Arbroath-based D. Geddes Farms will supply Asda with over 70 million strawberries this season, including Extra Special Scottish strawberries for the first time. read more

Northwest Cherry Growers (NWCG) is embarking on a promotional campaign across major Indian cities to introduce this summer’s crop of US Pacific Northwest cherries to discerning health-conscious consumers. read more

UK: CMA publishes updates on its work into competition in the groceries sector read more

In the twenty-seventh week of 2023, fruit and vegetables by imposed weight have a setback in value sales, despite inflationary effects, which is not the case for Lcc, which continues to grow. Among the channels, discount continues to be the best performing for sales
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Whenever we find very poor quality products in the supermarket counters, we do not fail to write about it in these columns. An exercise that is not meant to be an end in itself but to raise awareness among the various players in the supply chain of the importance of offering consumers a product
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Most exotic produce items are in season currently. “We offer both conventional and organic exotics,” says Melissa Hartmann de Barros, Director of Communications at HLB Specialties. Within the organic segment, the company offers papayas, yellow dragon fruit, red dragon fruit, rambutan, and
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British supermarkets have not been profiteering by raising food prices over the past year, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has concluded. read more

The Spanish canned vegetable market in China, with origins in Navarre and Murcia, has a smaller market share than its main European competitor, the Italian market, but its products are more appreciated and are sold in online gourmet shops and supermarkets, which makes them more popular.
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Consumer trends, as we know, have a significant impact on the sales of products displayed on supermarket shelves, and it is now well established that protein lines are an established trend, just look at how many new proposals on the subject arise from one day to the next. For such
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In the third decade of June 2023, the first offers of the popular Rizamat and Kishmish Kora (Black Kishmish) grape varieties of the new crop appeared on the domestic market of Uzbekistan, at about the same time as last year, with a difference of up to one week. Accordingly, these grape varieties
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Last week's article on the malpractice of selling fruit and vegetables at EUR 0.99 per kilogram (click here to read it) - in defiance of health and hygiene regulations, commercial quality and tax legislation - generated a heated debate on our
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Polish farmers fear a repeat of the situation with grain when uncontrolled imports affect the market and cause a significant price drop. This time we are talking about frozen strawberries and raspberries. read more

Amazon seeks Dutch distribution center read more

The first six months ended negatively for the fruit and vegetable department of the large-scale retail trade. The volume figures denote the current difficulties in the sector, especially with regard to fruit, while the value figures still show the persistence of strong inflationary effects. Certainly the month of
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Carrefour has announced that it has reached an agreement with the Louis Delhaize group to acquire Cora and Match in France. read more

"The citrus from South Africa and Peru are selling well," begins Randolf Aaldijk of the Dutch company Origin Fruit Direct (OFD), summarizing the overseas citrus market in mid-June. Retail programs - which account for about 80% of the market - are running well. "Many programs have started with
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The first conference dedicated to the cultivation of cornsalad, organized by Maraldi Sementi, was held in recent weeks at the Vacherie in Brusaporto (Bergamo, Italy), in the heart of the growing area of cornsalad and other important baby leaf crops. Producers, packers and technicians from major
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The watermelon and melon campaign is now in full swing. We take stock of the situation with Salvatore Lotta, commercial director of the Campidanese Agricultural Op, known for its brand L'Orto di Eleonora, with which it brings the excellent fruit and vegetable produce of Sardinia to Italian and European large-scale retail shops.
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"Blueberry cultivation in Bavaria is still quite manageable because the necessary soils for it do not actually exist and accordingly a lot has to be invested in soil preparation," says Andreas Kreuzmair, authorised signatory of Herbert Widmann GmbH. Together with him, we visited Pfundsbeeren
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