U.K.: Aldi to double London store footprint by 2025

The news from the U.K.'s fifth-biggest supermarket comes after it posted record financial results.

September 25 , 2019

Spanish fruit export volume up 14% but value flat in H1

Also over the same period, the value of raspberry exports came close to overtaking blueberries, with just €3m difference between them.

September 25 , 2019

Del Monte Kenya irked as High Court refuses to rule on land dispute case

The multinational has been tussling with the County Government of Murang’a over renewal of its land lease since 2012.

September 24 , 2019

Blueberries in Charts: How does Peru's expected big increase play into its export strategy?

Peru has fetched the highest prices of any origin in the U.S. market over recent weeks, and its initial volumes grew significantly this season.

September 24 , 2019

China opens for Portuguese table grape imports

Neighboring Spain received the final green light to export table grapes to China just earlier this month, but exporters say logistical challenges will limit trade.

September 24 , 2019

VPC: The new corporate image for the Vidaurri family companies

The group of companies across 13 countries in the Americas is now unified under a single brand that is highly efficient and trend-driven, operates a global and integrated distribution network, and is marking its presence at the vanguard of regional produce industries.

September 23 , 2019

"German market breakthrough": Greenyard expands retailer partnership

Their relationship will become a "long-term, vertically integrated and transparent" in produce, facilitated by a dedicated operating unit.

September 23 , 2019

Harnessing 'junk' tomato genes could help speed-breed improved crops

Once dismissed as 'junk DNA' that served no purpose, a family of 'jumping genes' has the potential to accelerate crop breeding for improved traits.

September 23 , 2019

Kroger first U.S. retailer to take Apeel avocados nationwide

It will also introduce two new produce categories, Apeel asparagus and Apeel limes, through a pilot in its Cincinnati market this fall.

September 18 , 2019

Judge throws out lawsuits alleging Chiquita funded Colombian massacres

The judge reportedly said that the families can't definitively link their loved ones' deaths to the paramilitary group or Chiquita.

September 17 , 2019