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South African retailer's citrus display wows customers
This Women’s Month, Pick n Pay has teamed up with fresh produce suppliers, Nu Leaf Brands and…

The world's longest packaging line at Borton Fruit
Automation is very important to the success of the American fruit grower and exporter Borton Fruit.…

The rise of the pouch bag: what is driving the fame?
Pouch bags have not been in the market for very long ― “More recently, pouch bags have begun to…

Avocados expected to remain the fastest growing commodity of the major tropical fruits from 2021-2030
Avocado will be the most traded major tropical fruit by 2030, an OECD, United Nations Agricultural…

Strong Peruvian blueberry season makes for year-round availability
After a bountiful domestic season, California Giant Berry Farms anticipates a high-quality, on-time…

As Mexican drug cartels muscle in on massive avocado sales, armed civilians fight back
In 2020 Mexico become the world’s largest producer of avocados. Now authorities in the Michoacán…

“By having our own operations in China, we avoid shipping interruptions”
For 25 years, Sutherland, S.A. has been shipping produce to Southeast Asia from many different…

GLOBAL OVERVIEW POMEGRANATES
As the season for pomegranates kicks off in the Northern Hemisphere, countries like the Netherlands…

Citrus shipments from South Africa on schedule despite challenges the country faces
South Africa’s citrus season is in full swing and although 60 percent of volumes to the US have…

Early start for Pacific Northwest apple crop
New-crop apples have begun already in the Pacific Northwest. “We have apples earlier than…

Peru kicks off blueberry season early
Peru has seen an early start to its blueberry season this year. “Peru started the middle of July.…

Could reforms around truck drivers alleviate the shipping crisis?
Growers and shippers are more than open to new ways of getting trucks--and more particularly, truck…

How to build on online grocery shopping trends
“They came via necessity but they’re staying for convenience, "says Jonna Parker, principal of IRI…

USApple outlook projects production will exceed 11 billion lbs.
While the pandemic has tested the apple industry up and down the supply chain, it has also…

Port congestion on both coasts is likely to cap second-half US import capacity
It’s still the early days of peak shipping season but the record for container ships anchored off…

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