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PRESS RELEASE Hamburg, Germany - The trade between Europe and Central America, Caribbean and South America West Coast has always been a key element in Hamburg Süd’s global network of liner services. In cooperation with Maersk, Hamburg Süd will be expanding and enhancing the services it offers on this core trade beginning in June 2019.  […]

With the expansion, Lidl says it expects to sell its products in more than 100 stores and to create more than 1,000 new jobs across nine states by the end of next year.

Reports say that while Walmart says it aims to maintain its “low-price leadership”, its vendors have already started to raise prices, among them Del Monte Foods, which supplies the company's fresh and packaged goods.

Table grape prices in the European market slumped for around six weeks from mid-February through March amid heavy supplies but recovered somewhat from April.

Tania Van Der Merwe of Freshmark, the fresh produce procurement arm of leading African food retailer Shoprite, spoke to us ahead of the Global Grape Summit 2019 in June, where she will take part in a session called "Consumer Response to New Varieties".

Red seedless table grape supplies from Chile are still abundant in the U.S. market, with good turnover and stable pricing reported.

Avocado growing regions are forecasted to miss the brunt of the storms, but the possible rainfall could lead to harvesting delays, says the California Avocado Commission.

PRESS RELEASE Winter Springs, FL – Watermelon on menus has grown by 54% in the past four years, according to a recent MenuTrends Research study commissioned by the National Watermelon Promotion Board (NWPB) and conducted by Datassential. The Board commissions menu trend research every other year in order to understand the opportunity watermelon has in […]

PRESS RELEASE Organic farming statistics for 2018 released by Defra today (16 May 2019) show an increase in organic producers, indicating opportunity in the sector. While the number of organic processors has declined, bucking the trend seen over the previous five years, the number of organic producers has increased. However, interestingly overall organic land area […]

The prototype achieved 75% efficiency in automatically identifying and picking fruit in view during its first field trials at Yepoon, says Australia's Central Queensland University.