Tesco addresses food waste epidemic with game-changing moves

By working with farmers, suppliers and local charities, as well as tossing best before labels, the supermarket giant says less than 1 per cent of its food gets discarded.

July 27 , 2018

Ecuador concerned by long Mexican mango season

The U.S. market has become more competitive in the first half of Ecuador's season, but the country has struggled to gain a foothold in the European and Asian markets.

July 27 , 2018

The reasons behind the tight U.S. lemon supply

Wonderful Citrus and the CCM explain what has been going in the U.S. lemon market recently, while the Chilean Citrus Committee gives us the perspective from a key supplying country.

July 23 , 2018

South African orange season complicated by Egypt

We caught up with Hannes de Waal of the Sundays River Citrus Company, who spoke about a changing dynamic in the global orange market and expectations for the U.S. market that may open soon for all South African regions.

July 17 , 2018

Avozilla avocados now available in Australia

The monster South Africa-origin avocado variety has been fetching US$9 each in Australia.

July 11 , 2018

U.S.: Central American pineapples fetch low prices in 2018

Prices did not see the typical arc that has characterized the first halves of previous years, which could in part be explained by greater volumes of Costa Rican fruit.

July 06 , 2018

South African yellow kiwifruit successfully exported to Europe

Variety Innovations' Peter Turner described the development as a "tangible first step" for growers, confirming they can produce good quality fruit and get it into the European market before the Southern Hemisphere competition.

July 05 , 2018

First red-flesh Kissabel apples harvested in Southern Hemisphere

Ifored consortium members including Unifrutti, Dutoit, and Montague have picked the first fruit being grown under trials, amid hopes of a commercial crop within three years.

June 25 , 2018

Global strawberry market continues to expand, report finds

The report's findings include a rise in production from all key producing countries and an increase in imports to the U.S.

June 04 , 2018

U.S.: Wonderful Company sees sky-high growth as strategy pays off

Last year the company achieved packaged produce sales of almost US$1.5 billion and saw some of the highest levels of growth among the major industry players. We recently took a trip to California to visit its citrus and nut operations.

April 16 , 2018