The Fairtrade Foundation is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Fairtrade Mark in the UK this year with a series of special events and campaigns. read more

UK: Easter sales spring earlyKantar reported: "Aldi's sales stepped up by 3.1%, with its market share at 9.8%. Fellow discounter Lidl grew by 8.8% to capture a 7.8% share of the market, helped by a 24% rise in sales of baked goods and a 11% jump in fruit, vegetables and salads. Iceland grew
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Consumers in the UK have been alerted to the recall of several supermarket items deemed potentially unsafe for consumption, with advice to return them for a refund. Specifically, Sainsbury's Flaked Almond is under scrutiny for salmonella contamination, a bacterium capable of causing food
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The consumer watchdog ACCC would be given new powers to bust apart Australia's supermarket duopoly if they are found guilty of anticompetitive behaviour, if a new bill for divestiture laws is passed by parliament. Under the proposed legislation, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
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Over the last five years, the strawberry category has seen retail prices rise by 30 percentage points, areas tend to be stable and imports almost halved. The picture that emerges from the Agroter Fruit and Vegetable Monitor analysis seems to be rather rosy
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Aldi, part of the Aldi SÜD Group, a leading multinational supermarket chain, announces its return to TV with the 'With an Aldi Price a Day' campaign, signed by Grey, its new agency partner following the winning of the tender held in the second half of the year.
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In March's category review, we provided you with an overview of strawberries, which showed that, on the one hand, there has been a steady increase in retail prices in recent years and, on the other hand, an abnormal decline in consumption in 2023 (click here to read more); read more

We continue our periodic interviews with the major large-scale retail chains to analyse their roles and strategies in the fruit and vegetable department. For the March appointment we involvedConad Nord Ovest, giving voice to Paolo Mondini, Head of the Fruit & Vegetable Department / Piante&Fiori and Category
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In March's category review, we provided you with an overview of strawberries, which showed that, on the one hand, there has been a steady increase in retail prices in recent years and, on the other hand, an abnormal decline in consumption in 2023 (click here to read more); read more

Waitrose: 500 jobs at risk over Enfield warehouse closure planWaitrose has revealed plans to shut a delivery warehouse in north London later this year, putting more than 500 jobs at risk. The supermarket chain has launched a consultation process over potentially shutting the site in Enfield,
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Too hard, too green, or overripe: finding the perfect avocado in the supermarket is sometimes a struggle. Supermarket chain Jumbo, however, has found a handy solution. From now on, their Ranst and Veurne stores in Belgium will boast an X-ray device that tells you exactly what your avocado looks
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Red Tractor Assurance is dropping its Greener Farms Commitment module (GFC) following feedback from its members, the organisation announced today (22 March). read more

Grocery retail research and consultancy organisation IGD has published a new report outlining long-term risks to a resilient food system in the UK. read more

Aldi is gearing up to spend approximately £34 million on British fruit and vegetables as it prepares for its best Easter performance yet in terms of food sales. read more

"IV gamma grows in share and value only in the supermarket channel during 2023. In the discount channel (the second most important) it falls in both volume (-1.3%) and value (-0.5%). The discount channel, however, is the channel that in recent years has contributed most to the progressive reduction
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Contraction of volumes persuperfruit, superfood and spices, among the 7 clusters surveyed by the latest edition of GS1 Italy's Immagino Observatory, the six-monthly study that monitors consumption phenomena in the large-scale retail trade, cross-referencing information on digitised product labels from the
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Contraction of volumes persuperfruit, superfood and spices, among the 7 clusters surveyed by the latest edition of GS1 Italy's Immagino Observatory, the six-monthly study that monitors consumption phenomena in the large-scale retail trade, cross-referencing information on digitised product labels from the
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The Co-op has become the latest retailer to launch a dedicated “Best of British” section on its online delivery website in a commitment to British sourcing. read more

Supermarkets across Europe have started to employ AI-based freshness scanners that could eventually tell shoppers if a number of different fruits are ripe before they buy them. read more