Aldihas accelerated its expansion in the US by acquiring the Southeastern Grocers supermarket portfolio in Jacksonville, Florida. The acquisition, which will close in early 2024, will cover 400 grocery shops, mainly under the Winn-Dixie and Harveys banner in the
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Often the fruit and vegetable community has snubbed marketing, seeing it as a source of cost rather than profit. This view is continually borne out in the way innovation projects are constructed. Marketing expenses, in fact, are always among the last items in almost every
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With the collapse of harvests and the farewell of one in four potatoes, retail prices for potatoes are soaring, ranking as the most expensive fruit and vegetable product at the consumer level with an increase of 26% in August compared to the same period last year. E'
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Strong impact of the El Niño phenomenon on Peru's blueberry export campaign. Data from the consultancy Fresh Fruit Peru show that shipments up to mid-September amounted to 40,527 tonnes, barely half the total for the same period
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An expanding market in Italy and abroad, a growing turnover and new services for partners gaining ground. After the summer for L'Insalata dell'Orto - a company from the Veneto region specialising in the production, packaging and marketing of leafy vegetables from
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In Italy, Lcc sales in online channels are experiencing a strong contraction, whereas until last year growth seemed inescapable, also thanks to the boost given by the pandemic. read more

A start with the handbrake on chestnuts: this was reported to IFN by Giuseppe Fortunato, a wholesaler who has been present for years at Maas in Catania with the registered trademark 'Il caldarrostaio', to whom we asked what campaign we should expect in terms of fruit quality, volumes and
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While the campaign for the Verdello lemon and the Interdonato di Messina Igp, a niche product of the Ionian coast area, continues, amid uncertainties mainly dictated by the weather and the scorching summer that has just passed, the members of CAI, the Cooperativa Agricoltori Ionici based in Furci
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Approximately one month after the start of the 2023 sales campaign, Kurt Ratschiller, Commercial Director of VIP, draws an initial balance. 'We are off to a good start,' the manager says without hesitation, 'and we are ready to continue on the right track. read more

Paco the tomato, Raniero the radicchio, Valeria the peach, Melchiorre the melon, Cinzia the cherry, Francesca the strawberry, Carmen the carrot, Car Carlo the artichoke, Lino the lemon, Carlone the cardboard wizard. These are just a few of the 22 fantastic fruit and packaging characters
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Focusing on the increasingly urgent topics of sustainability and proper nutrition, the 'OrtoRomi for Schools' educational project is back for the 2023-2024 school year with a big new feature: the resumption of in-presence workshops after a three-year hiatus due to measures
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Presentation of the Puglia Region partner of Macfrut 2024and focus with technical visits on table grapes. This was the double thread of the day on Friday 22 September at CRSFA "Basile Caramia" (Centre for Research, Experimentation and Training in Agriculture) in Locorotondo
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This is a time of transition in the wholesale markets; on the one hand, mild temperatures are pushing the consumption of summer fruit, which is generally in the final stages of the campaign, and on the other hand, autumn references are appearing, which are not yet finding major outlets. read more

After a campaign with both field and consumer prices quite high compared to previous years but with citrus export levels among the lowest ever (just 3,000,000 tonnes), Spain is facing a new harvest campaign that in the
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After months and months of minus signs, at last in August the consumer bar is positive. In truth, the balance is shyly up, but this is certainly good news considering the current context. Those who contribute most to the result are fruit and vegetables and Southern Italy, but
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After months and months of minus signs, at last in August the consumer bar is positive. In truth, the balance is shyly up, but this is certainly good news considering the current context. Those who contribute most to the result are fruit and vegetables and Southern Italy, but
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Yesterday morning, the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Francesco Lollobrigida, visited the Istituto Agrario Garibaldi in Rome, one of the oldest in Italy, to officially inaugurate the new school year. "Today's is just a wish for
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The trend for the fifth range from the end of 2022 until the summer months of 2023 was all in all positive. In fact, the weekly IRI data processed by Agroter's Fruit and Vegetable Monitor speak of a trend of +12.8% in value and +1.5% in volume. We talked about this with Annatura,
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The national united activists of Fai-Cisl, Flai-Cgil and Uila-Uil unanimously approved the platform for the renewal of the collective contract for employees of the Consorzi Agrari 2024-2027, due to expire on 31 December 2023. read more

The profound difficulties that the danger sector is experiencing are there for all to see, but before decreeing its De prufundis, as some are already doing, let us try to analyse the most significant data to understand the scenarios that lie ahead for the sector. For example, the
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