Among the vegetables that have been rewarded by the market are first and foremost tomatoes - with prices even touching EUR 4 per kilogramme - and courgettes (from EUR 2.50 to EUR 4 per kilogramme). The performance of peppers is also good, while the price of aubergines is within the normal range; read more

The national distribution sector and the current context will be the protagonists at Marca as part of the inaugural conference organised by ADM - Associazione Distribuzione Moderna and The European House Ambrosetti scheduled for Tuesday 16 January, but yesterday, at the conference 'Marca del Distributore e Made
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Data released by Istat on retail sales in November (click here to read more) show a trend increase in value of +1.5%, which corresponds to a decline in volume of -2.2%. read more

Enrico Bucchi is the new General Manager of Valfrutta Fresco: formerly Commercial Director of the company specialising in 100% made-in-Italy premium fruit and vegetables, Bucchi takes over the baton from Stefano Soli, who had held this position since 2017, holding it until
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The start of a new year is a key time to make predictions about the future that awaits us and, thanks in particular to social media, it has become more immediate to identify what food trends we will face in 2024. If we talk about trendy superfoods, i.e. those foods of
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The closing of the old year and the beginning of the new one, with all the festivities in between, show lights and shadows for the fruit and vegetable department in the Italian large-scale retail trade. The calendar has shifted the balance of the Christmas weeks somewhat and, just considering weeks 51, 52 in 2023 and 1 in 2024
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Insalata dell'Orto - a Veneto-based company specialising in the production, packaging and marketing of first and fourth range leafy vegetables, as well as Europe's largest producer of edible flowers - files a 2023 with double-digit growth, breaking through for the first time
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The new commercial created by Ce.di.Or for the Elisir line debuted on TV on La7 a few days ago and was launched on social networks at the same time. read more

Big showbiz celebrities are often not as they appear in real life, and even their consumption choices do not actually coincide with what they sponsor; read more

Deregulation seems to have become the new buzzword in Argentina since President Javier Milei (top photo) took office. While the market has been in the hands of the state for years, things have changed with the new Decree on Needs and Emergencies (Dnu) published
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The Italians' 'plate' is varied and constantly evolving. The focus on recipes with healthy, quality ingredients is increasing, as is the choice of quick and easy solutions to prepare; read more

InGermany, the protests of the agricultural world have not subsided, as shown by the images of the various roadblocks reported by all the national media in recent days, and which follow the demonstrations of 18 December, when thousands of agricultural vehicles besieged the
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The banana industry of Costa Rica, one of the three most important banana exporting countries in the world, is looking at this season with pessimism. Generating the South American country's doubts, as reported by the newspaper valenciafruits.com, is a mix of factors that are directly affecting the sector
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Rijk Zwaan Italia will open 2024 with its first Demo Days Frutti - Speciale Sicilia - a meeting event dedicated to fruit products and aimed at professionals. read more

A greater propensity for fish and shellfish dishes (35%) and a preference for pandoro and panettone (36%), rather than fruit, are the trends that emerge from the analysis conducted by Agroter's Monitor Ortofrutta on a representative sample of purchasing managers
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January is the ideal month to start again with good habits, re-establishing one's daily routine that, willingly or unwillingly, each of us will undoubtedly have put aside during the Christmas holidays. read more

Dried fruit is a category that, especially at Christmas, cannot be missing from the tables of Italians, we know. We therefore wanted to take a closer look at the wholesale market during the festive period and for this we asked Mario Marchetto, seller
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ILIP opens 2024 by confirming its participation in two important trade fairs dedicated to the horticultural sector. From 23rd to 26th January, the Bologna-based company will be exhibiting Hortipack products (sowing trays, boxes with alveoli, transport and cultivation pots and
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The cultivation of aubergines, whether in a greenhouse or in an open field, is no small challenge to achieve satisfactory production for the supply chain. CHV's Croptimum is an innovative plant activator based on purified plant molecules that is attracting a lot of interest from
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On the new measures to support citrus fruit cultivation launched by the Sicilian regional government, the president of the Consortium for the Protection of the Sicilian Red Orange PGI, Gerardo Diana, commented: read more