Retail
Fresh Market is Poland’s produce meeting place
2024-01-02 16:00
Could you give us an idea of what Fresh Market is all about?
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Aldi slashes food waste and sets new 2030 target
2024-01-02 14:00
Aldi has announced a 57 per cent reduction in its food waste as a percentage of total food sales, achieving its 2030 target eight years ahead of schedule.
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Lidl has reported its best-ever Christmas in the UK, with sales rising by 12 per cent year on year.
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Asda sold veg for just 15p over Christmas
2024-01-02 11:00
Asda was selling vegetables at the chain’s lowest-ever price of 15p in the run up to Christmas.
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FreshPlaza.com launches new website
2024-01-02 00:00
At FreshPlaza.com we start the new year with a celebration. All of our websites have undergone a restyling. We've tailored the new website more to benefit the user experience. From now on, it will be possible to open and close the sectors under the top 10 texts. For example, if you only want
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Veganuary, retailers and restaurant chains support plant-based
2024-01-02 00:00
With the month of January, Veganuary returns, the international initiative, promoted in Italy by the organisation Essere Animali, which accompanies consumers to try a plant-based diet with free daily recipes and advice. Over a hundred adhesions, with the
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Aldi UK and Lidl GB: Record Christmas trading
2024-01-02 00:00
UK supermarkets to cease selling pre-packed fruits and vegetables by 2024
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Representatives from the Latin American banana industry have expressed their dismay about plans by European supermarkets to reduce the price of bananas by €1.30 a box. The price would go from €16.3 to €15 per box.
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Egypt is one of the world leaders in the production and exports of citrus fruits. Therefore, todayEastFruit experts decided to show the prices, display, and assortment of these fruits in the capital of Egypt, Cairo.
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Denmark ranks first for organic purchases in the EU
2023-12-22 11:00
Practically all Danes, 99.7 per cent of them to be precise, buy organic on a daily basis. That’s according to Carsten Ahrenfeldt, head of market at Organic Denmark, the leading association of organic farms, growers and consumers.
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Italian summer fruit arrives in supermarkets ... but in December
2023-12-22 00:00
The effects of climate change are more abrupt than expected, if in December we find Italian stone fruit, cherries and melons on sale in large-scale retail outlets, as stated on the price tag;
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Supermarkets in Ukraine have swiftly updated price tags for onions: how much do they cost?
2023-12-22 00:00
In December, onion prices noticeably dropped, with producers selling their products for 0.24 to 0.36 euros/kg at the beginning of the month. This marked an average decrease of around 16% compared to previous months. Additionally, the cost of vegetables has halved since December 2022.
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"It is mango peak season, and the demand for fresh-keeping packets at retail level has increased”
2023-12-22 00:00
It is the peak season for mangoes. The demand for Brazilian mangoes is strong this season, but the supply is limited due to the hot weather. Peruvian mangoes face weather challenges and low-priced competition from Brazilian mangoes, which has impacted exports. Fragmented supply and logistics in
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New for Torpedino with TorpedinUp and Torpemary
2023-12-22 00:00
Arriving on Christmas tables are TorpedinUp and Torpemary: the ketchup and Torpemary tomato drink to wish you Happy Holidays.
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The December holidays have caused an uptick in demand for some exotic fruit varieties and Asian retailers in particular pair exotic fruits to increase store visits this time of year. “Our Brazilian Samba papaya and Ecuadorian white dragon fruits are doing exceptionally well in Canada and
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Iceland: 1p vegetable sale in run up to Christmas
2023-12-22 00:00
Mercadona ends 2023 with 49 stores in Portugal
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At the beginning of November 2023, a trial batch of Uzbek fresh table grapes of the “Kelin Barmo” variety (translation from Uzbek language means “Lady’s finger”) in the amount of one ton was supplied to the US market by the “Sherakhun” company from the Altyaryk district of the
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Costa Rica's banana industry asks European supermarkets not to lower the price in 2024
2023-12-22 00:00
On December 8, Reefer Trend reported that European supermarkets are requesting a 1.30 euro/box decrease, i.e. -8.00%, in the price of bananas, from 16.30 euro/box to 15.00 euro/box of bananas.
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Representatives from the Latin American banana industry have expressed their dismay about plans by European supermarkets to reduce the price of bananas by €1.30 a box. The price would go from €16.3 to €15 per box.
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ALDI closes its expansion plan for 2023 with a total of 435 supermarkets in Spain and more than 480,000 m2 of sales floor space. In total, the company has opened nearly 50 new shops throughout the country, the year with the highest number of openings since 2019, bringing the total to
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