Tesco has reported an increase in group sales for 2022/23, but profitability took a huge hit following cost inflation and investment in the customer offer. read more

Fresh Del Monte Produce has announced the first successful sale of its Greek kiwifruit in Israel. read more

As I said in my 2023 Annual Edith Mary Gayton lecture at Reading University, I am increasingly concerned at the lack of scientific rigour or pressure-testing that has gone into the development of the government’s Environmental Land Management Schemes (ELMS).  read more

From the major political issues to the state of production, retail and sustainability, Festival of Fresh 2023 has something for everyone. read more

The act is claimed to allow farmers to grow crops that are drought and disease resistant, reduce use of fertilisers and pesticides, and help breed animals that are protected from catching harmful diseases. read more

Only 13,060 boxes were sent to Ukraine this February compared to last year’s 1,566,944 boxes, underlining the impact of the war and the wider impact on the international community. Meanwhile, banana exports from Ecuador to Russia are down by 8.02% from pre-war levels. read more

Agri-genomics start-up Singrow has cut the ribbon on a new R&D facility in Singapore and announced plans to expand to Malaysia and Thailand.  read more

A new A$6.8m industry-oriented collaboration is set to deliver smart new solutions for monitoring and managing horticultural crops in protected facilities ranging from polytunnels, glasshouses and vertical farms.  read more

A study by OPRL and Packaging News, with input from Defra, indicates that as many as a third of packaging producers in the UK are not aware of their obligations in relation to the new Extended Producer Responsibility rules, which will become law in 2024. read more

JD Fresh hopes to sell 2m trays (3.3 kg equivalents) of New Zealand-grown kiwifruit in China over the 2023 campaign. read more

The Washington Apple Commission (WAC) has promoted Lindsey Huber to the position of international marketing manager. read more

The Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus has been wreaking havoc on the entire tomato sector since 2014, when it first appeared in Israel. If resistant products were utopia until a few years ago, they have now become a certainty. HM.Clause, in fact, launched the
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“Mercadona will double its investments to 280 million euro in 2023, which are destined for the construction of the future logistics block in Almeirim (center of the country) and the opening of new stores,” the company stated on Tuesday. read more

Many public kitchens have already succeeded in increasing the proportion of organic food used. The BioBitte initiative presents examples of this good practice and its success factors at www.bio-bitte.info/gute-praxis. read more

Never compromising when respecting and pleasing consumers - this is the approach of OP Frutthera Growers, the company from Scanzano Jonico (Matera) owner of the Nicofruit as well as of the increasingly well-known Fragola Matera® brands. read more

The international conference “HortiTech: trends and opportunities for Georgia“ will be held in Tbilisi (Georgia) on April 25, 2023. read more

Aop Cio, an association of producer organisations based in Parma, of which Ainpo, Consorzio Casalasco del Pomodoro and Consorzio Agrario di Cremona are members, presented the TomatER research project, for the improvement of environmental sustainability, to the Emilia-Romagna Region
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New Zealand apple brand, Rockit has said it will deliver its biggest season yet, with record export volumes expected in 2023. read more

Raspberry growers in Bosnia and Herzegovina are looking at this year’s harvest with uncertainty. All indications are that there will be a multitude of challenges. In the first place is the non-payment of last year’s purchases, followed by the fact that the refrigerators are full of fruits
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Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, is exhibiting their VERYX® optical sorter and Zephyr™ horizontal-motion conveyor, as well as showcasing their other world-class equipment, in Hall 6 / B73 at Interpack in Düsseldorf, Germany, May 4-10, 2023. read more