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Germany: BayWa expands into exotic fruit business

German company BayWa plans to buy a majority share in TFC Holland B.V. for €28.7 million.
February 02 , 2016

Total Produce buys majority stake in U.S. produce group

California-based Progressive Produce has joined the likes of Oppy, Eco Farms and Gambles Group under Total Produce's North American umbrella.
February 02 , 2016

Aronia berries, from Bosnia to Berlin

With support from the Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO), Tatarevich & Sons will be at Fruit Logistica looking for partners to buy its antioxidant-rich superfruit.
February 01 , 2016

Capespan buys 35% stake in Indian fruit importer

Capespan MD Johan Dique says the investment in Yupaa will provide a strategic foundation for growth in India.
January 29 , 2016

Unfair supermarket practices should be ‘'consigned to the past'’

The Fairtrade Foundation has responded to the U.K. Grocery Code Adjudicator's (GCA) independent investigation into Tesco'’s treatment of suppliers.
January 29 , 2016

Australia: Costa Group and Driscoll's sign China berry JV

Raspberry harvests are already underway for the companies' Yunnan operation and a new farming site has been selected.
January 28 , 2016

India: Fruit and veg the driving force behind Big Basket's online expansion

One of India's leading e-commerce grocers is on the verge of contract farming arrangements for organic produce, and has seen a consumer willingness to try new items and imports.
January 28 , 2016

U.S.: More people fall ill from imported cucumber salmonella outbreak

A multistate outbreak of Salmonella Poona that began in mid-2015 has affected more people than expected in recent months.
January 26 , 2016

U.K.: Tesco in hot water for delayed supplier payments

Tesco seriously breached a legally binding Groceries Supply Code of Practice by deliberately delaying payment to suppliers, an Ombudsman report has found.
January 26 , 2016

El Niño will affect 2016 avocado season, says Peruvian exec

"If we reach March and there is no major infrastructural impact, that’s it for El Niño," says Camposol's Jose Antonio Gomez.
January 26 , 2016