Watermelon pouch expands into Canada
In the high-volume category of fresh watermelon, Maglio's award-winning readyripe® watermelon pouch is now available to grocery retailers. Sam Maglio, president and CEO of Maglio Companies

Artichoke star product at Salón Gourmets and protagonist in Tudela
Artichokes have been the main protagonists of the 36th edition of Salón Gourmets, the number one quality food and beverage fair in Europe and one of the most prestigious benchmarks in the world,

Imports of flowers and plants to grow by 4% at the start of 2023
Of the 22,587 million euros that Spanish imports of flowers and live plants accounted for in January this year, a total of 10,870 euros corresponded to live plants, which is the main chapter of

Iranian watermelons transit through Turkey at lower prices than last season
The Iranian watermelon campaign is starting at a good pace, with a large production and a consequent demand, but with the usual payment difficulties. Danial Shahabazi, a trader of Iranian

Dutch online platform gets new director
This month, Bart Leemans began as director at the Dutch company Service2Fruit (S2F). He has extensive experience in both the fruit and vegetable sector. Bart started his fruit and vegetable career

Ginsters puts the focus on locally grown veg
Ginsters is looking to capitalise on growing demand for locally grown veg following well-documented recent fresh produce shortages. The baked snack brand held a planting day at Hay Farm, Cornwall

Should we expect a low raspberry harvest and high prices?
At the end of last week, an article was published in the Polish segment of the Internet with an analysis of the state of raspberry plantations in Poland by a local expert Pavel Kravets. Based on

Early grapes will become available on the Moldovan market later than usual
According to experts from Moldovan organizations of viticulturists, early varieties of table grapes will become available on the market later than usual. There are two reasons for this forecast.

The table grape contact group in Rimini will analyse the forecasts for the 2023 season.
The grape contact group, made up of professionals from France, Italy, Spain and Portugal and officials from the administrations, will meet on 4 and 5 May in Rimini, Italy, to analyse the forecasts

Driscoll's will liven up International Blueberry Days
All eyes at Macfrut 2023 will be on the International Blueberry Days (3-5 May, Rimini Expo Centre). Taking part in the Symposium, scheduled for the first day of the show, will be James Olmstead,