Deregulation seems to have become the new buzzword in Argentina since President Javier Milei (top photo) took office. While the market has been in the hands of the state for years, things have changed with the new Decree on Needs and Emergencies (Dnu) published
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In the second week of January, most of the avocado production in the province of Huelva is still on the trees. "In fact, the harvest is just beginning now. Normally, some fruit is already picked in December and there is some commercial pressure, but this year the start has been delayed a bit,"
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SPAR Slovenia phase out single-use F&V plastic bags and receive FDI Award Slovenia read more

Territoriality and seasonality are for many retailers the strategic drivers to characterise and enhance the offer of the fruit and vegetable department. No exception is the Ce.Di. Marche Sì con Te (Selex), which concretises these assets with a communication ad
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Red, yellow, orange and chocolate… Dutch grower Marcel van Kester cultivates the whole range of colours of Sweet Palermo, the surprisingly sweet pointed pepper. “Not just the red variant, but all the colours excel in terms of taste. That remains the brand’s key strength,” he says. Ever
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Norway's Kiwi cuts food waste by more than a half read more

We start the year with the usual surveys of large-scale retail shops, and this week we visited the Interspar shop in Parma, a 2,500 m2 shop that has been open for seven years. The structure is beautiful and modern, very bright, with the fruit and vegetable department located in
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We do not yet know whether there will be a boom in cashierless supermarkets this year. Although the assumptions seem to be there, as Esselunga and Pam Panorama have also announced investments in this direction; read more

Inflation does not only frighten consumers but also retail chains, which is why some retail chains in France are taking action in an attempt to curb the excessive price increases practised by some big names in the food sector, as reported by Il Sole
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A bizarre incident at a New Hampshire supermarket has police baffled after a person was reportedly attacked with a watermelon. The Tilton Police Department confirmed that they were called to the Market Basket on Market Street shortly after 6 p.m. on Thursday, where they found a customer who was
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In France, declaring weight reduction on packaging is about to become law. According to the online magazine foodretail.es, the French government has in fact sent a proposal to the European Commission to make it compulsory to declare the reduction in weight on packaging.
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Sainsbury’s is switching its own-brand mushroom punnets from plastic to cardboard. read more

Over ten fruit and vegetables buyers from retailers from a dozen European countries will come to Bergamo to meet face to face with producers during the event organised by Fresh Food Leader on the 25th of January: "International Business meetings with buyers of large-scale Retailers". read more

Poland: Grupa Muszkieterów appoints Krzysztof Łagowski as director for alliances and strategic partnerships read more

Due to falling cultivation and the spread of disease in major producing areas, banana prices have gone wild in India. Banana inflation increased to 16.5% in November from 2.2% four months ago, according to consumer inflation data released last month. Retail prices have been hovering around ₹30
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Asda has stepped up the price war against the discounters by claiming to be the first supermarket to price match both Aldi and Lidl across a broad range of popular everyday products, including fresh produce. read more

Sainsbury’s is switching its own-brand mushroom punnets from plastic to cardboard in a move which will save over 775 tonnes of plastic, equivalent to over 52 million pieces of plastic a year. This is the retailer’s biggest ever single plastics removal in its history – equivalent to the
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"We have just shipped loads to Greece and Dubai, to major retail chains. We are also represented in some Italian retail chains. We are satisfied with the feedback we have received so far", says Camilla Bulgarelli, Sipo sales manager, taking stock of the innovative line of colored Datterino
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Stephen Brennan, 31, appeared before Longford District Court for stealing beef from a supermarket by misrepresenting it as bananas at the self-service till. Charged with theft of a fillet and a round roast of beef from Davis SuperValu on two separate occasions, Brennan employed a tactic where he
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Greece: Supermarkets eye expansion read more