The lemon season in Mexico has started earlier than usual and with good volumes and a wide range of sizes. Luis Gudino, CEO of SiCar Farms says the current crop of lemons is an off bloom which is allowing for product availability before the regular lemon season begins in July. This season is
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The German giant wants to guide families towards buying healthier products and avoid emphasising the less healthy ones to customers. As reported by the Sun,the discounter plans to remove all cartoon characters from so-called 'junk food' by the spring of
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China: Alibaba’s e-grocer Freshippo deepens ties with overseas food firms read more

The transition from the winter to the summer season is certainly challenging for a department manager in the large-scale retail trade, because in a short time the assortment is overturned and it is easy to make mistakes when setting up the fruit and vegetable counter; read more

Fresh products (bread, charcuterie, eggs, meat, fish and seafood, fruit and vegetables) will account for 43% of annual food spending by Spanish households in 2022 (2 out of every 5 euros spent), with a total investment of 35,625 million euros. This is shown by the
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As California stone fruit season begins, growers and shippers know the pressure will be on the state’s supplies of fruit. “Demand is pretty strong, especially with everything being late. Retailers are trying to fill their shelves with product,” says Mauricio Jimenez-Castro,
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The Italian roasted melon, with its characteristic round-oval shape, has always been among the most sought-after by consumers: BASF Vegetable Seeds presents Magverik F1, the Nunhems-branded cantaloupe with medium size and long shelf life in post-harvest. A variety that responds in a way
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There are still vegetables that are planted and harvested by hand and grown on small plots of rarely more than a hectare. An example is the Margherita White Onion with Protected Geographical Indication, grown in the southern Italian region of Apulia. The onion is protected by a consortium and
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Starting with the opening of the first Lidl shop in Ludwigshafen-Mundenheim in 1973, the food retailer is now one of the leading retailers, largest employers and best-known brands in Germany. This development has always been based on a clear focus,
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The season of peaches and nectarines from the Mediterranean region is starting. Low rainfall and high temperatures are affecting production and calibre sizes in the Spanish growing regions. Consequently, the promotional season with the stone fruit starts in the German
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Frozen potato giant McCain Foods is partnering with Community Shop to open a new social supermarket store in Eastfield, North Yorkshire – the home of McCain GB since 1969. read more

UK: Pimms and cucumbers top Tesco's list of most sold Coronation weekend items read more

Inflation continues to have an impact across the country. For potatoes, retailers across the country are seeing incredible double digit dollar growth. “However, this is coming at the expense of volume sales,” says Ross Johnson with the Idaho Potato Commission. While inflation causes dollar
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Scotian Gold, the Canadian cooperative sees an increasing demand for their apples in the South East Asian markets. “We’ve developed the Scotian Gold brand identity in the Asian market through key investments with in-store promotions and targeted digital assets directly with retailers. We
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This morning the new Nova Coop supermarket in Alpignano, via Venarian. 39, which will observe the following opening hours: Monday to Saturday 8.30 am - 8.00 pm and Sunday 8.30 am - 1.30 pm.   read more

Along with the sharp expansion of area under raspberries in the countries of Central Asia in the recent two years, EastFruit analysts also note progress with the extension of the harvesting season of these trendy berries. read more

In the past decade, around 35,600 mostly small farms in this country had to give up. To set an example here, Knuspr launched the "Genuss-Helden" programme in the summer of 2022. Now the online food retailer, together with six regional partners, announced that this year
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J. Huete Greenhouses, a leading company in the design and execution of agricultural projects around the world, has recently started the construction of a new 20 hectare global project in Senegal that includes a supermarket where fresh produce will be made available to the local population.
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Using artificial intelligence (AI) technology in the strawberry chain can accurately predict this fruit's shelf life. As a result, 70,000 fewer kg will be thrown away. It's a step that fits within Albert Heijn's goal of wasting 50% less food by 2030 than in 2015, this Dutch supermarket chain
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Finland: Kesko sees decline in comparable group sales in April read more