AgroFresh beefs up post-harvest portfolio with Tessara acquisition
AgroFresh Solutions has acquired post-harvest solutions provider Tessara from global investment firm Carlyle. The deal, which remains subject to clearance by the South Africa competition

Costa suspends CEO search
Leading Australian fresh producer grower-packer-marketer Costa Group has announced that Harry Debney will continue in his role as interim chief executive officer (CEO) until 31 December 2023. In

Papaya from the Canary Islands: the new exotic from SanLucar
SanLucar has added a new product to its range for tropical fruit lovers: the papaya, a product that the brand now sells in retail outlets in Germany and Austria. The delicious papayas of the

SanLucar adds Canary Island papayas to tropicals line-up
SanLucar has introduced papayas grown in the Canary Islands to its expanding range of fresh produce. Consumers in Germany and Austria can now buy tree-ripened Sweet Sense papayas, characterised by

Costa Group receives takeover bid
Leading Australian fresh produce company Costa Group has received a buyout proposal from private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners (PSP). According to an announcement from Costa, PSP issued an

US investor puts in takeover bid - valuing Costa Group at $1.6 billion
Yesterday, Australia’s Costa Group said it would give US private equity Paine Schwartz Partners (PSP) access to its books after a A$1.39 billion ($927.41 million) indicative offer for shares it

Great optimism for Vietnamese durian exports to the UK
TT Meridian, a company specializing in the distribution of Vietnamese agricultural products in the European country, is optimistic on the prospects for durian exports to this market. To stand firm

New Zealand firm strives to make handbags out of mushrooms
New Zealand startup Sapro-Tech has discovered a way to grow fungi into a textile that has the same properties as leather. According to founder Keith Hudson, it had discovered a way to produce

First trial shipment of Australian avocados lands in India
Australian avocado grower and exporter The Avolution was central in this delivery. The firm’s CEO Antony Allen said, “Australia will send 10 trial shipments over the next month to verify the

Pomegranates flying high under new export brand
Sonlia Marketing’s last export pomegranates for the season are on the water, borne along by their new premium pomegranate brand which has gained firm traction. “Colors is Sonlia Marketing’s

Ahold Delhaize sees Europe's food inflation slowing
India: RuKart ties up with SBI for easy loans to customers Agritech firm RuKart, which sells 'Subjee Cooler' to enhance shelf life of fruits and vegetables, has tied up with SBI to help potential

Gentilina lettuce, new varieties from Nunhems
A well-established market, with increasing demand and great potential: this is the gentilina lettuce, a type that is among the most appreciated also by the large-scale retail trade, as it lends

Paraguay exports fresh kaki to the Europe market for the first time
The first shipment of Paraguayan kakis to Europe has already arrived in Spain after the firm Frutas del Paraguay S.A. sent a total of 250,000 kilos of the fruit to the European market. According

North African group relocates part of its production to Montenegro
The Morocco-Tunisian group RioFresh announced, through a statement by its CEO Fatma Zramdini, the development of a new agricultural production activity in Montenegro, in order to strengthen the

Aldi exceeds one million customers in one year
ALDI continues to strengthen its presence in Spain and has become the supermarket chain with the highest customer growth in 2022. Specifically, ALDI added more than one million new customers

"The protected blueberry variety Jusant I is arousing great interest due to its early harvest dates"
The nursery Viveros Grajera has been authorized for the multiplication and sale of the Jusant I variety of blueberries. This is a protected variety, owned by Jusant Innovación SL, an R&D

Kakuzi start avocado harvest and exports mid-next month
Kenyan agricultural firm Kakuzi will start harvesting and exporting Hass avocados to China and Europe beginning mid-next month for quality purposes. The Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA),

Oxford’s Eden research gains Polish authorisation for Mevalone
According to Oxford-based sustainable biopesticide firm Eden Research, its flagship biofungicide, Mevalone, has obtained regulatory authorization in Poland. This will mean farmers in Poland can

"There has been huge growth in imports of South African apples over the last two years, 200,000 boxes to 1.5 million"
India is one of the biggest apple importers in the world, the population has a high percentage of vegetarians and those who are not vegetarian enjoy a diet with lots of fresh fruit. The country

A Colombian firm obtains Fair Trade USA certification for its Hass avocado
Jardín Exotics is the first Hass avocado export company in Colombia to obtain Fair Trade USA certification. According to Pedro Pablo Diaz, the manager of the company, this certification shows

PepsiCo India announced a crop and plot-level predictive intelligence model
PepsiCo India, through its brand Lay's, on Thursday announced a crop and plot-level predictive intelligence model to help farmers with real-time tracking of the health of potato crop. Launched in

Today's consumers are more practical and rational in their consumption routines.
The return to normality after the pandemic has brought with it new consumption and shopping routines. Despite the current economic situation, consumers are not giving up going out although,

"Kenya is a very powerful country that is increasingly present in the avocado market"
There has been a shorter campaign this year in the entire Mediterranean area, and particularly in Spain, so "the avocado export market is currently very active," says Francisco de la Torre, of the

Rungis: Surge in the price of firm flesh potatoes on the morning of March 15th
It is a peculiar time for fruit and vegetables. Many products currently on the market are sold at “record prices”. Onions, for example, are selling for twice as much as last year at the same

"Last week we received the first avocados from Peru. We expect to bring 30% more avocado from this origin"
The Peruvian avocado campaign is already underway for the Spanish firm Grupo Alcoaxarquía, which will soon start the first harvests of the Valencian Community, where it recently inaugurated its