In the forty-first week of 2023, the trends in fruit and vegetables by imposed weight are again approaching those of Lcc, and even in the progressive the distance is getting shorter. In terms of channels, discounters are the only loss-makers among the physical ones. read more

The headlines that appeared yesterday following the vote in the European Parliament's Environment Committee on the proposal for a regulation on packaging and packaging waste (PPWR), erroneously spoke of a clear victory for the green ideology when it comes to packaging. read more

Just over 2.18 million households (8.3% of the total from 7.7% in 2021) and more than 5.6 million individuals (9.7% up from 9.1% in the previous year) are in absolute poverty in 2022. read more

"We would like to reassure the large-scale retail trade that the new marketing year is looking very promising with a qualitatively and quantitatively satisfactory production and able to guarantee the supply of blood orange varieties.
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Autumn is the time when mushroom sales become very important in the fruit and vegetable departments, driven by the better-known porcini (wild) mushrooms. Cultivated varieties are also very popular and have the advantage that they are always present throughout the year and therefore can
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Five months after the flood that hit Romagna and the Conselice area, Conase inaugurated "Un seme da salvare" (A seed to save), the work created by Italian street artist Zed1 and curated by Marco Miccoli. read more

Lidl Italia, a leading retailer with more than 730 shops in Italy, presented its new ESG strategy. During the event 'On the road to tomorrow: driving change towards sustainable consumption' held yesterday in Milan, the company released the results of its third Report on
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For the blueberry sector, the future looks bright, with growth continuing to progress thanks to efficiency gains and the development of premium lines by the industry, as stated in the recent Rabobank report 'RaboResearch Food and Agribusiness Blueberry',
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In recent years, researchers at the Laimburg Research Centre have studied more than 50 crops relevant to mountain agriculture in South Tyrol in more than 70 experimental plots distributed throughout the region. In Teodone (Brunico) the focus is on
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During one of our last visits to a Famila shop in Forlì, we found the Petali line, organic vegetable products enriched with legumes, vegetables and spices. The range is offered by Golfera, a company from the Romagna region based in the province of Ravenna, which has found in the cured meats and
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Coca Cola and the Citrus Fruit District of Sicily together for the good of the territory; a synergy that has seen the birth of several projects and that has benefited the entire Sicilian citrus fruit sector. Thanks to a global vision and a strong territorial bond, the world giant of the
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Coming just like a whirlwind over an orchard already devastated by frost and hail, the lapidary statement from the representatives of the three reference organisations of the pear world about the pear show, scheduled to take place at the end of November; read more

Aldi, part of the ALDI SÜD Group, a reference multinational reality in the large-scale retail trade, consolidates its presence in Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy with the inauguration of two new points of sale in Bologna, via Dozza and Lonato del Garda (BS), ready to welcome customers at
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More than 3.1 million poor people in Italy have received public aid to eat in soup kitchens or with the delivery of food parcels. This is what Coldiretti estimates based on data from the Fund for European Aid to the Destitute (Fead) in reference to the annual report
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In Italy there are about 30,000 under-18s suffering from chronic kidney disease. For them, Fagioli Ribelli (Rebel Beans) was born, a pilot project of therapeutic nutrition education to improve the quality of life of paediatric patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The project draws its
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An unprecedented crisis in the sector, which is putting the whole industry in difficulty, aggravated by the May flooding and the actions, still in full swing, that the trade associations, UnaPera and Oi Pera, are taking to obtain resources and reassurances
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The fruit and vegetable sector is increasingly automated and the demand for technology is also coming from emerging countries that want to approach quality-demanding markets. Products, automation and research were the topics we discussed at Fruit Attraction with
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Planning for the future in the fruit and vegetable sector is often considered a futile effort, as there are too many variables at play and, above all, unpredictable (e.g. the weather). It is easier to complain and hope for some state rather than European contribution. A strategy that
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The 'Joinfruit Fresh' project of the OP Joinfruit of Verzuolo arrives at Banca CRS: employees and customers of Banca CRS, as well as all citizens wishing to try this new service, can now buy fruit, vegetables and other quality products from the
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In the exclusive location of Casa Lago in Milan, the Press Day 2023 of Despar Italia, the consortium that brings together six distribution companies and affiliated retailers under the Despar brand, took place on Tuesday 24 October. For the occasion, Casa Lago was transformed for a day into
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