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

Low earners show moderate take-up in USDA produce incentive pilot

“I imagine policy makers will roll this out nationally,” says one of the study's authors.

January 27 , 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