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Jacques Guironnet, ASPA2, on the campaign of early French asparagus:
“After the closure of restaurants, our Asian clients have diversified their sales channels”
Ed Gray - Watts Farms
“We have taken over £4m in online sales in the last year"
Peter van Teeseling (Bel Impex): "White and red-fleshed sweet potatoes perfect for Dutch flavor pallet"
"High US import fees cause demand for Honduran sweet potatoes to skyrocket"
“We sell the largest quantities of Chinese cabbage to the Netherlands”
The organic avocado campaign will end earlier in Granada
"Although cucumber prices have been exorbitant this month, the final average will continue to be low"
William WIllems, Central Fruit:
"Demand for citrus normalised after busy December month"
The Spanish Orri mandarin campaign starts with higher prices this year
"We see that there is potential for growth in the domestic market"
Laurie Adams - Burlington Berries
How does berry production in Australia compare to growing in the UK?
Tygho Kampschöer, Fruvexco, the Netherlands
"New Chinese ginger harvest well-received"
Silvia Piezzi:
"First containers of Chilean Thompson Seedless on its way to Europe"
Special Latin America
Irrigation water treatment system trials in Chile to reduce water use in avocado production
Global Focus Grapes
Francois Myburgh – Bet-el Fruits
Next two weeks very important on EU/UK grape market after large arrivals
FruitPro introduces Premium Red
"Grapefruit an increasingly important item on the shelf"
Planning security until 2044 for companies:
Location guarantee extended for Hamburg wholesale market
Use, not waste:
EDEKA expands Apeel range with grapefruits and lemons
RedPop®, Cosmic Crisp®, Giga®: Three new apples in the South Tyrolean apple sector
Smets Food Trading introduces new ‘Sappy’ apple brand
Northern Serbian Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smiths
Vicent Mañez, head of the innovation area: "This project puts us at the forefront of the sector"
Agromediterranea will launch live lettuce without phytosanitary treatments
Switzerland:
White mushrooms by far the most popular with consumers
Virtual event Biofach starts February 17th
Import Promotion Desk presents organic diversity from 12 developing and emerging countries
Schwab-Guillod relies on Dolly City semi-trailers from Calag
Modern trailers for small-scale distribution in inner-city regions
AHDB
Younger UK consumers become more price conscious
EU exit sparks price concerns for consumers
Start of rebranding Moldovan fruit products
Maersk expands cold chain options for fresh fruit from the Black Sea and the Mediterranean to Central Russia
Russia lifts restrictions on import of tomatoes from Kazakhstan
70% of the Spanish apricot production comes from the Region of Murcia
Russia: Carrot prices up due to modest harvest
Juan José de Dios, director of Tango Fruit:
"We aim to sell Tango mandarins for 10 months a year by 2022 or 2023"
Chilly Mexican temperatures short raspberry supplies
Mercadona replaces single-use plastic bags for compostable potato starch bags
The first 1,470 Moroccan temporary workers hired at origin will arrive in Huelva this week
Provincie of Sevilla
Los Palacios: Spanish town sets tomato production record
Queensland Alliance for Agricultural and Food Innovation
Could research into eye health lead to more commercial production for orange capsicums?
Julio Ruiz-Tagle “we want restore consumers’ trust in imported fruits”
“After a few cold days in the cherry market, sales have now started moving”
PMA virtual town hall
Environmental and climate priorities of the new administration
Could larger onions be funnelled to food box program?
Egypt and UK work to continue stable trade relations
Increases guidance to CDN $4.9-5.0 million
Organto increases record Q-4 2020 revenue guidance
Dole and BFV celebrating 10-year development of Conference pears in China
IFC, FMO announce loan to support South Africa’s blueberry industry, protect jobs and exports
Appointment of Willie Jacobs as CEO of Potatoes SA
Zespri selects SAP Cloud Solutions in multi-year deal
Giro promotes Alvarez to Director of Sales & Customer Service
$5M capital raise completed to expand branded produce and create products
Chile's Southern Zone's blueberry harvests take center stage
Valle del Cauca and Huila concentrate 97% of Colombia's grape production
CMA CGM to operate and manage the Port of Alexandria’s future terminal
Carrier Transicold’s TripLINK Platform adds enhanced shipboard and global monitoring capabilities
Kubota invests in Tevel, flying autonomous fruit-picking robots
Retail
Dreamstime
Yonghui has opened 37 new stores
Lidl GB: Supermarket of the Year
FreshPlaza Funny
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