Straight from the mind of its creative director, Demna Gvasalia, Balenciaga launches its new sneakers made from Bananatex®, a fabric derived from processing fibers of the banana plant, as reported by repubblica.it. The high-fashion brand thus decides to take a step forward. read more

El Corte Inglés is certainly an interesting brand, both as a shopping center format and as a food assortment proposal, including fresh fruits and vegetables. The assortments are indeed wide and deep, and for some key categories, it is possible to offer. read more

Since the beginning of September, lemon prices - mainly coming from overseas - have skyrocketed: the 3-4 caliber, from South Africa, is being sold wholesale in a range between 2.20-2.40 euros per kilogram. This is a trend that we have verified firsthand in the field. read more

Every year, data on food waste grows alarmingly, putting an increasing strain on the balance between humanity and the resources of the planet. read more

On the occasion of the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on September 29th, Despar Nord renews its commitment to combating food waste with a campaign in-store and on the web channels at https://www.despar.it/it/antispreco/#gref. read more

New Zealand fruit growers are gearing up to properly celebrate the silver anniversary of the Kiwifruit Industry Restructuring Act of October 1994, which led to the establishment of Zespri. Meanwhile, in our country, product aggregations continue to move slowly, more like the daughters of. read more

Last February, Australia marked a significant breakthrough in agricultural production by approving the first genetically modified (GM) banana resistant to Panama disease (Fusarium), a fungal infection that is threatening banana plantations globally. read more

Mazzoniraddoppia the storage and processing capacity of its Greek warehouse dedicated to kiwi. In 2021, the Ferrara Group inaugurated a warehouse in Kavala, Greece, equipped with high-tech refrigerated cells and a processing room, which allowed them to work and... read more

It was a summer campaign characterized by a sharp drop in production for Futuragri, a prominent company from Puglia in the production and marketing of fruit and vegetable products. This was reported by the sales manager, Giuseppe De Filippo, with whom we discussed an assessment of the situation. read more

A few weeks before the event, the complete list of speakers for the Fruitnet Citrus Congress was published (click here for more details). Join the leading players in the global fresh citrus industry to share ideas on how to increase consumption. read more

It is believed that the fruit and vegetable supply chain is exclusively dedicated to the commercial sphere of the product; once the fruit or vegetable in question has been grown, cared for, and packaged, it must perform at its best in the relevant departments and that's it. Of course, this aspect is... read more

The wait is over for fans of innovative and surprising fruit products: Kissabel® apples from the Northern Hemisphere are back on the market. The commercial season for the range of colored-flesh apples - from pink to deep red - began in the United States in September. read more

Providing positive energy to the apple category and consumers for 20 years? Yes You Kanzi®! read more

In week 37, sales of pre-packaged fruits and vegetables show a positive trend, even though the average mix price has stopped increasing. Physical channels almost all report good performances, except for hypermarkets. This period is crucial for the grape category, but... read more

Comfortable, good, and anti-waste: IV range products are highly appreciated by Italians, but consumers still have prejudices and misconceptions about the category. This is, in short, what emerges from the survey conducted by the IV Range Fruit and Vegetable Products Group. read more

This year, Apofruit, a fruit and vegetable cooperative with over 2,700 members throughout Italy, confirms its participation at Fruit Attraction (Madrid, October 8-10), one of the main international events in the sector. The leaders of the cooperative will meet with operators and visitors at the event. read more

Cultivated in the fields at the foot of Mount Etna, in a generous land capable of enhancing the qualitative characteristics of the product, Barberasi pomegranates stand out for their intense red color and strong, bold taste. The 2024 harvest season started with the first fruits around the 10th. read more

The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food (MAPA) has released the first estimates for the upcoming citrus production season, with a forecasted harvest of 5.842 million tons, slightly lower (-1%) than the previous year. Among the causes mentioned are... read more

In the course of 2023, organic fruits and vegetables entered 80% of Italian households at least once. This percentage gives hope for the future. The data was presented by CSO Italy during the event Made in Nature: Organic Fruits and Vegetables and Neuromarketing. read more

ISI Sementi has always been a leader in the midi plum segment, as evidenced by the slogan: "Where there is Plum, there is ISI." In addition to the historically well-known and successful varieties in our range, such as Proxy F1, Pixel F1, and Dominus F1, today we are introducing our first resistant midi plum variety. read more