"Being present at two main European ports has added value for us"
The Belgian logistics service provider Fresh Connection opened an office in the Port of Rotterdam in April. That is in addition to its office in Antwerp. "Being present at the fruit and vegetable

DFHV Annual Conference: Nutrition strategy and drug smuggling were the focus in Hamburg
This year's annual meeting of the German Fruit Trade Association (DFHV), which was attended by around 70 participants in Hamburg on 15 June, was characterised by lively discussions around the

'Fruit, new varieties must also be good'
The article that came out a few days ago (click here to read it) piqued the interest of several of our readers who took the time to write their comments. We decided to publish two speeches by

OGM with positive operating result
The Obstgroßmarkt Mittelbaden eG (OGM) closed the 2022 financial year with a turnover of around 39.6 million euros, significantly above the previous year's level and with a higher volume of fruit

Packaging, anticipating consumer demands
When we buy fruit and vegetables, we rightly focus on the choice of product based on the information we have in the department. In this context, packaging is a useful tool for conveying

"With this scale up, we can supply all 258 stores in Flanders with mini-watermelons"
This week, Aldi Belgium started again carrying Tomeco's mini watermelons, Tomélon. "We partnered with Tomeco, part of Coöperatie Hoogstraten, last year to sell these mini watermelons. That

Foody 2025, the project takes shape
The Foody 2025 project, the initiative for the complete renovation of the Milan Food Market, is gradually taking shape. After the presentation in February of the first structures built, Foody 2025

Fornari (Apofruit): 'For cherries, the worst campaign ever'
The wave of bad weather that has been affecting the Peninsula for several weeks now has not yet stopped and, inevitably, the first balance sheets of one of the most difficult fruit and vegetable

Turkey to start selling governmental stocks of hazelnuts – exporters are not exactly happy
As EastFruit’s readers should know, Turkey has a substantial amount of unsold hazelnuts stocked. TMO, a governmental body, which buys and sells hazelnuts from the open market in order to

Uzbekistan exports record volumes of onions to the EU, Eastern Europe and Asia
According to EastFruit analysts Uzbekistan profited from the tight onion supply situation in Europe and Middle East in a big way. After lifting export restrictions from March 15, 2023 and through

Lidl, Aldi and Eurospin: whose department is better?
For several months, there has also been a sales slump in the discount channel, demonstrating that even this channel is not exempt from the current consumer slowdown. In order to better understand

Interfresh Eurasia returns to Antalya September 28-30
In the last week of September, a new edition of Interfresh Eurasia will be held in Turkey. According to Murat Ozer, general manager at Antexpo, he expects more participating countries than last