According to exclusive data from Retail Data for infoRETAIL, “Lidl and Consum (with a positive net balance of five stores each) and Aldi (with a net balance of four stores) are the three food distributors that have achieved the best performance in the balance of openings and closures during
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This year too, at Zanarini we have thought about sharing with you a few bits of information as regards the new Italian carrot season. read more

The Port of Los Angeles handled 487,846 TEUs in February, translating to a 43% drop from the all-time high in the same month last year. read more

“South Africa is an increasingly important supplier of high quality onions to the UK and EU. Not only this year with the shortages, but already back in 2021 and 2022 we saw more interest for our onions. Our quality has improved a lot over the years and it is 100% on par with supermarket
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Carpentiere France is ending its season of citrus fruit from Sicily. It was a very “special” year because the Mediterranean island was the victim of climatic hazards. “A storm hit Sicily during the third week of February,” explains Alexandre Dudouit. “The fruit banged one another,
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Carmen Crespo, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water, and Rural Development, inaugurated the new seedbed of Campoejido in Dalias together with Francisco Lirola, the mayor of Dalias, and Cristobal Martin, the president of this Andalusian cooperative society. "This new seedbed's three
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Kenyan avocado suppliers are uncertain about the regulations imposed by nation’s regulatory body as the harvesting season draws close. Traders call for an exemption to comply with regulations published by Agricultural Food Authority (AFA) set to be implemented from March 24, for eight months.
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In Upper Austria, 18.1% of the area and 20.1% of the farms are currently farmed organically, and demand for organic products within retailing is increasing. The share of spending on organic products reached a new high of 11.6% in the first three quarters. In 2021, the share was 11.3 percent.
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Samskip, a global logistics solution providers with offices in 24 countries, is venturing into “zero carbon emission free shipping services”. They are contracting Two Hydrogen fuel powered vessels to provide service for its west European routes by signing a ship building contract with the
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There are major shortages on this year's ginger market. "The Chinese crop is 40-50% lower than last year, and since there are so many market speculators, prices have doubled," begins Gerry Li of Vision Fresh in the Netherlands. "Chinese ginger is currently selling at €43-€45. The Brazilian
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While many varieties of fresh apples have finished shipping out of British Columbia, some fresh varieties remain. “There are a handful of larger operations with controlled atmosphere capacity that are still packing but overall the crop is down compared to 2021. It will run short--the industry
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According to experts from Moldovan organizations of agricultural producers in Moldova, about 60 000-65 000 tonnes of apples from the harvest of 2022 remained in the refrigerated warehouses of farmers and traders at the beginning of March. Given the fact that a little less than 30 000 tonnes were
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In agriculture, UAV plant protection technology is mainly used in field crops or plantations with wide and flat terrain, but less frequently in citrus orchards with hilly terrain. Recently, in an exchange with Linhai Chunshu Fruit Professional Cooperative, we learned that the cooperative pays
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For the past ten years, Traxens has been providing shipping companies and professionals of the fruit and vegetable sector with electronic devices that can be placed on containers, permanently or temporarily. This allows them to track the progress of their goods in real time. “This system gives
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Despite the increase in the supply of apples to the countries of Southeast Asia and Latin America, Polish growers could not fully compensate for the loss of the market for their fruits in Russia. According to Miroslav Maliszewski, president of the Union of Polish Horticulturalists, the
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“In today's highly interconnected and fast-paced world, the food industry relies heavily on global supply chains to supply consumers with safe, high-quality products. Therefore, food traders have a crucial role in ensuring that food is safe and complies with regulatory requirements. However,
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Red onion prices, though still acceptable, hold no candle to yellow onions' sky-high prices. Still, that market is affecting red onions this year, Carl van de Wiel of Agro Centre Holland notes. "We often say the red onion market operates completely independently of the yellow. However, now,
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"I've sent the first Dutch chilies out the door already," says Hamid Haddouch of Chili & Pepper. He points out that this means the pepper season is early again after all, despite growers' concerns about energy. Early-crop growers are picking particularly red habanero in abundance. "Last
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The official pack date for Vidalia onion season has been announced by the Georgia Agriculture Commissioner and Vidalia Onion Committee. Vidalia onion fans across the country can mark their calendars for April 17 when the sweet onions are set to ship to grocery stores across the
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This season, dragon fruit production out of Ecuador is very strong with February and March being the peak months. While the fruit is gaining popularity, consumption is not big enough to utilize all of Ecuador’s supplies. “Supplies have grown faster than consumption levels, which made the
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