Europe set for low pear crop
The forthcoming European pear harvest will be one of the smallest in the last ten years, with a forecast of around 1.9m tonnes. That was according to estimates presented at Interpera, the global

Champions Gavi, Ruiz and Navas honored with tomatoes
Special gift for three Spanish national team players from the same town, Los Palacios y Villafranca. Gavi, Fabian Ruiz and Jesus Navas were presented with crates of tomatoes from the small

"Our biggest challenge in Montenegro is related to labor supply"
The Moroccan-Tunisian group RioFresh, which specializes in supplying fresh produce to supermarkets, relocated part of its operations to Montenegro at the beginning of this year, announced Fatma

Here come the juices in Hpp Fresh Del Monte
Fresh Del Monte launches on the Italian market a range of Hpp (High Pressure Processing) juices without added sugar (almost a prerequisite for new products in the segment). The high pressure cold

Weak peaches, overflowing melons
"The trade balances between goods on offer and demand are changing and, in general, the market is stable but quotations are leaning upwards for fruit". Andrea Bonizzi, agronomist and price list

"Good weather means Dutch blueberries are ripening faster than expected"
On Monday, in the Netherlands, the Berrybrothers team began picking the new season's first blueberries. "The timing surprised us a bit. With the wet, dark March and April, we thought we'd start a

Discount, where fruit and vegetables perform best
In a climate where consumer confidence has plummeted to lower levels than during the pandemic, inflation plays a key role in people's perceptions. This is forcing people to make increasingly

Scottish strawberry season going well but growers still not seeing good returns
In Fife the Scottish strawberry harvest got off to a good reasonable start in mid-May. Robert Simpson from Fife Fruits who grows soft fruit on 32 hectares in Fife said that the early strawberry