McDonald’s France: 100% French pears enter the range of chewy fruits
For the first time, McDonald's France is offering 100% French Angélys pears in its range of chewy fruits, selected by Florette Food Service. © McDonald’s Available in all McDonald's

A solution to improve Melon's port harvest profitability
“Spain produces much more than Piel de Sapo melons. There are large melon exporting companies in Almeria, Campo de Cartagena, and other areas of Murcia that also market Yellow, Galia,

Northern Greece: Growers in desperate need of foreign hands
Farmers in northern Greece are desperately seeking help abroad to get their fruit and other crops picked. It seems that local youth are not inclined to do the farm work and the once-reliable

Uneven supplies and higher prices on lettuce likely until June
Very choppy until the first or second week in June. This is how Mark Vaughan of Fresh Avenue says the lettuce market will look until then. “It’s going to be an unsettled market with

Tomato prices in Uzbekistan have fallen by a third in a week, marking the start of a downward trend
Wholesale prices for fresh tomatoes have fallen sharply over the past week in Uzbekistan – the average wholesale price for rose tomatoes has fallen by 32%, and red round tomato prices have

Italy's first lettuce from the area of Romagna already on the market
The lettuce harvest began last week in Romagna (Italy) at the Fellini Patrizio farm. Thanks to the newly built greenhouses, it was possible to anticipate the start of traditional open-field

Nagaland ships first consignment of organic ginger to Odisha
The first consignment of organic ginger from Nagaland to Odisha was sent off today from Dimapur by Advisor of Agriculture, Mhathung Yanthan. A total of 5-10 tons will be delivered to Aisha Traders

"Compared to the previous year, we were able to record an increase at Easter"
Overall, Baden can look back on a relatively cold, but strong-selling Holy Week. "Easter sales were very pleasing overall, and compared to the previous year we were even able to record a plus.

"Overseas melons are significantly more expensive than usual in relation to previous years"
The citrus season is slowly but surely drawing to a close and is now giving way to the summer fruits - even if the sun's rays are still holding back a little. Nevertheless, the season for Spanish

Floating rafts and nethouses provide perfect growing circumstances for Italian lettuce
The harvest and sale of Ninfa brand lettuce, grown on 10 hectares of floating rafts in the Italian province of Ravenna, started last week. Gianluca Rossi, owner of Valle Standiana, looks with

Pedro Sánchez and Xi Jinping sign agreement on export of persimmon and almonds
A new strategic Spanish-Chinese phytosanitary agreement promoted by the president of the PSOE-Unidas Podemos coalition government, Pedro Sánchez, has made quite an impression. The meeting in

'Mini Sicilian watermelons, an exciting start'
"The first consignments of mini-angurie from Sicily have sold like hot cakes despite the fact that the temperatures in Milan are not particularly mild. This is how Umberto Musso, co-owner of

Expensive imported potatoes of the 2023 harvest became available on the Moldovan market
The first batches of imported potatoes arrived in Moldova, as businessmen say, in the first days of April. Potatoes come from Egypt and possibly Morocco. In the domestic market of the country, the

In the UK, pears can be buttery or crispy
It is not always easy at the time of purchase to identify pears at the right degree of ripeness for different tastes. In Great Britain, the offer of this product is varied and there are references

Unsightly' fruit, better to sell or discard?
Dear Dr Pattuelli,With reference to your article (Click here to read the article) that appeared on 11 April in IFN, while I partly agree with your remarks, I believe it is also true that

IT gong for Melon&Co
Spalding-based supplier Melon&Co has won the award for Best Corporate Adopter at the inaugural ICC C4DTI Digital Trade Awards. The award recognises excellence in standards and framework adoption,

"Even the smaller retail chains prefer Spanish over Chinese garlic"
Noticeable bottlenecks and a lack of desired calibers characterize the current onion import from Spain. "The caliber 80-100 for the wholesale markets and gastronomy as well as the 70-80 for the

"People will continue to talk about us for a long time, even if the city of Düsseldorf no longer operates a wholesale market"
For several years now, what will happen to the Düsseldorf wholesale market after 2024 has been up for debate. Roland Tolls (on the right in the picture), a board member of the Düsseldorf

"Thanks to the earlier and longer season, we have German red radishes on offer for about ten and a half months"
The Palatinate - and thus also the "Gemüsegarten Pfalz" - is considered to be the largest contiguous cultivation area for open-air vegetables in Germany. Due to the favorable climate, flat fields

Almeria: Watermelon cultivation reduced by 2,500 hectares
According to a survey carried out by the agricultural organisation Asaja-Almería, the decline in the Almerian area under watermelons, which are now coming onto the markets, is being seen in all

Nationwide Produce launches asparagus brand
Leading UK fruit and vegetable distributor Nationwide Produce has launched a premium British asparagus brand for its wholesale customers in time for the new season, which officially gets under way

"From the grower to our client's end process, that's where our focus lies"
The Dutch company Snijpunt was founded 25 years ago to add value to bell peppers innovatively and, in the process, unburden clients, says General Director Mark van der Salm. He notes that these