Retailer Waitrose has been plagued with availability issues since an IT problem affected stock replenishment. Now, a couple of Waitrose customers have taken to social media to express their disappointment at empty shelves within some stores. The retailer has claimed the issue has been fixed, but
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Recognition of the conditions of force majeure and exceptional circumstances that have affected the territories of Emilia-Romagna affected by floods and landslides since 1 May. Hence, a series of derogations to the deadlines for the presentation of Pac applications, to respect
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The executive director of the Institute for the Protection of Consumer Rights (Proconsumidor), Eddy Alcántara, has been speaking about the reasons for the shortages of some products in the Dominican Republic, depending on the year’s season, as is the case with bananas. He stated: “Every
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Irish potato farmers are warning that supermarket shelves will go bare if they don't increase the prices. Of course, as inflation continues to take hold across the country, many are happy to see that the potato and other Irish-grown vegetables have escaped the rising costs. This is despite the
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On 15 June 2023, the Shareholders' Meeting of ESD ITALIA was held for the approval of the 2022 budget and the renewal of the Board of Directors. The Members of ESD Italia, founded in 2001, have already confirmed their commitment to cooperate by renewing their mandates until the end of 2022.
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The Spanish federation of wooden packaging and its components, FEDEMCO, and the Andalusian strawberry interprofessional association, Interfresa, have signed a new collaboration agreement. The agreement stems from the need to work together to comply with new regulations.
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Rovigo is the Italian champion, sponsored by citrus producer Agricola Lusia, for the 14th time: the ‘Bersaglieri’ beat Petrarca Padova 16-9 in the final of the ‘Top 10’ which took place in Parma, putting their signature on the 92nd edition of the men’s 15s rugby tournament. "It is a
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Predicting agricultural yields is one of the big problems for farms, especially with the unstable climate it becomes problematic to develop programmes. But the solution may come from precision agriculture using state-of-the-art tools such as satellites and
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EastFruit analysts are closely monitoring the situation in Serbia, where heavy rains have led to floods. A natural disaster is observed in a large number of regions of the country, including the region of compact cultivation and processing of raspberries. It could have a very serious impact on
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Summer is finally starting and consumption of typical summer fruit should explode... so at least it has been the case for melons and watermelons which, thanks to the first warm weather, have had a sprint in sales (for more on this click here). Unfortunately for peaches and nectarines the situation is
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RedPop®, the apple-shaped snack, has already won over customers and consumers all over the world. After its success in Asia, the little big sweet marketed by the VOG Consortium has reached a new milestone in the United Kingdom: from this season onwards, it is now available in
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For 25 years, the company behind FreshPlaza has been reporting on the latest fresh produce news globally. To celebrate this anniversary with the team, we will be taking a short break on Thursday and Friday of this week. read more

The World Avocado Organization (WAO) a non-profit organization which represents producers, exporters and importers of avocados from across the world, is pleased to announce its expansion of educational activities to promote avocados in the Indian market. read more

Growing Kent & Medway, Innovate UK and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) are joining forces for the first time at this year’s Fruit Focus. read more

Carrefour expects to sell more than 25,000 tonnes of melon and watermelon from Spain this summer, 10% more than last year's season. In this way, the company is reinforcing its commitment to more than 100 local, regional and national growers, ensuring that it will be able to offer its customers the best quality melon and watermelon from Spain.
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While one grower in The Dalles, Oregon is hitting its 100-year anniversary this year, its president, Brenda Thomas, has the crop on her mind. “We have to get through harvest first,” she says. “The focus is to take care of everybody that’s working for us, take care of the cherries and
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The Regional Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Carmen Crespo, has participated in the opening of the VIII International Congress of Red Fruits organised by Freshuelva in Huelva, where she has underlined "the positioning and the great possibilities" of this sector.
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Everyone knows the favourite orange vegetable. But what do schoolchildren actually know about the production of carrots here in Germany? This year, the team from meine-Möhren.de is creating a film for school lessons to convey this knowledge. read more

Ukrainian growers have started their sour cherry season last week. However, first large shipments of Ukrainian sour cherries appeared in the market only this week, as reported by EastFruit. The current sour cherry season kicked off in Ukraine several weeks later than last year, but with higher
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In MY 2022/23, European Union (EU) citrus production is projected to amount to 10.4 million metric tons (MMT), 10 percent down from the previous season, especially impacting oranges and lemons, and slightly lower than previous estimations. read more