‘Spain’s post-Brexit food trade is going well’
This week, Spain's agriculture minister Luis Planas stated that his country's fruit and vegetable exports to the UK have suffered “no fundamental disruption” from Brexit. Recent shortages of

"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

Abel & Cole hits donation milestone
Abel & Cole has now donated a million portions of fresh, organic fruit and veg to charity. The box scheme specialist launched an initiative early last year called One Box: One Portion, as part of

"Interest in our products from food retailers increased noticeably over the years"
The special added value of wholesale markets is demonstrated, among other things, by the wide variety of products on offer. GSM Import-Export Ltd, for example, offers Agretto, an Italian herb also

Potato prices in the fresh market are stable, good export movement to the Mediterranean continues
Retail and food service sector trade remains buoyant. Colder weather forecast for the next week should drive home consumption. One year on from the invasion of Ukraine, there is still huge concern

EvokeAg returns with a bang
After an two-year hiatus, AgriFutures Australia’s EvokeAg event returned this week. Over 1,600 delegates from 18 countries converged on the Adelaide Convention Centre for the two-day event

UK: Weekly average wholesale market prices for fruit and vegetables
The average wholesale prices of selected home-grown horticultural produce in England and Wales up to Monday, 20 February 2023. In this week's average wholesale market prices of home grown produce

WIELKA BRYTANIA: Średnie tygodniowe ceny hurtowe na rynku owoców i warzyw
Średnie ceny hurtowe wybranych domowych produktów ogrodniczych w Anglii i Walii do poniedziałku, 20 lutego 2023 r. W podanych w tym tygodniu średnich hurtowych cenach rynkowych

Dutch minister visits Waterman Onions
Last week, Piet Adema, the Dutch minister of Agriculture, Nature, and Fisheries, visited the province of Flevoland. There, he went to companies like Andela Techniek & Innovation, Van der Wekken

Sainsbury’s launches £2 fruit and veg boxes
Sainsbury’s is introducing a £2 fruit and vegetable box to help combat food waste. The ‘Taste Me, Don’t Waste Me’ boxes will appear in fresh produce aisles from this week in over 200

Bulgarian wholesale fresh produce prices continue to increase
Bulgaria's wholesale food costs are represented by the market price index (MPI), which increased this week by 1.58 percent to 2,383 points. According to BTA, its level has increased 2.89 percent

Artificial Intelligence and machine learning highlighted in Berlin
TOMRA Food treated visitors to its stand at Fruit Logistica Berlin last week (8-10 February 2023) with 3D footage of its sorting, grading, and packing solutions in action, and gave a presentation

First own-grown melons to arrive from Costa Rica
Next week, the first watermelons the Staay Food Group has cultivated in Costa Rica will arrive in the Netherlands. "Our Costa Rican branch SFG Dulce consists of six cultivation sites with a total

More problems ahead for agriculture sector in the Philippines
Apart from a slew of food shortages, the Filipino agriculture sector may be facing more problems ahead. External factors are partly to blame, particularly for inflation. But there are also

Jharkhand traders on indefinite strike against agriculture tax from February 15
During this weekend’s meeting of the Ramgarh District Food Vegetable Fruit Business Association, it was decided that the Jharkhand traders will go on indefinite strike against agriculture tax

Liberian cassava sector' increases capacity
Cassava is the second most important crop for Liberia. However, the production of the crop is still faced with numerous challenges, something the World Bank funded project is working to address.

TNFC highlights CO2-neutral citrus
European grower-marketer The Natural Fruit Company is set to show off its range at this week’s Fruit Logistica exhibition in Berlin, including its first CO2-neutral lemons, oranges and

Ireland: Demand for peeling stocks remains positive and potato prices remain firm
Retail sales were flat this week and the food service sector should see more business over the bank holiday weekend. Demand for peeling stocks remains positive and prices remain firm. Early

Fresh vegetables face contamination risk from floodwaters in New Zealand
United Fresh New Zealand advises consumers to be prepared for fresh vegetable shortages in the coming weeks as floodwaters throughout the upper North Island impact food safety. United Fresh Food

Vegetable shortage looms in NZ
New Zealand consumers can expect vegetable shortages over coming weeks, according to member-based industry organisation United Fresh New Zealand. The warning comes as floodwaters rise across the

Seven out of ten Italians careful not to waste food
67% of Italians are attentive to the issue of food waste, while the proportion of those who do not care continues to fall and stands at 33%. This figure emerges from research commissioned from

Onions at Rs320 per kilo in Karachi due to supply shortage
Onions sell at Rs250 per kg in Karachi markets. In other parts of the country, the rate hovers between Rs200-320 due to limited arrivals from Sindh and Balochistan crops and additional taxes on

"Major shortages, high prices in ginger market"
Considerable shortages and high prices currently characterize the European ginger market. That is according to Sophie Ye of KX Food in Belgium. "Lower yields mean imports from China are at only

Choco acquires Spanish start-up Katoo
This strengthens Choco's presence in the Spanish market and further expands its position as a driver of digitalisation in the food service industry. All Katoo customers will be able to benefit

Riviera adapts to extreme realities
UK vegetable producer Riviera Produce, located in Cornwall, is adapting to the increased likelihood of summer heat waves brought on by the climate crisis and has warned the UK of the dangers of