The 'Freskon Fresh Fruit and Vegetable International Trade Fair' is at the gates, with improved qualitative and quantitative characteristics. It will be held from April 23 to 25 at the Thessaloniki International Exhibition Centre. read more

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"We are in the final phase of a complex citrus campaign. In terms of online sales, it has nevertheless rewarded our efforts in the fields. Although our communication and promotion on online channels started late compared to our competitors, we have achieved good visibility," says Giuseppe
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The star of Easter remains the asparagus of course, but many fruits and vegetables also benefit from this festive period. “In general, exotic fruits tend to sell well during the week of Easter. People get together with their families and want to treat themselves. We can feel a certain craze
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A.J. Trucco Inc. is mourning the loss of Sal Vacca, the company founder and a beloved member of the produce industry. Vacca passed away on March 22, 2023, at age 93. read more

The onion market seems to be stabilizing. "Prices are under some pressure rather than rising," says Maarten van Damme of the Dutch company Dacomex. "Just like with the exchange listing, a few cents are coming off every week. The bale price for medium and large onions is around €0.75 to €0.80." read more

Moldova exported just over 19 000 tonnes of apples in March this year. This is more than the February exports (almost 15 000 tonnes) but significantly less than the average level of March exports over the past five years (about 25 000 tonnes), EastFruit notes. In March 2022 – the
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“The fair season continues and, after Cibus, we attended Vinitaly to promote our productions expression of culture, identity and tradition. Our leading product continues to be Bergamot oranges. We sell them fresh, processed as juice or mixed in functional products. They are in fact one of the
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Affected by continuous rainy weather and lower temperatures in large areas, the prices and sales of most fruits on the market have declined in the past two weeks. The weather gradually stabilized in the latter part of this week, and the market improved. On the other hand, some merchants said
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The kiwi market has been difficult this year, according to Pascale Begoulle, sales manager of Sikig. “The outputs are lower than in previous years. The market has been slow since the start of the campaign, as for many other products.” This situation is linked to the current economic context.
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Fruit and vegetable shortages have helped push UK food inflation levels to a new record during the past month, reaching highs of 15%. As indicated by the British Retail Consortium's (BRC) index, food inflation accelerated strongly in March, up from 14.5% in February. This was the highest monthly
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All circumstances are in place for strawberry consumption to go up around Easter. “Strawberry sales are usually good in the week before Easter. We also have beautiful sunny days, which is always favorable for strawberry consumption,” explains Emeline Vanespen, director of Fraises de France. read more

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EastFruit analysts highlight reduced inflation in Georgia. While we were used to seeing an annual difference of 10% or more in the general price level, or inflation, for quite some time now, the change in the overall price level in March 2023 amounted to only 5.3%. Alarmingly, a
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Israeli packaging and container producer Plasgad will attend Macfrut for the first time. FreshPlaza has talked about it with the marketing manager for Europe, Patricia Marquiegui. read more

Despite inflation and cost increases, the company said it had a strong sales season overall for organic chicory. "In January as well as February, marketing was a bit slow, which is probably also partly due to inflation and consumer reluctance to buy. In line with the lower demand, we then pushed
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At JVI Imports, the import division of John Vena Inc. Specialty Produce in Philadelphia, the season is getting underway for two lesser-known counter-season commodities out of Peru. read more

Manual price adjustments are often not sufficient to be able to map strongly fluctuating prices promptly and accurately in the trade. Since this year, K-D Hermann contact-Auszeichnungssysteme has been offering a corresponding digital solution for this purpose, for which there is already lively
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The first year success of the Potato Partnership (TPP) was quite successful, says James Wrinch, director of East Suffolk Produce and a TPP founding partner. For the founding partners of the Potato Partnership it was the recognition that without trials, growers were unlikely to find the answers
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Due to the difficulties at the Cape Town port, farmers are delaying the planting of new orchards, which prevents the development of new jobs. Due to these difficulties, farmers are delaying the planting of new orchards, which prevents the development of new jobs. read more