Exotic fruit in the large-scale retail trade was the category that grew the most in volume sales in 2023, and by the same token in the shops there is a special focus by the chains with ever-changing spaces and assortments. To understand what the future holds in the large-scale retail trade
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Italianity, innovation and segmentation are the factors for recovery - and growth - in the lemon sector. The 'yellow' (to use a pun) of lemons was solved at yesterday's live IFN event, attended by protagonists from the world of production and the lemon industry.
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From 07 to 09 February 2024, Italia Ortofrutta Unione Nazionale will be taking part in 'Fruit Logistica', the leading trade fair for the fruit and vegetable sector, to be held at the Messe Berlin GmbH exhibition centre in Berlin; read more

In the third week of the new year, the value sales of fruit and vegetables by imposed weight grew more than the Lcc. However, the strong inflationary effect hides declining volumes. At the channel level, the good performance of the discounters continues, which is the only one of all with
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According to preliminary estimates, in January 2024, the national consumer price index for the entire community (NIC), before tobacco, increased by 0.3% on a monthly basis and by 0.8% on an annual basis (from +0.6% in the previous month). read more

Yesterday, the European Council was held in Brussels, which unblocked the situation on the funds destined for Ukraine, but in the headlines was the farmers' protest, which resulted in violent episodes, such as the throwing of bottles and eggs at the entrance
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The Chilean Blueberry Committee (Cbc) has revised upwards its export forecast for the current marketing year, as reported by fruitnet.com. CEO Andrés Armstrong said the country is on track to post exports of80,000
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Sunsweet, the leading brand in the world and Italian plum market, will be on TV again this year with a new commercial aiming at high visibility. The campaign will run for 7 weeks, covering the period from 7 February to 30 April, and will be broadcast in 20 and 10 second formats
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Salad has everything it takes to be pop, in the kitchen and beyond. Insalata dell'Orto - a Veneto-based company specialising in the production and marketing of first and fourth range leafy vegetables and Europe's largest producer of edible flowers - is so convinced of this that
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How important is precision agriculture in table grapes? Giuseppe Ferrara, professor at the University of Bari, is one of the speakers at the World Symposium on Table Grapes, scheduled for the next edition of Macfrut, to answer this topical question.
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CSO Italy is ready for the 2024 edition of Fruit Logistica, which will take place in Berlin from 7 to 9 February. It will participate with its now famous Collettiva 'ITALY, the Beauty of Quality', organised together with Fruitimpresee with an important participation of the Region
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Calm sales and a dormant market, this is the situation that Michele Colasuonno, president of Ago (Association of Fruit and Vegetable Wholesalers) and owner of the company of the same name operating at Foody Mercato Agroalimentare in Milan, describes to IFNwhen we asked him for an overview of the turnout and
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In the near future, strawberries and fruit in general could retain their freshness for longer and avoid wastage thanks to a cannabis-based protective veil, 3bmeteo.com reports. This is claimed by a team of researchers from Thammasat University and the Research Institute
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This year's edition of the Tsw Horticultural Industry Fair (click here to read more) held in Kielce, Poland, on 17 and 18 January was a real success, confirming it as the most important event for the country's horticultural sector. Tsw has become a
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At the age of 92, Francesco Canella, founder of the Alì supermarkets and Chairman of Alì S.p.A., passed away at the hospital in Padua. Beside him were his wife Rossella and two sons, Marco and Gianni. read more

The Consorzio Arancia Rossa di Sicilia's advertising campaign on Milan's Atm trams has kicked off. The campaign involves the complete decoration of a three-car tram with creative graphics created by Fraom design Catania for the consortium. The tram has been in circulation since yesterday for the
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Implement regenerative practices to ensure greater resilience of farms to climate change, leading to positive effects in terms of environmental and economic sustainability. This is the aim of the multi-year project launched by Melinda together with xFarm
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After last spring's postponement, which was also due to the flooding that so severely affected our territories, the agri-voltaic conference is being held again with a more specific focus on the Electric Orchard 'Fruit growing must change, the Electric Orchard is the new
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Bayer is exhibiting at Fieragricola, the international agricultural exhibition scheduled at Veronafiere until 3 February 2024; read more

Francesco Canella has passed away, and a great entrepreneur who built his success on gastronomy, fruit and vegetables and meat. I used to call him 'the wizard of fresh food', but his passion combined with that of his brothers Settimo and Pietro for what is 'alive' in grocery shops did not
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