Dutch company warns of defaulter
The Dutch company, Gebr. De Mooij Amsterdam warns fellow fruit and vegetable companies against doing business with Eurostar e.k. from Hamburg, Germany. Eurostar e.k. 28 Bank Street

Bestway has built a 3.45% stake in Sainsbury's, not considering offer
UK: AF Blakemore appoints Carol Welch as new CEO AF Blakemore, one of the UK's largest privately owned family businesses, is pleased to announce that Carol Welch will join as Chief Executive in

Tagus-Segura water transfer: no criteria for its reduction
The water cut in the Tajo-Segura aqueduct is not based on technical or legal criteria, but solely and exclusively on political and territorial criteria, without being backed up by scientific or

The fruit and vegetable department determines consumer preference for the store and drives the sales
The shelf placement of fruit and vegetables in the shops, as well as the key role played by innovation to increase consumption, are some of the topics that emerged from the interview of FreshPlaza

FLIA Finalists
During the first two days of the show, trade visitors will be able to view each of the nominations in an exhibition area in Hall 20 and vote for their favourite. The winner of the award will be

Mafs targets produce export growth
Malaysia’s Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security (Mafs) has revealed its plans to focus on growing the country’s fresh produce exports in 2023. According to a report from The Malaysian

Germany resists
Germany's economy slowed in 2022, but managed to grow 1.9% faster than expected, and in energy it has done its homework with gas reserves exceeding 90%. The German economy has been resilient in

Citrus growing in Florida still perseveres focuses on juice market
As has been reported for years now, Florida's citrus crop has been decreasing and things are not yet looking to be picking up. Centuries ago, growing and producing citrus began in Southeast Asia.

Induser expands its facilities
INDUSER, specialising in the design and manufacture of automated lines for the packaging of fruit and vegetable products, is starting the year with room to promote more engineering projects within

Fruit Logistica: for a sustainable and technified world
Last year's event was attended by more than 3,300 exhibitors from 91 countries who presented their products, services and technical solutions. The event was attended by more than 3,300 exhibitors

Community Shop calls for more surplus food donations
Social retail enterprise Community Shop has urged the food and drink industry to maximise the value from its surplus stock after revealing a doubling in demand for its services. With more

Janssen and Fresh Inset partner on produce preservation
Fresh Inset and Janssen PMP have signed an evaluation and standstill agreement to test and develop Fresh Inset’s Vidre+ technology on fresh produce and ornamental plants. The group has granted

Private households bought less fresh fruit in 2022
Looking back, the fruit and vegetable market was significantly influenced by several factors last year. On the one hand, the war in Ukraine initially caused energy and transport costs to rise,