According to deputy director Ngo Xuan Nam, the Vietnam Sanitary and Phytosanitary Notification Authority and Enquiry Point (Vietnam SPS Office) has not yet received a food safety regulation warning from the UK about Vietnamese dragon fruit exports. read more

Lidl GB has officially opened a £300m RDC in Luton – the largest Lidl warehouse in the world – marking the discounter’s continued commitment to expansion across Britain. read more

A new branded range of vertically farmed bagged salads produced by the Jones food Company has been launched exclusively at Asda. read more

Organised by IFOAM Organics Europe and Ecovalia , the event will bring together major industry players, including European organic farmers, traders, retailers, certifiers, associations and companies, policy makers, researchers and other key players in the organic sector, to address key issues
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The annual event is expected to attract more than 400 people – including high-level retail representatives – with its combination of opportunities to network with key industry people and to learn about new trends. read more

In July, Lidl Italy launched the Sacchetto Antispreco initiative, recounted in this article, involving its 730 points of sale throughout the country. More than a month after the launch, the brand draws a more than positive balance: it has
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Agrohub opens a new branch – a modern complex, which will open in Tbilisi, on Zviad Gamsakhurdia embankment N80, in early 2024, reports EastFruit with reference to Business Insider Georgia. This will be the fourth store of the premium retail chain in Tbilisi. read more

Until 28 September, all consumers who make a minimum donation of 2 euros directly at the till in over 350 Carrefour shops will help support WeFree, San Patrignano's prevention project, born from the community's daily experience with
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NielsenIQ (NIQ)analyses the consumption trends and purchasing habits of Italian households for July 2023 in "Lo stato del Largo Consumo in Italia", the monthly survey that photographs the scenario of large-scale distribution in Italy. read more

The retailer Coop Italia also relies on influencers to promote reference products of Italian fruit and vegetables. This is the case of the Mantuan melon, a historical product of the tradition of the Mantua and Valli Salse areas. read more

ALDI continues to consolidate its expansion plan in Spain and will open four new shops in September in the Basque Country, Galicia, Catalonia and Extremadura, and will continue to expand in the north of the country with new shops in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Galicia, Catalonia and Extremadura.
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Tesco has forecast a record-breaking crop of UK-grown watermelons.  read more

Poland: Eurocash Group posts double-digit revenue growth in first half read more

In the first full month of summer, the warm weather seems to have eased consumption a little compared to the pitiful results of June; in fact, in July the fruit and vegetable department of the large-scale retail trade lost less than in the previous month. This is mainly due to vegetables, while fruit is still
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UK: Bumpy ride for billionaire brothers who banked on Asda's success read more

In order to respond to the extraordinary demand for food products that will take place during these few days, the more than 300 FMCG logistics platforms of the companies of ASEDAS, the Spanish Association of Distributors, Self-Service Stores and Supermarkets, will be
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“Broccoli sprouts have been showing an increase as there has been a lot of publicity around the benefits of the sulforaphane enzyme it contains. People literally started buying it up in supermarkets, adding it to smoothies and dishes. Now we’re seeing a big trend for healthy foods that are
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Recently, organic adjika produced by the Ukrainian craft company “Stodola” appeared on the shelves of American retail for the first time. The founder of the “Stodola” brand, Yan Ostrovsky, shared in an interview with SEEDS the information about the challenging journey
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SPAR Spain opens five stores during the summer season read more

XACT has launched two new packaging solutions designed to help retailers reduce the amount of plastic packaging they use for fresh produce. The Rev Elephant has been designed specifically for cartonboard punnets with wings, while the Rev Condor has been developed for taping bunches of loose produce. read more