From the graphs below, we see that the negative peaks in tomato prices occur, for all types, in the summer months. In fact, although consumption of this vegetable increases in summer, self-consumption from family gardens lowers its price. The plant is
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From today, the Kilometro Verde salad, Europe's largest vertical farm, will be distributed in more than 700 Coop shops under the Fior Fiore brand. The important milestone kicks off the distribution activity throughout Italy and follows the inauguration of the vertical farm held on
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The Renetta apple, a variety that has been present in Val di Non since the end of the nineteenth century, will be the star of an intense advertising campaign conducted by Melinda on the radio and at points of sale. Linus, the historic voice of radio Deejay, and other well-known speakers will sponsor the fruit in the weeks between
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The decrease in the volumes of fresh fruit and vegetables exported continues according to data released by Fruitimprese: minus 2.2% in quantity in the first nine months of the year even if a +5.4% increase was recorded in value. The trade balance is even worse, with a surplus of 141 million Euros (-51.6% compared to
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Demand for clementines is high, thanks to good quality and still low prices. Demand for oranges is still centred on blond Navelina oranges, although Sicilian Tarocos are on the rise. Demand for artichokes is increasing; kiwi and
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Conad's fruit and vegetable offer is enriched with the Vertical Farm Sapori&Idee line of salads, born thanks to the collaboration with Zero, a company that deals with technology development in the field of vertical farming applied to the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors,
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The 2023-2024 commercial campaign of Violì, the made-in-Italy artichoke that brings together, in the consortium of the same name, four major players in the national fruit and vegetable sector, Apofruit, Cericola, Op La Mongolfieraand Peviani, has begun. The harvest is lower than the previous year, due to
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Already tried and tested in France, where 700 shops are active, Carrefour's Contact format is also coming to Italy, as described in this article in Gdoweek. At the basis of this concept store is the objective of guaranteeing greater convenience by lowering prices
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The research and consultancy company Agroter, specialising in fresh produce, carried out an analysis on the perception of the fruit and vegetable department. The research, which involved the 3,000 purchasing managers of Agroter's Monitor Ortofrutta nationwide, revealed the following
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A blueberry pre-calibrator that uses AI (artificial intelligence) technology to solve the problems arising from automated harvesting. The new machine launched on the market in October 2023 by Tomra is called Neon. Processes up to 500 berries per second Tomra Neon read more

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Bananas from India marketed in Europe. The experimental project, which materialised yesterday with the first container arriving in Rotterdam, is the result of Del Montec's collaboration with the exporter INI Farms. The Asian country is the world's largest producer of bananas read more

In mid-November 2023, the first supermarket in Italy without checkout staff opened in Verona, under the Tuday sign of Conad, managed by the Dao cooperative as we wrote in gdoweekin which we also delved into the technological infrastructure enabling the
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The pear industry, a sector that, between employees and direct and indirect allied industries, employs more than 50,000 people, launches an appeal to the President of the Council of Ministers, Giorgia Meloni, and the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Francesco Lollobrigida, on the
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The marketing campaign for kiwifruit, including the red and yellow types and the Zespri brand, is now in full swing. Demand is growing for clementines and the peak production time for the common variety is near. The marketing of persimmons is continuing steadily.
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At the end of November, at two Carrefour hypermarkets in the province of Milan, the season of Spettacoli alla Frutta 2023 came to an end. After having touched the squares of Italy, this year it landed in the fruit and vegetable departments of modern distribution outlets. In the video
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The table oranges are the Gustose Barbera, the juicing oranges the Succose Barbera. The Group based in Adrano, in the province of Catania, is launching in Italy the offer of a double reference: the Bionde and Rosse oranges are proposed with a separation between the table oranges, with calibre
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In the new instalment of the series 'Discovering the supply chains with La Grande Bellezza Italiana' we talk about the Pera Mantovana Igp, which recently joined the stable of products of the network of companies that, for five years now, have come together to research and
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The genetic improvement project on Zucchino Bolognese is coming to an end. The aim of the Zucchin-Bo project, financed by the 2014-2020 regional rural development programme and presented by Consorzio Sativa with the coordination and consultancy of Ri.Nova, is to produce a
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A campaign delayed due to the anomalous heat, with medium-small sizes, but no problems with quality, which, indeed, is expected to be high. This is the picture of the 2023-24 citrus season painted by Aurelio Pannitteri, president of Op Rosaria of Belpasso (Ct), and patron of Arancia Rosaria.
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