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Sales and Procurement Manager - Arizona, USA

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Volume and quality issues with Italian chestnuts cause tight market this season

The chestnut harvest starts in early autumn, and this year has been a difficult year for the crop. Nick Pacia, CEO of Trucco, Inc. says: “The growing season has been difficult…

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Sales and Procurement Manager - Arizona, USA

Melissa Hartmann de Barros on HLB’s 30th anniversary and the company’s expansion

2019 marks the 30th anniversary of HLB, a family-owned company who started off importing fish into Germany. Since its founding, the company has grown to two independent…

Pricing fairly low right now

Demand should pick up for Mexican avocados

Supplies of avocados in the U.S. are plentiful right now. “There are good supplies from Mexico—there’s a lot of fruit,” says Jon Ullrich of Henry Avocado Corp. in Escondido,…

New apple varieties to be served to performers of Las Vegas show

JUICI™ and KORU®, new apples from Starr Ranch Growers, are headed to Vegas and will be served backstage to the performers at Enigma, a concert residency held at the Park…

California Giant approaches zero waste through giving during the holidays

California Giant is rapidly approaching their Zero Waste Certification goal thanks to staff members making a special delivery to one local school in Salinas, CA this week. The…

Mission Produce announces "Emeralds in the End Zone":

New avocado campaign to guarantee high sales for Superbowl

Mission Produce, Inc., a global avocado network, is bringing back its Emeralds in the End Zone campaign to guarantee retailers and consumers big wins this football season.…

NoKota Packers President and CEO Steve Tweten retirement announced

Fresh Solutions Network announced that Steve Tweten, president, CEO, and partner of NoKota Packers, Inc., will retire on December 27, 2019, after 40 years with…

Duda Farm launches "Dip It 2 Win It" sweepstakes

"Data shows nearly 14m lbs of celery sold during Superbowl week"

For the fourth year in a row, Dandy® Celery, grown by Duda Farm Fresh Foods, announces the return of its largest annual promotion, ‘Dip It 2 Win It’. Running…

Mushroom grower J-M Farms breaks ground on $10 million expansion

J-M Farms in Miami broke ground on the construction of a new, state-of-the-art facility Wednesday, whilst also celebrating its 40th anniversary. What will be the Phase II…

The first shipment of Chilean table grapes has departed for the US

The Atlantic Acanthus ship, from the Global Reefers operator, has shipped out of the Puerto Caldera Maritime Terminal (TMPC) in northern Chile with the first…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Central part of persimmon campaign always difficult

"The forecasts made a few months ago proved true: despite the 30% drop caused by the weather in spring and heavy summer drops, persimmon quality is excellent this year when it…

Retail

Whole Foods Market: A new era

Walmart: Huge employee investment in remodels

US: Teamsters urge 'no' vote on proposed UNFI executive pay packageThe International Brotherhood of Teamsters doesn't want United Natural Foods Inc. to reward its executives…

USDA Economic Research Service

US apple crop estimate up

With the onset of cold weather the US apple harvest for the 2019/20 marketing year (August-July) is wrapping up. The 2019/20 US apple crop is forecast at 10.6 billion pounds,…

Christiaan van der Goes (GreenGoose):

Sweet potato market again back to basics

The North American import season for sweet potatoes has already begun at Greengoose. "Last year it was an unprecedented season with large shortages and high prices. Now we are…

2019 Summit International Awards

Fyffes' "Easy to Eat, Easy to Pronounce" campaign wins award

Fyffes North America is a Platinum winner in the 2019 Summit Marketing Effectiveness Award competition for its latest advertising campaign ‘Easy to Eat, Easy to Pronounce’.…

Three-part program begins at the 2020 FreshStart Conference

United Fresh announces inaugural class of Produce Safety Immersion Program

United Fresh Produce Association is pleased to announce the Class One Fellows of the inaugural Produce Safety Immersion Program, sponsored by Renaissance Food…

North Carolina Biotechnology Center Crop Commercialization Program

US: Carrots that aren’t orange could be ‘cash crop’ for North Carolina

According to American experts, purple carrots could be the state’s ‘next signature cash crop’. However, these carrots wouldn’t just be for making your dinner…

Northern US: Businesses react to national French fry shortage

Colder weather and frost have caused damage to potato yields which is now threatening the availability of French fries. In prime potato growing states such as…

Asia Fruit Logistica moves to Singapore for 2020

Asia Fruit Logistica, Asia’s fresh fruit and vegetable trade show, is moving to Singapore for its 2020 edition from its traditional location in Hong Kong. Asia Fruit Logistica…

Chile implements a pilot inspection system for fruit for export

The Agricultural and Livestock Service (SAG) and the Association of Fruit Exporters of Chile AG (ASOEX) are implementing a pilot processing-line inspection program this…

Exports of the Queen Garnet Plum set to grow this season

Exports of the Queen Garnet Plum are expected to increase significantly, especially into Asia, as more opportunities open up for the "superfood'. Australia's Nutrafruit Pty…

Queensland mango season in full swing

Despite growers enduring everything Mother Nature had to throw at them, experts still expect a good mango yield this summer. From extreme heat to monsoonal rain and damaging…

Litchi shortage looms in European market, says South African trader

South African litchi crop early and much reduced by sunburn & fruit splitting

The tale of the 2019/2020 South African litchi season isn’t a happy one, which is a real pity as there was a good crop on the trees, notes Pierre Pieters of Core Fruit. “But…

China, the new target market

Colombia's banana sector is recovering from the crisis caused by the Fusarium

The Colombian banana sector is starting to overcome the crisis caused by the detection of the Fusarium pest in one of the country's plantations in the summer of 2019, leaving…

Price announcement from Fairtrade International Standards & Pricing

New pricing for limes from Colombia

Fairtrade International Standards & Pricing has decided on new prices for limes from Colombia. The changes in the prices and premiums are presented in the…

Costa Rica sets the price for a box of bananas at $8.36

The Ministry of Economy, Industry, and Commerce (MEIC) stated via a press release on December 17 that starting January 1, 2020, that the starting price of the Costa Rican…

Liesbeth Hamil, Lyna

"Belgian apples and pears are popular on the Moroccan market”

Lyna now imports fruit and vegetables from Morocco. They also export top fruit to that country. This Belgian company has been doing so since the beginning of the year. Lyna is…

Francisco Katunarić of Eight:

“Brazil has been buying a lot more Chilean garlic this season”

The Chilean garlic harvest begins November, and growers-packing-exporters are now beginning the export season which will be in its peak in January, February and March. The…

"With our new partner, we hope to assure better quality"

"Chinese companies still hesitant to buy Egyptian oranges"

The Egyptian orange import season will start next month. At this stage, many companies are busy processing their oranges and preparing to ship them from Egypt…

Chinese New Year influences vegetables prices

"This month carrot prices will further increase"

The carrot market has been changing in recent weeks. As some vegetable prices went up lately, carrot prices are also on the move. Mr. J.S. from Jining…

"Drought results in poor tasting navel oranges in Southern Jiangxi, China"

Recently, with oranges from various production areas flooding into the market, competition has become increasingly fierce. In comparison, branded products are selling more…

ABC Fresh LLC on the grape market

"It's not going as well as expected."

It's not a good year for grapes. It is mainly the weather that is to blame - sometimes too hot, sometimes too wet. But the demand leaves something to be desired as well. ABC…

23 peaches are being sold at 45 euros as Christmas gifts

While some people might wrinkle their nose at this, and others cry scandal, there are also those who believe that even fruit and vegetables, if properly promoted, can be a…

Arnaud van de Graaf from Soest

Jumbo entrepreneur is first with plastic-free AGF packaging line 'Johannes'

At the end of October, AGF-Holland announced a plastic-free packaging line for the entire fruit and vegetable department. Under the name Johannes, the wholesaler is bringing a…

Robert Elshof, Elshof Organic Fruit:

"I expect Dutch organic top fruit sales to soar in the second half of the season"

Organic top fruit sales are not going too badly. This is according to Robert Elshof of Elshof Organic Fruit. This Dutch company sells organic pears that they grow themselves.…

New adventure for Axia Sementi

A lot of people attended the event organized by Axia Sementi, the new Italian branch of Dutch multinational Axia Vegetable Seeds. Davide Recupero was presented as Country…

European potato market (week 51)

France: Free purchases continue and support prices

European physical markets Price summary (source: NEPG): Belgium Fiwap/PCA market message: Industrial potatoes: Slightly calmer markets, with little offer globally and little industrial demand.…

Tougher EU regulations on fruit imports

New regulations for the import of fruits, vegetables and plants within the European Union came into effect on December 14th. It is now obligatory to declare to…

Which tomato variety is well received by the consumer?

In the vegetable aisle, consumers can choose from a wide range of tomato varieties. Red tomatoes, which are not too expensive, usually end up in the shopping…

Ton van Wiggen, The Greenery:

"Sale of Sweet Sensation is in full swing"

The sale of Sweet Sensation pears started at The Greenery in week 44. Almost half of the volume available in the Netherlands has now been sold. Expectations are also positive…

EU agri-food trade surplus - record levels in September 2019

September 2019 saw the EU record its largest ever monthly surplus in agri-food trade, coming to a total value of €3.7 billion. The surplus was recorded following a rise in…

China opens its market to the Argentine lemon from Tucuman

China opened its market to the Argentine lemon from Tucuman. The phytosanitary export protocols between Argentina and the People's Republic of China were signed by the…

Surprise your guests with 3D printed mashed potatoes

As the winter holidays are right around the corner, people will turn to family time, cosy activities and copious amounts of food. To get in the spirit, 3dprintingmedia.network…

USDA - Citrus Annual Egypt

Lower 2019 orange yield anticipated in Egypt

In MY 2019/20, FAS Cairo forecasts orange production to decrease by 20 percent, or 600,000 tons. The decrease in production is attributed to severe weather conditions, mainly…

Israel: Sufresca gets $500,000 investment for edible food coating solution

Israeli start-up Sufresca, who makes an edible coating that extends the life of fruits and vegetables, has raised a $500,000 seed round from ag tech VC Rimonim. The round…

Fully automated multi-line palletizing system in action at Pomuni

Scott Automation has published a video. It shows its fully automated multi-line palletizing system in action. This multinational engineering company build this system for…

Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) in Spain

The detection of the Tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV) in late November 2019 in a greenhouse in Almería, Spain, was not really unexpected, as the pathogen has already…

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