Piñata Farms reaps benefit of tracking technology
Four years after major fruit producer Piñata Farms introduced Australian-designed technology to track the temperature and location of premium berries and mangoes along the supply chain, it has

Mitolo Family Farms and Detpak bag sustainable Australian packaging innovation
Australia’s potato and onion category player Mitolo Family Farms has partnered with Coles as well as global innovators in sustainable packaging solutions Detpak to create what is believed to be

Australian consumers incredulous about cost of strawberries at Coles
Frustrated shoppers have blasted Coles online after noticing a steep increase in the price of strawberries. Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths confirmed supply chain disruptions had resulted

Barbera's Arra Sugar Drop grape campaign starts
The campaign for Barbera's seedless table grape Arra Sugar Drop (Arra 30) is now underway: the first releases at the beginning of June. "The market is ready in Italy too: 2023 will be the

SANLUCAR chooses HISPATEC to boost production sustainability
The company SanLucar, producer and distributor of premium quality fruit and vegetables, has chosen Hispatec Agrointeligencia as its technology partner to carry out the digital transformation of

Lidl delivers pay hat-trick
Discount supermarket Lidl GB has announced its third pay rate increase in 12 months which will impact all of its 24,500 hourly-paid colleagues. The latest raise announced today (24 May) will see

New Sunburst Gold pineapple debuts
Chiquita is debuting the new Sunburst Gold Pineapple. The enhanced variation of the pineapple features a sweeter flavor and will come in redesigned boxes with neck tags featuring Chiquita’s Blue

Balancing sustainability costs with rising prices in New Zealand's fruit and vegetable industry
Research conducted last year showed nearly two thirds of Kiwi shoppers were unwilling to pay a premium for fruit and vegetables grown, picked, packed and delivered with sustainable practices. For

Lidl Germany to switch to Living Wage bananas
Lidl has announced that it is to pay a price premium on Fairtrade bananas. The move comes at a time the discounter has been accused of undermining sustainability efforts by offering price

Prevar - developing premium cultivars by identifying future market opportunities
Prevar™ is a New Zealand based business that prides itself on being at the forefront of fruit innovation on the world stage, developing and commercialising apple and pear cultivars. The recent

Reefer spot rates soon back to pre-pandemic levels as dry premium dissolves
The latest ocean freight rates data from Xeneta suggests an increasing “normalization” of the reefer market, with spot rates from the Far East to Northern Europe now back to pre-pandemic

Fairtrade Premium is ‘critical step’ towards living wage for banana workers
New research on Ghanaian and Colombian banana workers in UK retail supply chains has shown that the Fairtrade Premium plays an important role in achieving living wages. On top of the price that

“There is a gap of premium mandarin varieties in November and December that we'll soon be able to start covering”
AMFRESH is one of the few family companies left in the sector. It has headquarters in both hemispheres and integrated companies dedicated to research and the production of varieties, such as

ERP software helps UK company streamline from customer order to delivery
Affinitus, a provider of business management software solutions for the fresh produce, foodservice, and horticulture industries, announces that South West premium food service provider, Goosemoor

UK mushroom supplier switches to sustainable packaging
Smithy Mushrooms, a leading UK grower of exotic mushrooms, has partnered with fibre-based consumer packaging firm Graphic Packaging International to supply its premium mushrooms to UK supermarkets

Spreafico focuses on premium and avocado growth potential
Fruit Logistica has once again become a very important event for the entire supply chain thanks to the return in attendance, according to Spreafico, and was an opportunity to present some of the

Ortomad Wealthy Mix, the innovation of specific salad dressings
In Berlin, Ortomad presented Wealthy Mix,a special range that represents a true product innovation for premium salads. "We are finally presenting the conclusion of the project," says Clotario