Australian shoppers upset over individually-wrapped cucumbers at Woolworths
Editor James Massola from Nine Newspapers National Affairs drew attention to the sale of individually-wrapped cucumbers at Woolworths in a tweet on Saturday, commending the ACT government’s

"Business with greenhouse cucumbers is currently disastrous"
"There are currently still 14 to 15 pallets standing around with us that we cannot sell. We had similar problems in the weeks before. While the catering trade is looking for the cheapest possible

Studenac: Acquisition of retail chain Strahinjčica d.o.o.
UK: Pimms and cucumbers top Tesco's list of most sold Coronation weekend items Pimms and cucumbers were among the food products that saw the largest spike in sales at Tesco during the Coronation

Lots of cherries, apricots, strawberries and cucumbers at $0.3 per kg
EastFruit expert Bakhtiyor Abduvokhidov visited the wholesale and retail market in the north of Tajikistan and shared an interesting video in which he shows the assortment, quality, unusual

Lots of cherries, apricots, strawberries and cucumbers at $0.3 per kg – a video review of the market in Tajikistan!
EastFruit expert Bakhtiyor Abduvokhidov visited the wholesale and retail market in the north of Tajikistan and shared an interesting video in which he shows the assortment, quality, unusual

Aeon introduces cross-category GGN label in Japan
Aeon has revealed that it has rolled out the first products with the cross-category GGN label across a range of supermarkets in the Kantō and Kinki regions of Japan. The retailer noted that

Japan: Retailer to adopt cross-category GGN label on select vegetables
AEON rolled out the first products with the cross-category GGN label today in AEON, AEON Style, and Daiei supermarkets in the Kantō and Kinki regions of Japan. Products that are now available

Pickle cucumbers making inroads into fresh market
“We’re the third largest grower-packer of pickles in North America and it’s something we’re proud of,” says Carmen Bartucci with CanAm Fresh. While the company mainly serves the

Asda and Morrisons lift restrictions on some fresh produce
Asda and Morrisons are lifting restrictions on the sale of some fruit and vegetables as supply issues are beginning to ease. Limits on cucumbers will be lifted at Morrisons, whilst restrictions on

Struggle in UK supermarkets continues, but British cucumbers are available in Singapore
The struggle in UK supermarkets continues. In recent weeks, many of their shelves were empty, as shopkeepers refused to pay a higher price for fresh products. Due to the cold in Spain and high

UK cukes sent to Singapore as retailers continue price strategy
Empty shelves in UK supermarkets, but British cucumbers are for sale in Singapore. It has been another eventful week for the British fresh produce industry. The fresh battle in the UK continues.

Belgium ‘ready’ to fill UK supermarket shelves
Belgium is poised to help UK retailers fill empty shelves as shortages continue in tomatoes, cucumbers, and a range of other produce. This was the message from leading Belgian fresh produce

Onions might join tomatoes and cucumbers in UK supermarket shortage
While tomatoes and cucumbers have already vanished from supermarket shelves over the last few weeks, UK shoppers are bracing for potential shortages of onions. Onion producers are reportedly being

"Expect cucumber prices to drop over the next three to four weeks"
The high cucumber prices in the food retail sector are causing turmoil among German consumers. Due to the high energy prices, Dutch growers have not all been producing this winter, while the cold

UK govt tells grocers to reconsider relationships with farmers
As Britain entered a third week of vegetable shortages, the government told big supermarket groups to re-examine their relationships with farmers. On Monday, Lidl GB followed market leader Tesco,

UK: Fruit and vegetables rationed due to lack of fresh produce
There will have been and still are a lot of puzzled and also worried faces in the UK in the past few days, because Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Morrisons have limited the sales quantities of peppers,

Supermarkets limiting sales of veg per customer
Across the UK supermarkets are facing shortages of some fruit and vegetables. Asda said it was capping sales of items such as tomatoes, peppers and lettuce at three each per customer. Morrisons

UK runs out of salads and citrus fruit after Mediterranean cold snap
According to The Guardian, retail is facing shortages of cucumbers, lettuce, peppers and tomatoes, as well as broccoli and citrus fruit as a result of the cold weather in producing countries such