#Repartofresh Fruit and vegetables weigh 35% in Banco Fresco's new Fresh format
With more than 300 references, mainly in bulk, fruit and vegetables are at the heart of the offer of the new Freshaperto urban format in Milan of Banco Fresco, the chain specialising in fresh and

Spanish and Dutch tomato exports have decreased in the last decade, but not the value of shipments
In the last decade, Morocco and Turkey have increased their tomato exports by 61.74% and 7.69%. Meanwhile, Spanish and Dutch tomato exports have fallen by 40.55% and by 17.29%, respectively. In

Fyffes announces new sales manager for German business
Gunnar Seitz will be the new sales manager at Fyffes International, one of Europe's largest importers of tropical fruits, the company said. He starts work at Fyffes on 15 August 2023. Seitz comes

Newly updated harvesting robot runs 8 times faster than previous version
inaho Europe B.V. introduces the latest version of their autonomous tomato harvesting robot, eight times faster than the previous ver. With this update, the robot's functionality has been

Rockit apples partners with Lulu hypermarkets across Middle-East
As new season fruit begins arriving in-market, New Zealand apple brand, Rockit Global has championed the first memorandum of understanding (MOU) in its category, signing a 12-month deal with Lulu

Saudi Arabia intercepts largest consignment of Captagon pills, hidden in vegetable shipment
Customs officers in Saudi Arabia’s city of Al Hadithah have seized a large consignment of Captagon pills, also known as ‘jihadi drugs’. Saudi zakat, tax and customs officials reported that

Batch of Serbian strawberries returned to sender after inspection in Pskov region
At a temporary storage warehouse in the Pskov region, a state inspector of the North-Western Interregional Directorate of Rosselkhoznadzor, during quarantine phytosanitary control, found berries

Fluid market and good prices for the 2023 French asparagus campaign
Fleuron d'Anjou has celebrated the end of its asparagus campaign. After a rather “timid” start due to cold weather in April, the 2023 season has turned out to be very positive. “There are

Exceptional kiwi campaign marked by stability of prices
At almost 1,700m above sea level, Nooyenskopje in Magoebaskloof, Limpopo, has had an exceptional kiwi crop, running across all colours. “In February we started with kiwi berries of which we had

'Any asparagus shortage in South African market will only be temporary'
Grahame Osler, a manager at the asparagus company Denbi, which supplies large retailers, explains that they imported less asparagus from source markets outside of Africa this year compared to

Uzbekistan’s problems with size and volume of sweet cherry harvest benefits Turkey
According to EastFruit analysts, after a bad year for sweet cherries in 2022, Uzbek farmers again note problems with the harvest of this most important stonefruit for the country. At the moment,

First trial shipment of Australian avocados to India to arrive Wednesday
In March this year the Australian and Indian governments issued a joint statement welcoming the finalisation of market access for Hass avocados. Australian avocado grower and exporter The

The Danila Bragantini award to entrepreneur Laura Damiani
The Danila Bragantini Prize was awarded last Friday as part of the Protagonists of Italian Fruit and Vegetables event at Villa Necchi in Milan, the Oscar for innovation in the fruit and vegetable

Extremadura's cherry sector's losses amount to 70 million euro
On Thursday, dozens of farmers traveled to Merida where they symbolically dumped 500 kilos of cherries at the gates of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development, Population, and Territory to

"Consumers usually go for the cheaper goods"
"There is a very high demand for carrots, although we do not yet have German goods available. Currently, we receive carrots from Italy," informs Lance Sidio, who has been working at the

Rockit signs Lulu deal in Middle East
New Zealand-based apple brand Rockit Global has championed the first memorandum of understanding (MOU) in its category, signing a 12-month deal with Lulu Hypermarkets across the Middle East. The

Fruit Attraction announces a new edition of the Innovation Hubs Awards
Fruit Attraction, which will be holding its 15th edition from 3 to 5 October, is organising a new edition of the Innovation Hub Awards. These awards for innovation and entrepreneurship in the

Georgian Agriculture Minister inspects blueberry harvesting process in Zugdidi
The Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture of Georgia, Otar Shamugia, has visited local blueberry farmers in the village of Narazeni of Zugdidi. He inspected the blueberry harvesting

Hass Avocado: Peru's exports will increase in 2023, but not as much as expected
6,952 containers or 149,468 t of Hass avocados were exported from the Andean country by week 21. This is an increase of 15 % compared to the same period last year, reports agraria.pe with

Waitrose cuts prices of summer favourites
Summer favourites including spinach and watermelon are among 200 products having their prices cut by Waitrose in a £100m investment by the retailer. The lower prices of grocery items can be found

Fruits from Turkey are to flood the markets because of another collapse of the Turkish lira
By, probably, an complete coincidence, immediately after the end of the presidential elections in Turkey won by the incumbent President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish currency suffered yet