As part of its educational initiative "Machen macht Schule", Kaufland is organising nutrition action days for children for the third year in a row. Together with certified nutrition experts, children and young people learn how to eat healthily in four school hours. Goal
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The National Association of Apples and Pears asks for a safeguard plan for the French apple, with measures based on three pillars, for the coming 24 months. read more

Wonderful Pistachios has released its newest commercial as part of its Get Crackin’ campaign featuring Spot®, an agile mobile robot from Boston Dynamics engineering and robotics design company.  read more

A $4.8 million multi-state project led by Mississippi State is bringing together more than 30 national experts to address problems endangering seed programs of a US crop currently valued at $680 million. University research and extension scientists from major sweet potato states are partnering
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Planning and controlling processes effectively are two of the most important things when it comes to fresh food. In reality, however, many companies struggle with insufficient networking of their plants, manual entries in confusing Excel spreadsheets and planning errors based on this. read more

CMA CGM has revealed its 2022 annual financial results. The highlights are: Revenue and operating profit up year-on-year. A year of accelerated development for the Group, driven by strategic acquisitions across the shipping and logistics value chain. Investments aimed at accelerating the
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Chelsea chiefs banned celery from Stamford Bridge in 2007. This means the vegetable is strictly forbidden at Stamford Bridge. Even though it contains relatively little vitamin C, the plant has been popular among blues fans since the 1980s. read more

DP World is planning to invest USD $38 million in 2023 to expand and modernize its facilities located on the left bank of Brazil’s Port of Santos. The port is one of the largest and most modern private multipurpose port terminals in the country. read more

Prince de Bretagne was present at this year’s Agricultural Show in Paris, at the Terres & Mers de Bretagne booth, in order to “convey the values of the cooperative and of the Bretagne region, as well as to promote its producers to the general public.” Most French consumers are already
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The winter dormancy has been good for the soils in the southwest. The frost has loosened the soil well and with the current dry weather conditions, the fields are easily passable. The first of the 265 growers of "Pfälzer Grumbeere" - despite relatively cold temperatures - are already beginning
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Group A. De Witte has begun the considerable expansion of its Starpack site. This exotic fruit site was bustling last week with the delivery of seven 45-meter-long wooden trusses. "That had some logistics involved with extraordinary transportation needed to get them here," says this Belgian
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A melon whose rind changes color to signal its ideal harvest, storage, and consumption time? That's the new melon line developed by Syngenta Vegetable Seeds. The patent-pending technology was presented at this year's Berlin trade fair, where it won the Fruit Logistica Innovation Silver Award 2023. read more

According to its own information, the company can report a record turnover of 19.4 million euros for the past business year. This corresponds to a slight increase over the already strong previous year. The largest order in the company's history, worth more than 3.2 million euros, made a significant contribution to the increase.
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Theoretically, the prices of apples should increase during the first half of the year, experts believe, because there is a classic relationship: the fewer the leftovers, the higher the price. The only question is whether such an increase will cover the cost of storage. read more

The stock reduction of organic apples in February was 890 t. This is about 110 t more than in February last year and about 40 t more than in February 2021. Demand for organic apples remains high, according to Bio Suisse and swisscofel. read more

On 2 March 2023, the Bundestag passed a special levy for products made of single-use plastic, payable from 2025 and based on the volume of products put on the market in the previous year and included in the law. From the packaging sector, these include e.g.
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Apeel Sciences has promoted Ryan Fink to senior vice president of the Americas and Marius du Plessis to chief commercial officer in EMEA. Du Plessis and Fink will leverage the company’s produce supply chain experience to strengthen Apeel’s core commercial business, improve supply network
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As salad becomes increasingly hard to find in supermarkets, green-fingered inmates at The Verne, a men's prison on Dorset's Isle of Portland, have harvested their own. And it’s not just one or two: the yield included no less than 1,300 lettuces. read more

With the opening of the new Food Fulfillment Centre, a specialised delivery service warehouse in Bochum, around 1.6 million households can now also use the Rewe delivery service in the Ruhr region. This means that customers in 15 cities benefit from fast deliveries and a large assortment. To
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At the end of February 2023, the stock level of 33,203 t is 6,870 t below that of the previous year (40,073 t) and 4,708 t below that of 2021 (37,911 t). The stock reduction in February 2023 is 1,373 t higher than in 2022, with a total of 8,082 t. This is the highest stock reduction in the past four years.
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