Marni Fruit warns colleagues in the fruit and vegetable sector about fraudulent trading under the name France Distribution SAS. "A person posing as Remi Allard places orders under this false name. He uses this email signature: read more

The international analytical platformEastFruit reports that Egypt’s exports of vegetables and fruits declined by 5 percent and 18.1 percent, respectively, during the first week of October compared to the last week of September. read more

With demand for citrus, especially oranges, currently high in Saudi Arabia, Global Star Group is gearing up for the kick-off of the citrus season in Egypt and Spain, major suppliers to the Gulf country. read more

The combination of knowledge on the organoleptic qualities of produce and an increasingly developed know-how enabled PND, a leading company in the manufacture of fruit processing machinery, to design PEARL6, a brand new pear peeling machine. FreshPlaza has talked about it with Virginia Cascella,
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'We don't want to lower the pear flag'. read more

Coralis, a consortium that brings together a number of Italian companies in the small organised distribution sector, is a member of Federdistribuzione, the association that for over sixty years has brought together and represented modern distribution companies, both food and non-food, operating in Italy. Consortium
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The area of organic lemon grown in Spain under the guarantee of the European model reached 11,509 hectares in 2022, an increase of 574% in 10 years compared to 2012. As for organic grapefruit, its surface area has grown by 418% since 2012, currently reaching 685 hectares.
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The launch of Agoralimdirect.fr, the new virtual marketplace for fresh produce in the Île-de-France region, lays the foundations for tomorrow’s food distribution, according to Stéphane Layani, president of Paris’s Rungis International Market, initiator of the Agoralim project. read more

Last year, RIVOIRA GROUP signed a worldwide license from NKP (New Kiwi Plant) for 2 sweet yellow kiwi varieties owned by the University of Udine (Italy). Today, at last, the brand name under which these yellow kiwis will be marketed has been unveiled. read more

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The new forced rhubarb season has started at De Rond Agro in the Netherlands, and the first harvesting began last week. "As soon as outdoor cultivation in Europe starts winding down, and there are slightly more quality problems, we enter the market," begins Rob de Rond. read more

Shortly, Abkhazian tangerines will appear on Russian shelves; however, this year, their availability will be limited due to an unproductive season, as reported by representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture of Abkhazia. read more

Due to a comprehensive structural change, as well as the gradual concentration of trade, the banana market in Germany has changed fundamentally in recent years. Despite pandemics and inflation, per capita consumption of the crooked fruit in Germany has remained high in recent years (around 1.09
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The average weighted price for peaches (in € per 100 kgs) stood at €119 in week 40. That is up 5% over the past few months. It is also down €4 compared to week 39. read more

Seedless grapes continue to gain market share. “It is a new consumer trend that is becoming more and more pronounced in France, driving Banagrumes to further develop its range in this direction. After launching the exclusive Mr Phil brand last year, which embodies this transformation of the
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An appeal to large companies to return to investing in agriculture, especially in the South where there has been a progressive abandonment of the sector over the last 20/30 years, comes from the Minister of Agriculture Francesco Lollobrigidwhich he spoke about during an event held in
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"The vertical farming industry has overly focused on the technical aspects of the business while overlooking the sales and marketing side. VAXA has built a strong brand presence in Iceland and conducted extensive market research to understand its customer's needs, which has influenced our
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Sweet potato production in Portugal has come a long way in the past nine years. According to Fernando Costa and Pat Fitzgerald from Nativaland the production is currently stable: “Sweet potato production in Portugal has stabilized as of late. This is partly due to the issues with water
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In the 2023-2024 campaign, the acreage devoted to potatoes for fresh consumption in Spain has again been reduced in all producing regions. This, together with the impact of adverse weather phenomena of various kinds, has kept the supply low during much of the campaign, and prices have shown a
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Carrefour is to purchase 47 SuperCor stores in Spain from El Corte Inglés in a deal worth €60 million. The transaction includes supermarkets and convenience stores located in strategic areas such as Madrid, Catalonia, Andalusia and Valencia. The group plans to convert the acquired stores to
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