Apeel Sciences adds to leadership team
Apeel Sciences has promoted Ryan Fink to senior vice president of the Americas and Marius du Plessis to chief commercial officer in EMEA. Du Plessis and Fink will leverage the company’s produce

UK prisons defy national salad shortage with inmates growing their own vegetables
As salad becomes increasingly hard to find in supermarkets, green-fingered inmates at The Verne, a men's prison on Dorset's Isle of Portland, have harvested their own. And it’s not just one or

Switzerland: Stock reduction for apples at a high level - end of season for Gute Luise and Conference
The stock at the end of February 2023 is 33,203 t, 6,870 t lower than the previous year (40,073 t) and 4,708 t lower than in 2021 (37,911 t). The stock reduction in February 2023 is 1,373 t higher

"Given the increased prices, many are switching back from cardboard to returnable crates"
In the paper packaging sector, a price reduction can currently be observed, while the shortage of materials and the associated delivery times are also tending to decline. "However, falling

Peru strengthens Forex position with 2022 record exports
Peruvian exports have grown steadily over the last two decades thanks to the joint and coordinated work of the public and private sectors. In 2022, Peru achieved a record US $63.193 billion in

Aldi Süd reduces fruit & vegetables by up to 33 percent
From 06 March 2023, Aldi Süd will offer selected fruit and vegetables at a low price in all 2,000 shops. According to the discounter, the price offensive includes in the first week: Braeburn

Mercabarna's fruit and vegetable sector to increase sales by 11% by 2022
Mercabarna resists high inflation and bases its growth on exports. Despite high inflation and the slowdown in domestic consumption, the wholesalers in the fruit and vegetable sector of the food

"Our challenge: getting a diversity of producers to work together in a common dynamic"
Maïsadour, a cooperative group based in southwestern France that specializes in food processing, currently gathers around 30 asparagus growers for a surface area of 310 hectares and an annual

India: Fresh grape exports higher this year on good demand and higher supplies
India’s grape exports during 2021-22 stood at $305.7 million, a 2.6 per cent decline over the previous year’s $314 million. The top ten export destinations of grapes during 2021-22 were the