Orchard protection has become a fundamental pre-requisite. Many club varieties need to be protected against hail, scalding, water or wind. Artes Politecnica is among the leading companies in Italy with a global market. read more

Retail demand and consumption remain stable and unchanged on recent weeks. Yields of Queens continue to be reported average at best with a lot of regional variability and demand remains strong for early material. Recent rainfall has helped main season crops; however, they are still very much
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The advertising campaign for Melinda cherries, which have recently arrived on the shelves of the large-scale retail trade, has begun. This year's promotion is based on the cities of Milan and Florence with large, high-impact digital posters in high traffic areas. Specifically in Milan
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This year's asparagus season will be remembered as satisfactory. "Except for the last three weeks from the beginning of June, we had consistently good qualities, which is mainly due to the cool weather. On the part of the food retailers, sales of German asparagus were further increased by means
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Every month, British Apples and Pears collates data from British Apple & Pear growers on the quantity of British apples they sold to UK supermarkets. The latest data is below. read more

More than 70% of the products that Lidl purchased in Andalusia came from Almeria, Seville, and Huelva. read more

According to EastFruit, a melon from Uzbekistan has reappeared in supermarkets in Latvia, which is positioned as the “Central Asian melon”. The retail price for this melon is 2.49 euros per kg. In Uzbekistan, according to EastFruit price monitoring wholesale prices for melons are currently
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In future, Edeka Nord retailers should have the opportunity to quickly and easily discover new regional suppliers as well as get to know their product portfolio. Therefore, according to the company, a new "Regio platform" has been developed. read more

L'Insalata dell'Ortoclosed the first half of 2023 with an important growth in turnover. "In the first six months of the year we recorded a 10% increase in turnover over the same period in 2022," explains CEO Cinzia
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Switzerland: Lidl announces management changes read more

According to EastFruit, a melon from Uzbekistan has reappeared in supermarkets in Latvia, which is positioned as the “Central Asian melon”. The retail price for this melon is 2.49 euros per kg. In Uzbekistan, according to EastFruit price monitoring wholesale prices for melons are currently
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Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts says his supermarket is “absolutely focused on food first” when it comes to keeping its prices down, reports The Telegraph. read more

SanLucar offers a new reference for tropical fruit lovers: papaya, a product that the brand now sells in stores in Germany and Austria. read more

In the case of onions, the range, which is still dominated by imported goods, is increasingly being supplemented by the first domestic onions. More and more retail chains are switching to the first winter onions. Prices remain high due to the still limited availability of goods. Thus the
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With this nice weather, plenty of watermelons are being loaded in Southern Europe, destined for the northern countries. Fruitprint, a Dutch company that links retailers and distributors directly with organic growers worldwide, organizes watermelon sales from Greece, delivering most to Austrian
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A training project, or rather, a real online academy: this is the innovative e-learning platform developed by Ama Crai Est over the past year and dedicated to all members, employees and collaborators of the 400 or so points of sale of the cooperative company based in Montebelluna.
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Ocado hires Amazon exec as European president for Solutions business read more

On June 30th, Casino announced a “major partnership project” with the Prosol Group (Grand Frais), “under which Prosol would implement its Fresh concept in Casino supermarkets and some Monoprix stores.” read more

Horticulture in Ukraine is a very interesting industry in terms of price formation, as the director of horticulture and vegetable farming, Taras Melnyk, explained in an interview. read more