSA 680 PS traysealer, the GALAXY E stretch film wrapper and
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The new South African Sharon fruit season has begun at Special Fruit. This Belgian importer started working with Sharon fruit several years after the company was founded. "South Africa's crop is wonderful this year, with mainly small sizes," says buyer Lore van Aert. read more

Turkish agriculture exporters have managed to maintain pace and lift their overseas sales to a record high in the first four months of this year. The demand remained robust despite geopolitical risks, prevailing concerns over supply and ongoing global challenges regarding food accessibility. read more

According to estimates, this season's melon and watermelon production has decreased by more than 20% due to drought, high production costs, and the delay of the end of the winter campaigns. The COAG doesn't rule out that this year both fruits reach the high prices they achieved in supermarkets
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After 20 years of unchallenged rule, Recep Tayyip Erdogan will have to go to the runoff in Turkey's presidential elections. In the first round last Sunday, more than 60 million voters gave him only just over 49% of the vote, so the six-party coalition
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