Aldi’s Super 6 becomes Super 7
Aldi is renaming its Super 6 fruit and vegetable promotion as Super 7, with a proportion of profits from the seventh item in the range being donated to its charity partner, Teenage Cancer Trust.

'With Sekoya we revolutionise the Italian blueberry market'
SanLucar lands in Italy in 2019 to bring its wide range of high-quality fruit and vegetables to the Italian consumer. More than 100 references with a common denominator: excellent taste and

Export to the UK is unattractive to Europe
The UK is no longer as attractive a market as it once was for European fruit and vegetables. Reporting the news is Fruitnet, which gives the floor to Jim Jefcoate, supply chain expert. Jofcoate

Record watermelons: €1.40/kg wholesale
Golden times for watermelons and melons, after a very difficult first half of June (for more details click here) they have risen to the top of the summer fruit and vegetable list; in fact, there

Siberia imports fruit and vegetables from 17 different countries
This year, the volume of food products supplied to the Siberian Federal District has increased by 20%. Most fruits are imported from foreign countries. By the beginning of June, over 900 tons of

French Council of State cancels marketing ban on organic heated greenhouses
On the 28th of June, the French Council of State repealed the provision banning the marketing of organic summer vegetables grown in heated greenhouses between December 21st and April 30th, on the

"Forward thinking, cooperation central to sustainability talks"
Belgian potato, vegetable, and fruit traders and representatives from the processing sector gathered on Tuesday, 27 June, for Fresh Trade Belgium, Belgapom, and Vegebe's annual FVPhouse event.

In 2022, Spanish households' fruit and vegetable consumption decreased by 12.2% and 13.4%, respectively
According to the 2022 Food Consumption Report in Spain prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food, Spanish households' consumption of fresh fruits fell by 12.2% over the previous

Cia to Mr Prezzi: watch out for speculation in fruit and vegetables
Creating sustainable value chains that are more resilient to difficulties such as phytosanitary adversity, the effects of the weather, but also labour shortages and strong competition from foreign

Food imports to Kyrgyzstan increased by 3% over the week
Last week, from June 16 to June 22, 2023, the import of quarantine products to Kyrgyzstan amounted to 17,719 tons, which is 3% higher than the week earlier. This information was published by the

День полевого огурца - приглашение, 23 июля 2023 года
Мы хотели бы пригласить вас на День полевого огурца 23 июля (воскресенье). Мы будем принимать гостей на ферме

Field Cucumber Day - Invitation, 23 July 2023
We would like to invite you to the Field Cucumber Day on 23 July (Sunday). We will be hosted at the farm of Damian Micik in Szarkówka (32-250 Charsznica), who has set his sights on growing field

Discount, where fruit and vegetables perform best
In a climate where consumer confidence has plummeted to lower levels than during the pandemic, inflation plays a key role in people's perceptions. This is forcing people to make increasingly

Reichenau vegetables: Full marketing of fresh vegetables despite challenging marketing year
The general assembly of the producer cooperatives Reichenau-Gemüse eG and Raiffeisen-Lagerhaus eG took place in the hotel "mein inselglück" on the island of Reichenau. The cooperatives looked

June watermelons still on the handbrake
Week 24 saw a softening of the trend compared to the previous week for Lcc, but also for fruit and vegetables by weight. Among the channels, discount stores continue to grow in fruit and vegetable

AMMA seeking 4.5 mln euro in damages from North Macedonian company
Austrian industrial vegetable supplier AMMA Import Export Ltd is seeking to recover damages of some €4.5 million owed by North Macedonia's agricultural company Dena Produkt Import Export Veles

Fruit Attraction 2023, exhibition area occupied exceeded that of the last edition
Three and a half months after the start of its 15th anniversary edition, Fruit Attraction, organised byIfema Madrid and Fepexe and scheduled from 3 to 5 October in the Spanish capital, has already

FEPEX governing committee approves proposal to improve and simplify regulatory framework
The FEPEX Governing Committee, which met on Tuesday in Madrid, reached a consensus on a set of proposals to improve and simplify the current regulatory framework, which will be passed on to the

A mural against fruit and vegetable waste
'Help the planet. Save fruit and vegetables that are still good'. "I'm cool because I don't waste". And again: 'Five times a day feed yourself with the colours of fruit and vegetables'. This

France bans plastic packaging per July 1, 2023
From July 1, 2023, a new decree banning selling unprocessed fruit and vegetables in plastic packages comes into force in France. So reports the Dutch Agroberichten Buitenland. This new regulation

Private investors very interested in Dutch companies

North West, optimistic for the new reefer season
Summer seems to have started, but we are leaving behind a tormented period; from North to South Italy has been hit by bad weather with catastrophic events unique in terms of violence, such as the