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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About 200 farmers in Canterbury, Kent, have demonstrated against the importation of foreign food and the low prices supermarkets pay for their produce. The protest involved a convoy of tractors and vehicles through the city. The British Retail Consortium responded by highlighting the effort to
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Continuing, as usual, to give voice to modern distribution operators for a monthly review of market trends at the retail stage, for the February 'Distribution Barometer' of Monitor Ortofrutta, our choice fell on Unicoop
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Ian Vickers and Chris Stevens, partners at FRP Advisory, have been appointed joint administrators to Southern Salads Ltd, a Tonbridge-based supplier of fresh salads to the UK's supermarkets, restaurants, and travel chains, which has ceased trading, affecting approximately 260 employees. The
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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 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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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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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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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… read more

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… read more

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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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… read more

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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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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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." read more

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. read more