Polish Tomato Prices Drop Sharply in Retail Promotions, High Availability in July
Polish retail chains are offering significant discounts on domestic tomatoes in July 2026, with loose raspberry tomatoes selling as low as €1.2–1.4/kg in major supermarkets. In July 2026,

Swiss Coop is planning to begin sourcing fruits and vegetables from Albania.
The Swiss retailer Coop has announced its plans to import fruits and vegetables from Albania. CEO Philipp Wyss stated that contracts with Albanian producers are anticipated to be signed this

Roamler shares shelf insights from fruit and vegetable monitoring at German discount stores.
Po wprowadzeniu monitora miękkich owoców i pomidorów, platforma crowdsourcingowa Roamler rozszerzyła swoją ofertę w zeszłym roku o trzeci cotygodniowy monitor danych: Monitor

Fruit and vegetable prices trend in Italy as of October 7th.
Cachi in full countryside, originating from Emilia-Romagna and Campania. Good presence of pumpkin varieties, the latest arrival being Butternut. The production of Central Italian radicchio is

The second categories of green courgettes and striped aubergines are back on the market.
The Crisis Committee of the Interprofessional Organisation of Fruit and Vegetables of Andalusia, HORTYFRUTA, has communicated that, after analysing the favourable evolution of green courgettes and

Standard extension activated for long aubergine, striped aubergine and green courgette
The end of winter is proving to be negative for three very important products for horticulture in Almeria and Granada: long aubergines, striped aubergines and green courgettes. The changeable

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 26 February
27The Tarocco orange campaign is drawing to a close, while strawberry production in Basilicata is getting into full swing. Good volumes but rather firm demand for peppers and courgettes.

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 19 February
The strawberry campaign has started, with strawberries from Campania and Sicily, and the first quantities of Sabrosa from Basilicata. Underwhelming sales for oranges, whose consumption was

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 12 February
With the production of common Italian clementines closed, the orange campaign continues marked by small calibre. Underwhelming or static demand for several vegetable crops, such as artichoke,

'Vegetables plummet and foreign goods take the pressure off'
"We are coming from a dull month of January, with trading tending downwards. For vegetables we have seen dramatic drops, especially for courgettes. The weather trend is having such an impact on

Gautier Semences launches 'Frutastic®' on the market
The main advantage of the highly parthenocarpic Frutastic® range of courgettes from Gautier Semences is to produce quality vegetables under difficult production conditions. Indeed, parthenocarpy

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 15 January
Sicilian Tarocco oranges are in full swing and demand for leclementines is rising. The cold weather causes an increase in prices for artichokes, lettuce, aubergines and courgettes. Production in

Christmas shopping begins, salted oranges and courgettes: prices up 40 per cent
Clementines prices are down by 5% compared to last year but not Tarocco oranges which, instead, are up by 25%. And while chicory prices are up by more than 20% and courgettes by 40%, artichokes

Courgette second grades back on the market
The Crisis Committee of the Interprofessional Organisation for Fruit and Vegetables of Andalusia, HORTYFRUTA, has decided to deactivate the Extension of the Standard for the Andalusian green

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 9 October
The Italian pumpkin campaign is now in full swing, with its different varieties such as Butternut, Long Violet and Muscat. The national persimmon campaign is proceeding smoothly, with the start of

Gautier launches Frutastic®: the first highly parthenopartic courgette range
Parthenocarpy is a biological trait naturally present in courgettes. This attribute allows the formation of fruit in the absence of pollination by female flowers. Frutastic® is the result of the

HORTYFRUTA studies the market situation for cucumber and courgettes
The members of the Interprofessional Organisation of Fruit and Vegetables of Andalusia, HORTYFRUTA, held the first meeting of the season in the province of Granada this week to analyse the start

Aldi slashes a third of produce prices
Aldi has dropped the price of a wide range of fruit and veg lines. The discounter’s latest price cuts affect around a third of its entire fresh produce range, with 55 items falling by an average

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 4 September
The Sicilian prickly pear campaign has started, while that of watermelons, melons, peaches and nectarines is coming to an end. A change of varieties for plums, with summer cultivars giving way to

Fruit and vegetables symbol of inflation. Time to end it!
This is nothing new, but it is now well past the limit. I am referring to the distorted use of fruit and vegetables as a symbol of inflation. In this regard, I still remember the

Vegetables, the Italiafruit analysis
The vegetable market is moving at two speeds. Some references are falling sharply in quotations, such as cluster tomatoes which are suffering from Dutch competition. There is instead a settlement

AMI: High retail promotional activity for courgettes
From the Spanish and Moroccan growing regions, courgettes have been pushing onto the German market for weeks. The growing conditions in the exporting countries are good, the weather with summer

Italiafruit's analysis of vegetables
Vegetables are in a phase of pronounced ups and downs. While aubergines and courgettes are travelling at medium-low prices, for tomatoes there is a shortage of product and therefore prices are

Almería’s outdoor watermelon acreage shrinks by a quarter
According to a study by ASAJA-Almería, the Spanish province will see a 25% contraction in its outdoor watermelon production area. The reduction is due to a combination of the extended autumn

Waxes to improve look and shelf-life, there are alternatives #hort fruit
Spanish courgettes larger than the Italian organic product due to the use of waxes (E 901) that would retain moisture? Videos are circulating on social networks telling these theories. We asked