Genoa and Parma, comparing markets
2023-05-12 00:00
The Centro Agroalimentare di Genova is tinged with yellow and blue for a day. Welcoming a delegation from Parma's Cal Centro Agroalimentare led by President Marco Core and Director Giulietta Magagnoli;
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Week 17, sales surge
2023-05-12 00:00
After a few rollercoaster weeks for fruit and vegetable sales by weight, the 17th week of 2023 finally sees double-digit trends; however, the gap with Lcc is growing. In terms of channels, the supermarket is flying, while the discount store is the one, among
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Clearing 'pesticides' to develop consumption
2023-05-12 00:00
The data are clear: Italians believe that the most important thing when choosing a fruit and vegetable product is the absence of pesticides - this is the case for 96.5% of our sample of 3,000 Fruit and Vegetable Monitor purchasing managers - and beats every other attribute, including quality
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San Marzano tomatoes, a virtuous example of supply chain integration
2023-05-12 00:00
Territory, traditions, wholesomeness and quality. These are the main characteristics that the Consortium for the Protection of San Marzano Tomato of the Agro Sarnese-Nocerino PDO highlighted at TUTTOFOOD in Milan.
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IV gamma labelling rules, Freshfel urges EU to rethink
2023-05-12 00:00
Freshfel Europe warns the European Commission about the possible implications of the draft proposal on marketing standards and mandatory country of origin labelling rules for soft fruit and vegetables.
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Hail in Piedmont, watch out for phantom damage
2023-05-12 00:00
Hail covered entire fields and roads in the Cuneo region during late Wednesday afternoon. And yesterday, the accumulations of hailstones were still visible. As Coldiretti Cuneo also reported in a press note: 'The hailstorm is the effect of the wave of bad weather that
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Fruit kisses goodnight
2023-05-12 00:00
The benefits of fruit and vegetables are flaunted in all the health magazines and nutritionists recommend fruit in diets as the cornerstone of healthy eating. Fruit is a synonym for healthy, even if consumption is languishing - but that is another matter - and the positive effects
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If there is one fruit that unites sportsmen and women as well as children, it is labanana, a real natural boost of magnesium and potassium that can give the right boost to those who train and at the same time, through its simple and delicate taste, also meet the favour of students attracted by the
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One billion ceiling for agriculture
2023-05-11 00:00
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry and Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena have signed a memorandum of understanding to make available to Italian agricultural and agri-food enterprises a €1 billion fund to support investments and
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If it is margin inflation, who gains and who loses?
2023-05-11 00:00
Faced with an inflation rate that, still in April, was +8.3% in our country, despite the now clear reduction not only in energy costs but also in agricultural commodities, a keen observer such as Ferruccio de Bortoli, in the columns of Corriere della Sera, wondered
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TuttoFood calls, Macfrut answers
2023-05-11 00:00
After the excellent results of the last edition (click here to read more) Macfrut is back in the limelight.
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BNL BNP Paribas, through BNL Leasing, finalised a leasing transaction worth EUR 20 million in favour of PAC 2000A, the largest cooperative in the Conad Group in terms of size and turnover, with a sales network extending across Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Calabria and Sicily,
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After dropping 4.6 % in 2021, sales of organic food and beverages grew by 0.5 % last year, lower than expected especially in a strongly inflationary environment (+9.1 % price growth for food and beverages in 2022). In the same
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'Noah is the realisation of our sustainability dream'
2023-05-11 00:00
A dream of sustainability realised: this is what the Noah pallet (click here to read more) represents for Monica Artosi, General Manager of Cpr System. With her, we retraced the steps that led to the realisation of the project, testifying to what only a research
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15 million to relaunch Fico
2023-05-11 00:00
News at Fico. The management passes 100% to the Farinetti family. As reported by the Corriere della Sera, the new president of the company will be Oscar's youngest son, 32-year-old Andrea Farinetti.
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Bad weather damage in Emilia-Romagna, 1 billion needed
2023-05-11 00:00
Damage amounting to at least 6 million euro, but the bill is growing by the day: this is the first balance of the disaster that Legacoop Romagna, the Agricultural Cooperatives of the Province of Ravenna and the National Seed Consortium presented to the regional councillor for Agriculture
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Marlene apples interpreted by 5 international chefs
2023-05-11 00:00
A tool that celebrates the variety of aromas and flavours of Marlene® apples together with 5 international chefs who embody the values of origin, sustainability and quality. It is the new varietal folder that, after the Flavour Wheel, represents the second chapter of the apple journey
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Excess soil salinity, Italy goes to school from Israel
2023-05-11 00:00
Italy is looking to Israel not only for an increasingly efficient use of water, with state-of-the-art irrigation systems, but also to solve the problem of the effect of excessive soil salinity on plants.K-Adriatica, a company specialising in the development of
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Watermelons, prices are already at an all-time low in Spain
2023-05-11 00:00
In Spain it is speculation alert. The watermelon campaign has just begun, but producers are already struggling with collapsing prices, well below current production costs and among the lowest ever recorded. Denouncing the situation is Coag (Coordination of the
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Aldi, growth based on employee welfare
2023-05-11 00:00
ALDI, part of the ALDI SÜD Group, a leading multinational retailer and one of the world's most important players, continues its growth plan in Italy by announcing new career opportunities in its more than 150 shops and 2 poles
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