Flowers booming in the Polish retail?
2024-03-04 00:00
Last year, Poland was the country where the level of import stayed on the same level as in 2021. The export numbers for 2023 show that Poland remains the 5th export destination for ornamentals from the Netherlands with a difference to Italy (4th place) of only 10 mln euro. The increase is
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For the last three weeks, green asparagus of Spanish origin has been finding it difficult to gain a foothold on French shelves. According to several French operators, the marketing of Spanish green asparagus is currently proving "very difficult". Some chains of
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For more than two weeks, green asparagus from Spain has been struggling to find a place on French supermarket shelves. According to several French operators marketing asparagus in France, sales of Spanish green asparagus have been "very difficult." Some French retailers "refuse to open lines
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Asda opens its 1,000th UK store
2024-03-04 00:00
Holland: Why Jumbo is stopping its pricing strategiesDutch supermarket chain Jumbo has decided to stop regional price differentials and also partly abandon its Every Day Low Price policy to focus more strongly on price promotions. With these interventions, the retailer hopes to improve its
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Australian grower trials new Swing apple
2024-03-04 00:00
The N&A Group in Australia kicked off their apple season, with their crop of certified organic Royal Gala apples making their way in to the markets and on to retailer shelves. N&A's is also trialling their exclusive SWING™ apple, with trials going ahead this season as volumes grow closer to
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UK: Desch Plantpak Ltd celebrates 60th anniversary
2024-03-04 00:00
Sixty years ago, on March 3rd, 1964, Plantpak Ltd's story began in Congleton, UK, with a vision to revolutionize the horticulture segment. Today, they commemorate their enduring legacy and in this article, Kees Waqué , Desch's Manager Retail and Marketing, backs on six decades of growth and…
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UK: Desch Plantpak Ltd celebrates 60th anniversary
2024-03-04 00:00
Sixty years ago, on March 3rd, 1964, Plantpak Ltd's story began in Congleton, UK, with a vision to revolutionize the horticulture segment. Today, they commemorate their enduring legacy and in this article, Kees Waqué , Desch's Manager Retail and Marketing, backs on six decades of growth and…
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For the last three weeks, green asparagus of Spanish origin has been finding it difficult to gain a foothold on French shelves. According to several French operators, the marketing of Spanish green asparagus is currently proving "very difficult". Some chains of
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Only two large food distributors experienced growth in the first eight weeks of the year
2024-03-04 00:00
During the first eight weeks of 2024, Mercadona and Carrefour were the only large food distributors in Spain that managed to increase their market share in value, according to the most recent data provided by Algori on the sector's evolution. Mercadona, led by Juan Roig, experienced the largest
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UK: Desch Plantpak Ltd celebrates 60th anniversary
2024-03-04 00:00
Sixty years ago, on March 3rd, 1964, Plantpak Ltd's story began in Congleton, UK, with a vision to revolutionize the horticulture segment. Today, they commemorate their enduring legacy and in this article, Kees Waqué , Desch's Manager Retail and Marketing, backs on six decades of growth and…
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Flowers booming in the Polish retail?
2024-03-04 00:00
Last year, Poland was the country where the level of import stayed on the same level as in 2021. The export numbers for 2023 show that Poland remains the 5th export destination for ornamentals from the Netherlands with a difference to Italy (4th place) of only 10 mln euro. The increase is
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Lemons for Citrus research: retailers join in
2024-03-04 00:00
Also this year the initiative Lemons for Research, a project of Fondazione Umberto Veronesi Ets realised in exclusive partnership withCitrus l'orto italiano, is back. In supermarkets, citrus fruits will be available in special nets distinguishable from packages
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Flowers booming in the Polish retail?
2024-03-04 00:00
Last year, Poland was the country where the level of import stayed on the same level as in 2021. The export numbers for 2023 show that Poland remains the 5th export destination for ornamentals from the Netherlands with a difference to Italy (4th place) of only 10 mln euro. The increase is
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For the 2024 International Women's Day celebration in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, over 1 million flowers from various countries have been imported. These flowers will be brought in by the retail chains "Krasny Yar" and "Baton."
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"Successfully rescheduled kiwi shipment"
2024-03-01 00:00
The Georgian company Nergeta started growing kiwis near the Black Sea coast in 2011. Within two years, it created a 20-hectare orchard and built a refrigerated warehouse and packaging plant. The first trial shipments were marketed in a chain
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MD returns to TV with new 'Buona Spesa, Italy' campaign
2024-03-01 00:00
On the occasion of its first 30 years, MD launches its new 'Buona Spesa, Italia!' television campaign, featuring people and their daily shopping: the narrator is the unmistakable voice of Antonella Clerici, the company's long-standing testimonial.
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Only two food retailers grow in the first eight weeks of the year
2024-03-01 00:00
During the first eight weeks of 2024, Mercadona and Carrefour were the only major food retailers in Spain to increase their market share in value, according to the latest data provided by Algori on the evolution of the sector. Mercadona,
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Week 7: volumes still down for Lcc fruit and vegetables
2024-03-01 00:00
We have reached week seven of the New Year and the signs coming from the large-scale retail trade are not encouraging: weakly positive value sales, with inflation still high, at least in Lcc fruit and vegetables. At the channel level, only discount stores are shrinking in volume.
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There is no doubting Roger Boons' enthusiasm for the Polish market. After joining the fruit and vegetable industry in 1985, he soon started working in the Eastern European market, at that time for the New Zealand Kiwifruit Marketing Board (Zespri) after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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This is the first year Bernardi has been producing Swiss chard and the market is reacting well. "We grow the produce directly and feedback is great. The produce reaches supermarket shelves in just a few hours, as freshness is at the basis of good quality."
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