Consumer sentiment in Germany is starting 2023 with a little more optimism. Both economic and income expectations continue to recover and are increasing noticeably. The propensity to buy continues its ups and downs of the last few months and is currently losing ground slightly. read more

The beginning of this tense situation is evidenced by a 2020 publication by Eva Boergens in Geophysical Research Letters, in which she noted that there was a glaring water shortage in Central Europe during the summer months of 2018 and 2019. Since then, there has been no significant
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The cold spell in Almería in the last week of January led to a significant drop in production. As expected, prices have increased for all products, but most for peppers and tomatoes. In addition, many crops are finished while demand is stable.
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LEDFan offers savings on lighting and heating costs through a highly efficient design that utilises heat loss with controlled fans. read more

Looking back, the fruit and vegetable market was significantly influenced by several factors last year. On the one hand, the war in Ukraine initially caused energy and transport costs to rise, according to the current market report by the Agrarmarkt
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The value in 2022 was US$256 million. Thanks to a cultivation area of 12,550 ha, Chile is able to achieve a total plum production of around 100,000 t per year, 2/3 of which are destined for dried plums, simfruit reports.A total of 81 countries were supplied, whereby the
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The President of the German Farmers' Association (DBV), Joachim Rukwied, emphasised that greenhouse gas neutrality would only be possible through the storage of carbon in nature and through technical sinks, i.e. through negative emissions. This is already politically anchored in part, he said, and
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With this move, Choco is strengthening its presence on the Spanish market and further expanding its position as a driver of digitalisation in the food service industry. All Katoo customers will be able to benefit from Choco's service offer in the coming weeks, the company says. read more

The value development of fruit/vegetables/potatoes lags behind the development of FMCG overall both in December 2022 (-2.2% vs. December 2021) and in 2022 as a whole (-3.6% vs. year 2021). This negative sales development of minus 3.6% is contrasted by a volume development of minus
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In addition to electric service vehicles, the first Volvo e-truck is now permanently in use for branch deliveries. In 2023, a total of six electrically powered trucks will deliver to the greater Vienna area. By 2030, the entire diesel delivery fleet will be converted. According to the discounter, this will bring
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Q Eye Smart is the only scanner based entirely on an Artificial Intelligence platform that enables more precise automatic quality sorting of fruit. read more

Spain is the leading producer in the EU, accounting for more than 26% of European fruit and vegetable production. The total Spanish O+G cultivated area was 1,873,520 ha in 2021, according to MAPA data. Exports reached 9.5 million tonnes in 2022 from January to October, with a turnover of
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The correct price perception for fruit and vegetables, trends, sustainability and important other projects for the future of the industry: tasks abound and standardisation and restraint are also a concern in times of crisis. Richard Schouten, Director of the O+G umbrella organisation GroentenFruit
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On 26 January, an e-truck transported fresh fruit and vegetables from Bakker Belgium, a Greenyard company, to Delhaize for the first time. The new Volvo truck will deliver around 18,000,000 kg of fruit and vegetables to the retailer's distribution centre in Zellik every year, Greenyard says.
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The project, funded by the European Union, CSO Italy and leading Italian organic companies including Brio/Alce Nero, Almaverde Bio/Canova, Verybio, Ceradini Group, Orogel Fresco and Conserve Italia, aims to promote the European organic sector. Thereby
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