Under the 'television' direction of Antonella Clerici, guest of honour at the MD 2023 'Workinspire' Convention held on Sunday 7 May at the company's Cortenuova headquarters, the more than 850 store managers and office staff present concluded the proceedings by wishing loudly
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'The Distretto Produttivo Agrumi di Sicilia is the first citrus fruit collective brand with the Sicily brand registered in China'. This was announced by the president Federica Argentati(in photo), after receiving the official protocol. "I believe that the District has equipped itself with a
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As part of a Dutch trade delegation to Brazil this week, APM Terminals’ CEO Keith Svendsen pledged a EUR962 million (R$ 5.2 billion) investment in its Brazilian operations up to 2026. read more

FRUIT LOGISTICA, the leading trade fair for the global fresh produce trade, is pleased to announce that exhibitor registration for the highly anticipated 2024 event is now open. Companies have until the end of July to apply to exhibit at this
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This would be a drop of 62% compared to the previous season to 15.7 million boxes, according to the forecast of the USDA Agricultural Statistics Board. Non-Valencia oranges - including early, medium and navel varieties - could increase slightly to 6.15 million boxes. Valencia oranges
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A special decree-law to tackle, quickly and with exceptional instruments, the extraordinarily difficult situation in Emilia-Romagna after the terrible floods at the beginning of May. This is the request-appeal contained in a letter to Prime Minister Giorgia
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In early May EastFruit reported of late April frosts’ aftermaths for the Ukrainian fruit and berry business. As reported, there were short frosts in the northern regions of Ukraine with temperature falling to 5 degrees Celsius below zero. read more

Kristian Moeller has announced that he will leave GlobalGAP on 1 June after more than 20 years at the farming certification organisation. read more

Mango exports from Pakistan are due to start on 20 May, in accordance with the government’s strictly timed export policy. read more

It is vital that labelling issues resulting from the Windsor Framework are resolved before an October deadline, the British Retail Consortium has stressed. read more

Philip Booth has been appointed finance director by logistics and supply chain solutions provider PML. read more

A new inquiry has been launched into fairness in the food supply chain. read more

Freshfel Europe has warned the European Commission on the far-reaching implications of its draft proposal on marketing standards, if rules on mandatory country-specific origin labelling are maintained for pre-cut fruit and vegetables. read more

The government has met with retailers to discuss the issues around UK food prices at a time of a cost-of-living crisis. read more

The volume of Colombian avocados shipped to the US is up 104 per cent so far this season compared to the year-earlier period according to the Colombia Avocado Board (CAB). read more

Limoneira has announced a new exclusive licensing relationship with Apeel Sciences that will see its lemons protected across the supply chain with Apeel’s coating technology. read more

Australian researchers have reached a milestone in their search for a solution to citrus greening after mapping the genome of a native lime species. read more

For the 28th time, the trade magazine RUNDSCHAU for the food trade, together with FRUCHTHANDEL magazine, has searched for Germany's best fruit and vegetable departments and this year found six EDEKA merchants. No less than three stores convinced the expert jury at national level with their
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The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) Horticulture Council has today announced Jolyon Burnett as its next chairperson. The much-anticipated appointment follows an exhaustive search triggered by Fiona Simson, the inaugural Council chair, stepping down mid-year as her term as NFF President
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Almaverde Bio's Island number 50 opens in one of the largest and best known fruit and vegetable display areas in Italy, at the Ipercoop le Mura in Ferrara. The Island is characterised by a size of 11 square metres with the Almaverde Bio brand and assisted sales in the shop-in-shop format. read more