In fact, receipts and customers per day have increased again and in some cases even exceeded expectations, it was said at the beginning. However, the representatives of the food retail industry agreed on one point: "We will not return to pre-inflation levels for the time being. The consumer climate will
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Avisomo, a Norwegian agtech supplier, and Coop Norway, a global retailer, formed a strategic partnership to build an automated vertical farm that will be directly integrated into the retailer's existing distribution center. Signed on November 27th, 2023, the deal brings an additional €5.2
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On 13 December in Casoria, a new Sole365 supermarket will open its doors at 9.00 a.m. in Via Armando Diaz 106. Immersed in the most magical of Christmas atmospheres, amidst festive decorations, gift ideas and many selected food and wine delicacies, a new Sole365 will bring the best of Christmas
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Webuy Global Ltd, an emerging community e-commerce retailer with a focus on grocery and travel in Southeast Asia, today announced it has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding to acquire controlling interest in PT. Tiga Sakti Utama, an importer and wholesaler of fruits in
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Greece claims two top spots for the world's best fruits read more

Irish retail demand and consumption of potatoes remain buoyant and should escalate significantly as Christmas approaches. Some progress was made in terms of lifting over the past week, however, the saleable yield of potatoes in store will be very difficult to estimate. This year’s yield dig
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Shannon Boase from CKF recently gave a presentation at the Global Berry Congress in Rotterdam entitled Better Blues: Costco's Canada Case Study. read more

For our usual survey inside a large-scale retail outlet, this week we stopped by the Pam supermarket in Parma, a historic shop in the city of Emilia, which has been renovated several times over the years and is part of the Panorama shopping centre; read more

The annual meeting is used by the members of the association to discuss the completed stone fruit campaign. As Fruchthandel Magazin had also reported, this was certainly not easy, especially as far as apricots were concerned, which had severe sales difficulties.
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For weeks now, retailers have been stocking numerous Christmas products, from gingerbread and Christmas biscuits to chocolate Santas. In the run-up to St Nicholas' Day, retailers are also heavily promoting red apples, citrus fruits and nuts. After all, these are the products that
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One of the most common misconceptions in our industry is that it is difficult to find 'good' fruit and vegetables to eat in the large-scale retail trade, with some exceptions. Actually, the sentiment is also echoed among consumers, since, according to research by Agroter's Fruit and Vegetable Monitor on 3,000
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The year 2023 ended on a positive note for Codè Crai Ovest, a large-scale retail cooperative based in the province of Turin, which now has more than 300 sales outlets in north-western Italy in Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria and Valle d'Aosta. Growth and new acquisitions are
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Israel is facing a tomato shortage, leading to a surge in prices and a potential dominance of imported vegetables on store shelves by mid-January. The head of an Israeli retail chain has urged the government to prioritize domestically grown fruits and vegetables over expanding import quotas amid
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Driscoll’s is gearing up for the upcoming Sweetest Batch strawberry season with the Tasmanian-grown berries set to hit Australian shelves in December 2023. read more

Foodwatch, Familles Rurales, UFC-Que Choisir and CLCV are denouncing the excessive margins in supermarkets. The 4 consumer associations decided to call on the French government at the end of November, citing a “scandal of the two-tier system behind the soaring food prices.” In their view,
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Australia’s peak farm body says farmers are fed up with being kept in the dark about what’s driving prices across the country’s agricultural supply chains. read more

At the end of November, at two Carrefour hypermarkets in the province of Milan, the season of Spettacoli alla Frutta 2023 came to an end. After having touched the squares of Italy, this year it landed in the fruit and vegetable departments of modern distribution outlets. In the video
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Due to the uncertainty of Spanish growing conditions more European retailers have shown interest for capsicum grown in Israel to secure supply. According to Avi Bar from Mor International in Israel, “There are some European retailers, which are interested to increase capsicum programs with us,
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Last year, high energy prices meant there was little supply from those countries' greenhouses, so supermarkets had to switch to imports from Southern Europe. How are things looking this year? We approached ALDI and LIDL Netherlands for more insight into their supplies and strategies for the
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As the Polish trucker blockade of Ukrainian haulers approaches its one-month mark, the economic toll on Ukraine's businesses is mounting. Since November 6, approximately 2,500 trucks have been stranded at the Ukrainian border with Poland, as Polish truckers protest, demanding the European Union
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