"Late spring strongly fueling Brussels sprout demand"
"The late spring is strongly fueling Brussels sprout demand. It even snowed in Scandinavia. That always benefits sales," says Dutch company Fresh2You's Menno Molenaar. Fresh2You's Dutch Brussels

Patatas Meléndez inaugurates its new Industry 4.0 automated production factory
Patatas Meléndez, a Spanish company from Valladolid with a turnover of 110 million Euro in 2022, has just written a new page in the history of the fresh potato sector with the inauguration of its

Lower volumes lead to higher citrus fruit prices
“The last stretch of this citrus fruit campaign, which has been affected by various problems (fewer volumes, weather anomalies, drop in consumption) will be characterized by considerable prices

Strawberries and apples, Civ meets its partners around the world
The latest CIV strawberry innovations were presented at the recent North American Strawberry International Symposium (NASS) that took place from 07-10 March 2023 in San Louis Obispo, California.

Tight blueberry supplies from Mexico
Blueberry supplies out of Mexico are very tight currently. “In December and January, the market was really low so a lot of the people who grow them got discouraged and didn’t want to invest

FreshPlaza Global Focus on Organics
In April FreshPlaza will be focussing on organics. Are you involved in the organic sector? We would love to hear from you. You can send us some information or we can call you for an interview,

'Young people? This is how I win them over on social media'
A few days ago we told you about the fruit and vegetable retailer that through Instagram and Facebook is trying to give the sector a new lease of life through reels, photos and videos that

"You can just tell that our proprietary Baykal brand has a high recognition value"
For 25 years now, Selin Frucht Ltd has been dedicated to the procurement and distribution of high-quality fruit and vegetables, to a large extent from its own production in Turkey. The

Freshfel Europe: There is still a long way to go before the WHO consumption recommendations are reached
This year's edition of the Freshfel Europe Consumer Monitor shows that average O+G consumption in the EU rose to 364.58 g/day/capita in 2021, up 2.19% from 2020 and 1.27% above the average of the

Wzrost cen marchwi zatrzymany?
Okres przed Wielkanocą zazwyczaj przynosi ożywienie w hurtowym handlu warzywami. Związane jest ono z wyższym popytem – tak na rynku krajowym, jak też w eksporcie.

"Europe penalizes the agri-food packaging sector and not those who really cause environmental disasters"
"The European Union, and therefore part of the public opinion in Europe, believes that plastic packaging is the basis of marine and land pollution. Nothing could be further from the truth! They

Drought in Tunisia leads to lower tomato volumes
Like other Mediterranean countries, Tunisia is facing a severe drought that has compelled the Tunisian government to implement water-use quotas, increasing the price of water for agricultural use,