Poland: discounters increase their sales by 28% in 2008
The current situation of the retail sector in Poland was an issue of debate in the conference “Poland, the next big player of Europe”, held in Fruit Logistica 2009. The polish retail analyst

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (09-15.02.2009)
The second week of February didn't bring the significant changes in prices of fruit and vegetables. In spite of the further depreciation of zloty it didn’t considerably influence prices of

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (02-08.02.2009)
The beginning of February didn't bring the winter to Poland. At the end of the first week of February the weather is rather like in early spring. Such weather influences the market of domestic

Lower import of processed vegetables
According to Polish Analytical Centre of Custom Administration (CAAC) in November 2008 import of processed vegetables amounted to 11.3 thousand t, i.e. by about 33 % less than in November 2007.

Growing interest in Chinese cabbages
At the moment Russian recipients are strongly interested in Polish Chinese cabbage. Price of cabbages is slowly going up. On Monday, 26th January the minimum price of Chinese cabbage without the

Growing price of broccoli
In the winter the Polish market of broccoli is dominated by Spanish ones. For a few weeks one can observe an upward trend in prices of these vegetables. On Wednesday, 28th January price of

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (19-25.01.2009)
In mazowieckie province the prices (in Polish zloty) of apples, both industrial and eating, didn't change. The purchase price of industrial apples was 0.10 – 0.12 PLN (0.023-0.027 euro)/kg.

Overview of Poland's Booming Food Processing Sector
6 Jan - The food processing and catering industries in Poland are increasingly interested in importing processed fruits and vegetables and baking ingredients such as baking mixes and fats. There

Big chill causing major headaches
Unusually heavy snowfall has led to disruption for a number of transport and logistics operators as well as fresh produce traders.Major snowfall and extremely low temperatures across Europe have

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analysis (5-11.01.2009)
The weather was recently the most important factor affecting the trade and prices on the market of fruit and vegetables. The heavy frost affected both the supply and turnover on the market. The

Export of Polish vegetables
In the period January – September 2008 Poland exported 508.0 thousand t of fresh vegetables, i.e. by about 20 % more than in the corresponding period of 2007 when the exported volumes amounted

Iceberg lettuce is going down
Imported vegetables generally are becoming more expensive but not Iceberg lettuce. Recently cheaper iceberg lettuces have been delivered from Spain and their prices on Polish market decreased.

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (15-21.12.2008)
In the third week of December prices of apples for export remained stable. The price (without packaging) of red varieties, size 7 +, was from 0.40 PLN (0.097 euro)/kg. There are a lot of apples

Consumers like ready-to-cook food
More and more rapid life causes that people have less time for preparing dinner dishes. That’s why consumers are more and more interested in frozen ready-to-cook food which is simple to

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (8-14.12.2008)
In the second week of December prices of eating apples remained stable. Prices of red apples, size 70 + and 75 + intended for export were from 0.176 to 0.227 euro/kg. Golden Delicious still

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (1-7.12.2008)
At the beginning of December increase in prices on the market of fresh fruit and vegetables was stopping by relatively high twenty-four hour temperatures. However shorter days and less daylight

Will the export of vegetables to eastern markets gather pace?
An export of Polish apples to eastern markets is gathering pace. Will the vegetables follow the apples? At the moment traders are complaining about poor export of vegetables. However everyone is

Growing export to Russia – the chance for higher prices of apples?
Lifting the ban on export of fresh fruit and vegetables to Russia is a chance for boosting the export of Polish apples. Russia is the biggest recipient of Polish apples. Every year Poland export

Lower export of vegetables to Czech and Slovakia
According to traders who export fresh fruit and vegetables to the Czech and Slovakia the situation in export is rather bad. At the moment the demand from Czech and Slovak importers is quite

When will the export of vegetables to the East grow?
Export of fresh vegetables to the Eastern markets, especially to Russia has been low for many weeks. Polish traders are complaining about the stagnation and the low demand from their trading

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (10-16.11.2008)
On the market of fresh fruit and vegetables the consecutive week of November passed uneventfully without price changes. Prices of industrial apples stayed at the low and stable level. In the

Prices of Polish vegetables for export
The export prices of the frozen French bean much increased in August 2008 compared to July. The price was 0.53 euro/kg (price fob), while in July price was 0.45 euro/kg. However in comparison

Warm autumn caused lower import of vegetables
There are many vegetables on the Polish market and their prices are stable and low. One of the reasons of such situation is a warm autumn enabling good growth of vegetables. This situation

Weekly summary – fresh-market.pl price analyse (3.-9.11.2008)
On the market of fresh fruit and vegetables prices still remain stable. The first week of November didn't see great changes.The average prices of industrial apples were staying at level 0.027

Decrease in export of fresh vegetables
The latest data concerning the Polish export shows that in August of this year the sale of fresh vegetables lowered by 30 percent compared with August of 2007. This year in August the export of