Today's Fruit and Vegetable Special 2023
2023-11-29 00:00
Is the fruit and vegetable crisis also a communication crisis? Certainly, but to understand its role and scope, it is necessary to clarify what communication means. To haphazardly advertise a thousand novelties that arrive today and disappear tomorrow? Or, contrasting the peculiarities of
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Boxships now hit by Panama Canal crossing restrictions
2023-11-29 00:00
Container ships are now being held up in the Panama Canal as the number of transit slots for such vessels will be reduced from 1 January 2024, according to Linerlytica’s report.
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Portuguese police discovers four tons of cocaine in banana shipment
2023-11-29 00:00
The Polícia Judiciária have announced the seizure of more than four tons of cocaine, hidden in boxes of bananas in a Lisbon warehouse. The action, named Operation Âncora, has not yet resulted in any arrests on Portuguese soil.
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South African ports: dire situation
2023-11-29 00:00
Despite all the meetings from the operational level to Minister Pravin Gordhan and the National Logistics Crisis Committee under the auspices of the President, we are finding ourselves in a dire situation with all the ports in the country.
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Self-service checkouts, Tesco eliminates product scanning
2023-11-29 00:00
Technological innovation has arrived at Tesco's self-service checkouts, where customers will be able to pay without scanning individual products purchased. As stated in a press release from the retailer, the technology is still at the experimental stage and will involve customers of the
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Automation should alleviate harvest labor shortages in Australia
2023-11-29 00:00
Engineering consultancy start-up Vision AI has clinched an $8 million deal that could revolutionize the labor-intensive task of growing fruit and vegetables. The company will use new technology to introduce labor efficiencies into operations at Victorian glasshouse fruit and vegetable grower
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Conad Nord Ovest reopens the Piancastagnaio shop
2023-11-29 00:00
Last weekend, after a period of renovation, the Conaddi via Roma reopened in Piancastagnaio with even greener spaces and a commercial offer that emphasises Tuscan and 0 km products.
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Photo report: Global Berry Congress
2023-11-29 00:00
Despite a significant surge in input costs, particularly in labor, the pricing of berries has not kept pace, placing substantial pressure on profit margins in the global berry industry. Further complicated by climate challenges and extreme weather conditions, the industry is actively seeking a
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MP Tugendhat visits new Hadlow glasshouse
2023-11-28 16:00
Tonbridge & Malling MP Tom Tugendhat has visited the new state-of-the-art glasshouse at Hadlow College.
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UK: Tesco tests scan-free self-service checkout
2023-11-28 09:00
According to the company, the state-of-the-art technology is currently only available in one Tesco Express shop in London's Fulham district. Customers simply have to take their items to the scan-free checkout and press "Get Started". This would be followed by a
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SanLucar: 'In 2024 we will open multi-product islands in two banners' #vocidellortofrutta
2023-11-28 00:00
SanLucarp aims decisively at greater commercial development in our country, to be implemented not only by expanding the range of products available - berries, strawberries, citrus, seedless grapes, stone fruit, exotic - but also with category projects, multi-product islands with only branded references. By
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"Weather extremes affect the whole supply chain"
2023-11-28 00:00
The berry industry has seen rapid growth, but the future can be a fragile thing. With input costs for growers rising, weather extremes affecting the whole chain, and inflation impacting consumers' expenses, the market is challenging. However, with input costs stabilizing and the consumers'
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McCain Foods continues to drive innovation in agriculture with launch of Presia Ag Insights
2023-11-28 00:00
Continuing its commitment to drive innovation and advance new technologies in agriculture, McCain Foods has announced the launch of Presia Ag Insights. A newly formed business unit wholly owned by McCain, Presia is the result of a decade of collaboration to develop digital technologies,
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Berry Global has launched a new version of its Omni® Xtra polyethylene cling film for fresh food applications, which provides a high-performance alternative to traditional polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cling films.
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How is fresh produce displayed in US stores?
2023-11-28 00:00
Have you ever wondered what a fresh produce section looks like in US supermarkets? How do you imagine it: small, big, non-existent or replaced by frozen products? And what is the produce like, high or low-quality? And what about the prices? Can the US be the new market frontier for Italian
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Australia’s vegetable industry is set to receive an unprecedented level of protection against exotic pests through a unique $10 million levy-funded collaborative biosecurity strategy.
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The harvesting campaign of brassicas, spinach, celery and spiked chicory by Futuragri, a leading Apulian fruit and vegetable producer, began at the turn of October and November. We spoke to Giuseppe De Filippo, sales manager, about the season that has now begun.
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Blockade of Poland-Ukraine border leads to increase in retail prices for imported goods
2023-11-28 00:00
Polish truckers and farmers are staging an around-the-clock blockade of the southeastern Medyka crossing. This has resulted in lorries lining up at the Poland-Ukraine border. This blockade has significantly complicated the delivery of imported products from Europe, the priority of retail chains
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Seaborne reefer trade to contract for the second consecutive year
2023-11-28 00:00
In the final quarter of the year, the outlook for seaborne reefer trade has weakened with cargo demand now expected to post a second consecutive year of decline. Meanwhile, transit restrictions on the drought-stricken Panama Canal are starting to impact vessel capacity serving exports of
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Diving freight rates have inevitably led to plummeting carrier Q3 returns, and the outlook for the full year is bleak while next year's expectations have sunk well below the waterline.
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