'Revenue and profitability in line with annual targets'
2024-03-01 00:00
The Bonduelle Group's revenue for the 1st half of fiscal year 2023-2024 amounted 1,213.1 million euros compared with 1,243.4 million euros for the 1st half of previous fiscal year, up +4.5% on a like-for-like basis and down -2.4% on reported figures.
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Interest in cauliflower is stagnating in some German markets
2024-03-01 00:00
On the German markets, deliveries of French and Italian cauliflower formed the basis of the range. Spanish deliveries completed the picture, while Belgian ones appeared in smaller quantities only in Cologne. Spanish products were absent in Hamburg.
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Number of UK carrot growers drops due to tight margins
2024-03-01 00:00
The British Carrot Growers Association (BCGA) is confronting challenges as squeezed profits lead to a reduction in carrot cultivation. To combat this, BCGA is initiating a campaign to protect carrot growers' future, highlighted by the National Carrot Awareness Day scheduled for October 3, 2024.
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"The Japanese market now accounts for 100% of our kiwi exports".
2024-03-01 00:00
The Georgian company Nergeta started growing kiwifruit near the country's Black Sea coast in 2011. Within two years, it established a 20-hectare orchard and also built its own cold store and packing plant. His first trial shipments were sold in a chain
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"As in an entropic system, bureaucracy in Italy will never decrease, on the contrary, it will increase because it employs a host of bureaucrats. It is useless to have illusions. What to do then? We must learn to 'ride it out', to take advantage of it, by informing ourselves and taking timely advantage of every opportunity
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Pound experiences unprecedented stability in the UK
2024-02-29 00:00
The FX market is currently experiencing a period of remarkable calmness, with the Pound displaying an unexpected level of stability. According to Joseph Capurso, Head of International and Sustainable Economics at Commonwealth Bank, "Implied volatility is particularly low in GBP, at close to the
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A new 24-acre greenhouse facility is being completed in Delta, British Columbia for Windset Farms®, a vertically integrated producer and marketer of greenhouse-grown produce, selling and marketing over 2,500 acres of greenhouse vegetable production.
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Georgian company Nergeta started to grow kiwifruit near the country's Black Sea coast in 2011. Over two years Nergeta established a 20ha orchard and also built their own cold-store and packhouse. Its first trial export shipments were sold in a German retail chain but the company soon found its
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Fruit Attraction is ready to take off as the application period to participate in its sixteenth edition opens. Organised by Ifema Madrid and Fepex, this leading trade fair for the fruit and vegetable sector will take place from 8 to 10 October under the slogan "Discover the essence of the sector".
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Industrial-scale system to be showcased in Cologne
2024-02-29 00:00
Elea will be exhibiting at Anuga FoodTec again. The booth will be equipped with their versatile PEFPilot Dual system for live demonstrations on various products and to show PEF benefits on-site.
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Citrus growing: strong pressure from non-European competitors
2024-02-29 00:00
The controversy over the import of oranges from Egypt, while Italian oranges would remain on the plants, has been going on for the last few days. But is this really the case? On closer inspection, these are not just complaints made in the air, since the pressure of the imported product is very much felt by producers.
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"The orange season has already been sentenced, we hope that the mandarin season will pick up in mid-March".
2024-02-29 00:00
The Spanish citrus season is encountering serious difficulties, both in oranges and mandarins, as well as in lemons and grapefruit. The conflict in the Red Sea has led to an increase in the presence of Egyptian oranges and Moroccan mandarins in European and North American markets,
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Costa Rican bananas sold at £0.97/kg in week 8
2024-02-29 00:00
Below are the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. These are national averages of the most common prices for bananas in the Birmingham and London wholesale markets. This publication is updated weekly. Costa Rican bananas in the
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Interest in cauliflower stagnates in some markets
2024-02-29 00:00
French and Italian cauliflowers formed the basis of the assortment. Spanish deliveries completed the picture, while Belgian cauliflowers appeared to a lesser extent only in Cologne. Spanish products were conspicuous by their absence in Hamburg. However, according to BLE, the
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In Spain, many lemons are left on trees
2024-02-29 00:00
In Spain, the lemon market remains under pressure at origin, due to an increase in the harvest of Fino or Primofiore lemons. This figure only confirms the previous forecasts of Ailimpo, the Spanish trade association for lemons and grapefruits.
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Researchers at Goa University have developed a novel method for producing gold nanoparticles, crucial in the delivery of anti-cancer drugs, using a specific species of mushroom indigenous to Goa. This method, detailed in the Geomicrobiology Journal, represents a significant stride towards
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'Interest in cauliflower stagnates in some markets'
2024-02-29 00:00
French and Italian cauliflower offerings formed the basis of the assortment. Spanish deliveries supplemented the scene, while Belgian ones appeared to a lesser extent exclusively in Cologne. Spanish products were notably absent in Hamburg. However, according to BLE, the availability was
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"The early volumes of the Peruvian season have sparked a lot of interest in our blueberries".
2024-02-29 00:00
The Dutch sales office of North Bay Produce is entering its fourth year of activity. "We now have a staff of six people working in the Netherlands and England, which we should expand even further in the coming years," says Wilco Arts. North Bay is a cooperative
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Pistachio cultivation continues to expand in Spain, where the production is expected to increase significantly in the coming years. "Between 70,000 and 75,000 hectares are planted, but only about 10,000 hectares can be harvested for now, so the production is expected to increase eightfold in the
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This year the vegetable bouquets were trendy for Valentine's Day
2024-02-29 00:00
This Valentine's Day, the Cagayan Valley, Philippines, is embracing a new trend: bouquets made of freshly picked vegetables, coined as "veggie bouquets," to support local vegetable farmers. Dr. Rose Mary G. Aquino of the Department of Agriculture highlighted this initiative as a means to address
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