The Efra Committee is preparing to take evidence as it seeks to establish how resilient the UK’s supply chain is. read more

The fruit sector in Italy has reached a turning point. This is what emerged from the conference held on Wednesday 8 November in Cavour (TO) on the occasion of TuttoMele, organised by Confagricoltura Cuneo and Confagricoltura Torino. read more

In December, Euro Asian Fruit will have operated a warehouse in the Netherlands for three years. It supplies the Asian community in Europe from ABC Westland in Poeldijk. Its clientele recently increased substantially. "We've built a good name within the Asian community; our next goal is to serve
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The 2023 strawberry season has been a mixed bag for the various global markets. In the Netherlands, the autumn crop shot up early, causing losses later in the season. This lack of production has pushed up the prices, of which the German market is feeling the effect as they wait for the arrival
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A few days ago at the Ferrari Museum took place the annual ceremony for the presentation of the 'Sign of the Year' award, organised by SEIC - Studio Orlandini and Q&A Research & Consultancy.Lidl Italia, present throughout the country with over 730 shops, takes home two
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MART employs a systematic process, analysing three years of sales data, to establish stabilization funds. By calculating needs based on monthly averages, MART ensures effective planning. During the off-season, they pinpoint and distribute demand locally. Currently partnering with 10 major retail
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The Russian apple harvest is expected to match last year's 1.2 million tons, as reported by Tamara Reshetnikova, CEO of "Technologies of Growth." While regions like Lipetsk, Voronezh, and Belgorod boast good-quality apples, climatic challenges in the south affected the quality, particularly for
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Consumer price data from Rosstat indicates that cabbage prices in the Rostov region have surged by 100% in the past year, making it the vegetable with the steepest increase in cost compared to others. This trend is observed across the entire Russia. read more

UK: How Amazon Fresh is helping to make your Christmas festivities easier read more

Citrus Black Spot, False Cydia and Citrus tristeza virus are the main threats to imported citrus fruit and European intervention is needed to safeguard the supply chain. Launching the alarm - as reported in a Sole24Ore article - is Italy which, after Spain, ranks
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The Primorye Interregional Office of Rosselkhoznadzor successfully stopped the import of a 6.7-ton batch of tomatoes from China. This action was taken because a quarantine object, the Tomato brown rugose fruit virus, was found in the products. read more

How to relaunch fruit consumption? This was discussed at a conference (Fruit: Piedmont, Italy, Europe - Production and trade dynamics) held in Cavour (To) on the occasion of TuttoMele, organised by Confagricoltura Cuneo and Confagricoltura Torino. The role of the territory,
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According to the sixth health and life study conducted by the insurance company Aegon, 49% of Spanish consumers believe that the generalised increase in food prices has changed the way they eat and shop. In fact, the report reveals how people have
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He is somewhat skeptical about the exact figures government agencies, supranational organizations, and interest groups publish. Yet, Abdelkader Benchagra of Maroc Avocado, an importer in the Netherlands of - as the name implies - Moroccan avocados, is sure avocado acreage and, thus, production
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The Melone 2023 Summit, promoted byBasf Nunhems, was an interesting conference that discussed the melon supply chain in Italy, from the field to the point of sale, at a time when cultivated areas are shrinking from 18 to 16 thousand hectares, according to the data on display
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Due to abundant rainfall and difficult harvesting conditions, the storage of table carrots is progressing rather slowly this year, as Axel Meyer from the vegetable growing and trading company of the same name tells us. "In many parts of Germany, it's almost impossible to harvest at the moment.
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According to EastFruit analysts, this week there was a sharp change in trends on the Polish industrial apple market, where prices had been growing rapidly for quite some time. On Wednesday, processors began informing suppliers about price cuts, although farmers expected prices to continue
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AgroStar subsidiary INI Farms has shipped its first consignment of ‘Kimaye’ branded bananas to Fresh Del Monte in Europe. The pilot was executed by INI Farms in collaboration with the Agricultural Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), along with support from ICAR-Central Institute
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Maersk has started, with the official ground breaking, the construction works for its new large cold store in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The specialized warehouse for temperature sensitive or frozen products like pharmaceuticals, fruits, meat or fish is located right next to the Maasvlakte II
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Greenland Group, the owner of Colombia’s Banacol, has issued a statement denying accusations that the banana company has been complicit in drug trafficking. read more