Carrefour
French supermarket chain Carrefour has announced it will open its first 50 stores across Israel this week, in a bid to increase its competitiveness in the Israeli market. Tel Aviv […]
Thu 18/05/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
REWE
German retailer REWE Group has teamed up with Naturland to help farmers transition from conventional to organic farming in order to expand the range of organic fruit and vegetables offered […]
Thu 18/05/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
Eurofresh Distribution
Export markets and ecology were at the heart of the debates, with an increased presence of international exhibitors and visitors
Wed 17/05/2023 by Pierre Escodo
Adex
Peruvian agricultural exports with added value in the first 3 months of the year climbed 9.7% to close to US$2.16bn compared to the same period last year, according to the […]
Wed 17/05/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
WUWM
The World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) has launched this year’s Love Your Local Market (LYLM) campaign. Every year, under the banner of LYLM, thousands of retail and wholesale markets […]
Wed 17/05/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
Kantar
Soaring food inflation is driving more British consumers to turn to discounters and own label lines, according to a recent study by Kantar Worldpanel. Grocery price inflation rose by 17.3% […]
Wed 17/05/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
reussirfl
The 2023 apricot harvest promises to be at levels similar to those of last year in Europe. There were no significant frost episodes of the kind experienced in 2020 and 2021, but drought remains a concern.
Tue 16/05/2023 by By Adrien Lasnier
European Commission
Freshfel Europe warned the European Commission last week about the far-reaching implications of its draft proposal on marketing standards if rules on mandatory country-specific origin labelling are maintained for pre-cut […]
Tue 16/05/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
Nisa local
Nisa, which calls itself the “family of independent grocers”, is set to open a further 400 stores this year, as part of an ambitious expansion plan, reports Talking Retail. After […]
Tue 16/05/2023
REUTERS
Pressure is building in the UK for investigations into claims that supermarkets are profiteering from record food inflation. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ed Davey, has called for the Competition […]
Mon 15/05/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
The Olive Press
Spain’s onion campaign is being affected by several factors, particularly drought which has led to a 40% drop in cultivation area. The lack of water availability has caused the cost […]
Mon 15/05/2023 by Richard Wilkinson