The National Farmers’ Federation welcomes today’s announcement that the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement will enter into force on 31 May 2023. The FTA improves access to an important market for Australian farmers and will allow them to diversify their markets. It will importantly give UK
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Japan: 7-Eleven spin-off would jeopardise growth, CEO says, pushing back at ValueAct read more

CMI Orchards has presented its newest American Dream CatStats – the latest edition of its patriotic retail promotion programme – as it gears up for the “high-velocity sales” that come with the upcoming cherry season. read more

ALDI has avoided wasting a further 6,400 tonnes of perishable products over the past year by applying a 30% discount on selected best-before or best-before date items. read more

UK: Nisa reveals ambitious 2023 recruitment goals read more

After the recovery in consumer sentiment had recently stalled, it is on a slight upswing again in May. As the current consumer barometer of the German Retail Association (HDE) shows, the index is rising compared to the previous month and is above the level of the same month last year. read more

Vibrant displays of the freshest fruit and vegetables, sourced from around the world, were seen on the shelves of different retailers in Toronto, Canada last week (25-27 April 2023). During last week’s Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) exhibition in Toronto, a few retailers and
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During the first day of theKermesse in Rimini, Claudio Dall'Agata, director of Bestack, illustrated the new projects of Spettacoli alla frutta, the project involving 22 leading companies from the fruit and vegetable world. "Fruit Shows," as Dall'agata emphasised, "is
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Paving the way for technological innovations in the food trade - this is the mission of the Edeka platform techstarter. The techstarter team regularly publishes calls to startups and tech companies on selected challenges in the retail world. To the
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Fresh Produce India 2023 gets underway on Wednesday 3 May with the first session, ‘India’s future in focus’, held live online at 1:00pm IST (India Standard Time). read more

The Estonian importer, hyper-focused distributor, and point of sales booth manager of fresh berries in retail stores nationwide, is heading to Latvia. This is a significant breakthrough for No Bananas in its Baltic berry revolution with the aim to have 400 selling points across the region.
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The arrival of the first grapefruit and mandarins heralds the start of the South African citrus season at Origin Fruit Direct in the Netherlands. The first lemons are also expected by the end of this week. "Everyone's optimistic, as always before a season, but there are also hurdles to overcome
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"After a very complex 2022 when it comes to both volumes and production costs, made worse by the high temperatures in the fall that did not favor consumption, the first trimester of 2023 started positively for dried fruit, mainly thanks to the big retail chains," reports Francesco Perego, sales
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ID Logistics takes over the operations of the Auchan distribution centre in Lędziny, Poland read more

Pfalzmarkt eG invited media representatives to its new Hall 4 in Mutterstadt for the official start of the 2023 fresh vegetable season. This new hub for fresh fruit and vegetables was first put into operation at the beginning of 2022 to once again accelerate fresh produce logistics to food
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Guaranteeing the healthiness of products and respect for the environment, ensuring the health of the people who consume them and the quality of life of the producers, is a commitment that Coop Sole has undertaken with a sense of social responsibility. A heartfelt choice that is also increasingly positive
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Answers are available at the European Sustainability Forum on 9/10 May in Düsseldorf. Climate change and resource scarcity, inflation, purchasing restraint and supply chain problems are shaping the market and consumer behaviour. read more

Aeon has revealed that it has rolled out the first products with the cross-category GGN label across a range of supermarkets in the Kantō and Kinki regions of Japan. read more

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In future, the Hamburg Edeka headquarters will support the range of studies in research and teaching at the Faculty of Business Administration at the University of Hamburg. Together with the professorship "Information Systems and Digital Innovation", Edeka enables the
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