The 2023 sales campaign of the exclusive all-Italian green kiwi fruit Dulcis, the new proposal from New Plant, in collaboration with the Universities of Udine and Bologna, produced and marketed by Alegra,Apofruit ItaliaandOrogel Fresco, has started under the banner of innovation. Green pulp but
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The US giant has embarked on a joint project with Bamboo Rose, a provider of retail technology solutions, to develop and implement a procurement platform that will revolutionise the way the retailer operates with tens of thousands of
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Aldi has announced a £12 million investment in lowering more than 180 products in the run up to Christmas.  read more

UK: Brussels Sprouts are the nation's favorite vegetable! read more

During the 24th edition of the Fruit & Vegetables Special, the event organised by IFN in cooperation with Markup, held yesterday in the usual setting of the Fico Congress Centre, the results of the first contest on the best fruit and vegetable department were presented
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"Increasing sales and reducing food waste" is the purpose of IDA's artificial intelligence-based software. Developed by Mateo Beacco, Mathieu Grosso, and Alex Chataigner, this solution aims to "optimize the management of fresh produce in both convenience stores and supermarkets." Launched in
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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 Belgium for more insight into their supplies and strategies for the upcoming winter
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They have been available on distribution counters since the end of August and attract the consumer's gaze with their bright red colour, only to surprise them with their sweetness and crunchiness. We are talking about the Cuneo IGP red apple, one of the certified products offered by the La
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British Apples & Pears Limited (BAPL) has published sales figures for October 2023, which was British Apple Month and the first month proper of the British apple season. In October 2023, Lidl significantly outperformed its market share, buying 3,030 tons of new season British apples via BAPL
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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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Sweden: Coop announces restructuring, plans to cut jobs read more

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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On the occasion of the recent Black Friday, as we reported on gdoweek, Amazon reintroduced its physical pop-up store in Milan at 1 Via De Cristoforis, near Piazza Gae Aulenti, open until 26 November for a temporary offer on several categories and with distinctive spaces.
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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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Friendliness, consumer service, and a focus on typical and traditional Italian food products. On these values Codè Crai Ovest, active with 330 Crai-branded points of sale, articulates its offer to the consumer. The fresh area, as for many retailers,
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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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Lori Bricks from Parker (Colorado, USA) has kept a potato in the freezer for five years because it looks like it is smiling at her. The woman discovered this striking potato while preparing a meal when she opened a bag of potatoes from the supermarket. The face, consisting of eyes, a nostril,
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Belgium: New Spar Colruyt Group in Kermt opens on November 30 read more

And the results offer reason for long-term confidence: more sustainable products are still in vogue across all generations. Even if the inflation-induced need to cut back on spending in German households in particular has recently led to a slowdown in the trend.
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Queensland-grown bananas and melons have been shipped to Japan, in an Australia-first trial aimed at breaking into the potentially lucrative Japanese market. read more