Local, everyday shopping takes on an international flavour. DAO, a cooperative associated with Conad, offers, for the first time in Italy, a cashierless shopping experience (without checkout staff) in the new Tuday Conad 'Prendi&Vai', which opened yesterday in the historic centre of Verona. read more

ForLuigi La Montagna, his experience at MD as national fruit and vegetable purchasing manager comes to an end. read more

A moment of transition at the wholesale market in Bergamo, where Federico Fapanni, salesman at Ortobergamo, gave us an overview of the current trends in seasonal fruit, characterised by different origins and varieties that are interbreeding or changing
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The Italian aniculture market is going through a difficult period, marked by significant volume reductions, which are in turn linked to the extreme weather phenomena that occurred during the spring and summer of this year. Harvests below the
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In September 2023, a cyclical decline of 0.3% in value and 0.6% in volume is estimated for retail sales. Both food sales (-0.2% in value and -0.6% in volume) and non-food sales (-0.5% and -0.6% respectively) are decreasing. read more

Convenience alternatives to fresh fruit and vegetables have been proliferating in the various retail channels for several years now. But not all of them are convincing, often redundant or lacking in innovative or perceptibly distinctive features. Nevertheless, every now and then
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The Sicilian pomegranate season is almost drawing to a close and, as Sicilian producer Michelangelo Bevilacqua, owner of the Tenute Michelangelo company in the Acate (Ragusa) area with six hectares dedicated to the fruit, tells IFN, it has been a season with two faces. "The
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Aspiag Service Srl, the Despar brand concessionaire for Triveneto, Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy, together with Swan&Koi SB has launched a campaign to relaunch the fruit and vegetable sector in its stores; read more

The impact of adverse weather events, such as hail, excessive rain and frost, has caused significant damage to the agricultural sector in our province (Trento), with over 70% of the local agricultural territory affected by at least one form of climatic adversity. The instability
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The new 'Magical Christmas' advertising campaign of Lidl Italia, a supermarket chain with more than 730 outlets nationwide, features a short film in which the main character is a friendly raccoon with a keen sense of humour. The entire creative concept is
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In the current social context, personal health and the health of the planet are increasingly 'hot' topics, and often go hand in hand. Among the valuable actions to maintain a sustainable lifestyle for people and the environment, is the habit of buying and consuming
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There is a particular buzz for broccoli, with demand rising steadily over the past week. This market dynamic is not only conditioned by falling temperatures: to understand what is happening in Italy, we have to look to Spain. read more

While the market for kohlrabi is manned by historical varieties with an old genetic matrix, Ivs Takii has researched and introduced new cultivars with specific characteristics and resistances that adequately respond to the latest market trends. Of great prominence and commercial importance, a
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"The proposal for a PPWR regulation, approved by the European Parliament's Environment Committee on 24 October, as presented, would have a negative impact on one of our country's sectors of excellence, fruit and vegetables, which make up 25% of the entire agricultural sector.
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Just over seven years ago, 26 July 2016, was the historic date when the first significant entry of an international investment fund into a Spanish fresh fruit marketing company was announced. The MIURA fund entered the historic family citrus company
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Circana, a leading consultancy company for managing and interpreting the complexity of consumer behaviour, and Gruppo CRAI, a leading Proximity company in Modern Distribution, announce the launch of the exclusive Retail Private Cloud Gateway. The solution
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From the waste from the processing of raspberries and, soon, of cranberries as well, we will find antioxidant active ingredients useful in the production of body care products: the collaboration that has made this possible originates in Veneto and sees Rigoni, a food company, as the protagonist.
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Moments of great tension in the Tuscan area from Campi Bisenzio to Pistoia, due to the Ciaran storm that hit the area in the second half of last week (click here to read more). Aurelio Baccini, national vice-president of
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Online as of yesterday, NOI DISTRIBUZIONE, the digital magazine that tells the story of the world of Modern Distribution through the stories that focus on the work of people and companies that are engaged in serving millions of Italians on a daily basis, was launched. The new portal, accessible
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The Marsala area is warming up its engines with its top products: strawberries and wild strawberries. Demand in the markets is already very lively, but volumes are still not at the top. Describes to IFN the prospects of the strawberry campaign Antonino Bongiorno - president of the
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