Irish retail trade and home consumption remain largely unchanged this week. The school mid-term break has increased demand for processing material, again the price of peeling material remains buoyant. There are some indications that stocks are tighter than this period last year – the full
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This gives FruitMasters the rights for apple production and sales of the variety and allows it to take the next step towards more sustainable fruit production, reports AGF Holland. The first production is expected for next season and is planned as a closed
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"We are a growing company that focuses a lot on processing, which has helped us work with both big retail chains in northern Italy and abroad. Unfortunately we have been asked to lower our prices, mainly in some markets such as the French one," reports Gianluca Manfredi, president of Apulian
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NielsenIQ, a global consumer intelligence company, has announced the appointment of Emilie Darolles as managing director of western Europe and international global clients. read more

A number of fresh produce items are among over 300 products to be reduced by Waitrose. read more

Leading apple grower-marketer Montague will commence its 2023 apple offering with early-season variety Smitten. read more

In Europe, inflation is causing some countries' organic fruit and vegetables growth to stagnate. However, Pieter de Keijzer, who founded the Dutch company Fruitprint – that, for the past two and a half years, has been connecting organic fruit and vegetable growers with supermarkets and
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The measurement of these indicators favours transparency and the standardisation of data in order to obtain information that allows us to continue moving towards a circular economy in the supermarket. The data collected reflects the average evolution of the ASEDAS companies, which
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'Roundita,' a new tomato variety developed by De Ruiter Seeds as part of Vegetables by Bayer, has been grown in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland for about a year. Market Developer Grit Vogt from the Monheim-based company tells us that the variety is mainly used in greenhouse production.
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British supermarket Waitrose commits 100mln stg to price cuts read more

On Monday, between 50 and 80 trucks of watermelons arrived at the Batasingaram fruit market from Mahabubnagar, Zaheerabad, Jogulamba Gadwal and a few districts of neighboring Maharashtra and Karnataka. More summer fruit is expected to arrive in the days to come. read more

Italy: Carrefour seeks to reduce food waste by 50% by 2025 read more

The dennree Group closed the 2022 financial year with consolidated net sales of €1.31bn. Despite a decline of around 10 %, sales are thus around 12 % higher than in the pre-pandemic period of 2019, according to the group. The group of companies specialising in organic trade
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The largest national apple producer, Santa Catarina expects a crop with fruits of excellent quality and flavor. The official opening of the harvest took place last Friday, 10th, in Fraiburgo, and was attended by the Secretary of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Valdir
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Supermarket deliveries to Northern Ireland are currently under a standstill agreement that exempts them from any controls during the protocol negotiations. London and Brussels have already agreed a landmark deal giving the EU access to real-time data on trade flows from the UK to Northern
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ALDI has appointed Encarna Selva as Managing Director of its logistics centre in Sagunto (Valencia). With an extensive professional career spanning more than 10 years in the company, she joined ALDI in September 2012 as Area Manager and has held various positions in the logistics sector.
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“Dien” pomelos from Yen Thuy district in the northern province of Hoa Binh are now on the shelves of Longdan supermarkets in the UK for the first time. The first batch of 11 tons of “dien” pomelos from the R.Y.B Joint Stock Company was flown to the UK on February 9 by Longdan, the
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Love Klabaza, an initiative of pumpkin producers in Spain and Portugal, has launched a 360º campaign for Valentine's Day with a presence in supermarkets, social networks, influencers and the media with the aim of promoting pumpkin consumption. read more

California supplies of strawberries are picking up just in time for Valentine’s Day tomorrow, a holiday long associated with the berry. “Demand is good as we get into Valentine's Day and consumers look for strawberries for their celebrations,” says Cindy Jewell of Bobalu. “We expect
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On the occasion of Valentine's Day, retailers, as usual, offer dedicated displays to highlight certain seasonal products and incentivise purchases while also providing recommendations for use. It happens in Italy as well as in international supermarkets. Generally speaking, the
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