T&G commisions automated Hawke’s Bay packhouse
T&G Global has opened its new state-of-the-art, highly automated apple packhouse in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere. The NZ$100m facility has 1.7ha of

"Goji berry prices are expected to be on a continuous upward trend in 2-3 years"
The goji berry in Ningxia's Zhongning region will be picked at the end of June and become available in July. Due to the low temperatures in this production season, the yield is predicted to be

Increase of Albanian greenhouse vegetable exports insignificant in period Jan-Apr
The weather has favored Albanian agricultural production this season. The warm winter enabled uninterrupted production of cucumbers, while tomatoes hit the market almost a month earlier. However,

#Repartofresh. The Eté Smarty format of Moderna 2020 (VéGé)
The offer of the Eté brand is being enriched with a proximity format designed for small sizes. Eté Smarty, as reported in Gdoweek, already has its first six points of sale: two in Agropoli (Sa),

Alì joins Freshfel, the first Italian retailer
At the Freshfel General Assembly on Thursday 25 May in Brussels, it was announced that Alì Supermarkets had become a member of Freshfel Europe. The association, based in Brussels, represents the

Courgettes over 2 euro queen of the market
The courgette season so far can be described as positive, with a steady sales trend and more than satisfactory quotations for operators. Perhaps the highlight of the season was reached during

Panama has sent its first shipment of ginger to Spain

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 29 May
The apricot campaign has started with the Pricia variety for Italian production. The Sicilian and Latium watermelon campaign is also underway. Demand for cherries and melons penalised by the

Egyptian red onions available until mid-June
The best collaborations are always the unexpected ones. Igor Tasso, a trader active in Italy and Europe who had never worked with Egyptian onions, knows this all too well. "The situation on the