"Dutch strawberry offers vary extremely quickly"

Expentional growth for blueberries ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Do not reply to this email. Send your response to info@freshplaza.com. News| Search| Job offers| Photos| Subscribe| Advertise| About us | View this newsletter in your browser Monday, May 10, 2021 EUROPE Our team Sander Bruins Slot Email Nichola McGregor Email Nick Peters Email  Job Offers Production Manager - Dubai, UAE Supply Chain Coordinator - Kudelstaart, Netherlands Plant Buyer - Kudelstaart, Netherlands Hydroponic Grower - Livingston (Tennessee) USA Assistant Grower - Chatham (ON) Canada Director - Eastern U.S. Commercial Specialist Product Development Specialist Tomato Customer Service & Supply Chain Seeds Business Development Manager - Vietnam France: Solarenn cooperative ever more committed to sustainable development For its 73rd anniversary, Solarenn, the fifth largest French operator on the tomato market, reveals its innovations for 2021. The cooperative based in Saint-Armel… Major supplier Hermann-Josef Jansen about the current onion market "Massive drop in peeled product, sales of unpeeled onions at normal level" At the beginning of the Corona crisis in March 2020, onions - like potatoes and carrots - were among the hotly sought-after hamster items on the shelf. In the meantime, the… Carlos Llambrich, manager of Llamfruit: "Poor quality open ground cherries put downward pressure on prices at the start of the season" The cherry campaign is starting slowly in the Aragonese region of Bajo Cinca with the earliest varieties, following a few months in which the spring's meteorological… A conversation with Giampaolo Ferri, buyer in the large-scale retail trade sector Exponential growth for blueberries "Over the past five to six years, the requests for blueberries have increased enormously. Sales are non-stop, 12 months a year, and consumers are looking for the product… Switzerland: Seamless season change for melons, sluggish start to stone fruit season "Consumers are clamoring for new fresh produce" The traditional change of season on the fruit shelf is now imminent in the Swiss retail trade as well. The first Spanish melons and stone fruits are already available on the… Dutch Wiscomex's been exporting onions, potatoes, garlic for more than a year "With a super-efficient IT set-up, you can do a lot of solo trading" There aren't many new businesses in the Dutch onion trade. But, Rinus Wisse has been running Wiscomex as an export office for more than a year now. Its slogan is 'Connecting… Tom Meissner (Meissner Fruchthandel) on the current market situation "Dutch strawberry offers vary extremely quickly" The German asparagus and strawberry season is now slowly picking up speed, despite the weather-related delays. "At the moment, the supply situation for strawberries is very… Producers' organization O.P. Terre della Luce Small berries available all year long We produce blackberries, raspberries and blueberries grown at different altitudes to lengthen the production calendar and guarantee exclusively Italian products to the… Mustafa Kamcili (Morgenland Ltd & Co) on the situation at the Düsseldorf wholesale market "Promotional offers within food retailing are increasingly causing problems for wholesale market traders" The ongoing Corona crisis continues to make itself felt at the Düsseldorf wholesale market. "There are significantly fewer walk-in customers than usual, people are… FOL race 1 is a critical issue for lettuce production in Norway Lettuce is produced in Norway both in field and greenhouses. In Norway, greenhouse lettuce is one of the most important vegetables grown year-round. In winter 2018, wilting… Special Melons / Kiwifruit CuteSolar The first Spanish solar-greenhouse watermelons hit the European market The European markets started to receive the first continental watermelons of the season at the end of April. This was possible because the fruit was grown in solar greenhouses… Global Focus Machinery/Packaging Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging Bioactive paper coatings to replace plastic for packaging foods The amount of plastic waste increases every year. Some of this waste is due to plastic packaging used to protect food. As part of the "BioActiveMaterials" project, researchers… Dortmund wholesale market in times of Corona: "Food retailers are sourcing noticeably fewer goods from the wholesale market" At the Dortmund wholesale market, daily business continues despite Corona. "Because of the cold snap, asparagus and strawberries from the region are in relatively short… Belgian Coop Federation had record year in 2020, despite COVID-19 pandemic To say 2020 was an exceptional year is an understatement. That's what the Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives Federation (VBT) says in its annual report. Despite the unusual… Dr. Lippert Digital: e-Campus as a digital training platform "Flexible, modern tools for continuing education and quality control" The daily handling of fruit and vegetables as well as the constantly growing demands on quality and preparation of the goods regularly present employees in all areas of the… NL: Hessing takes over The Greenery's fresh packs In the Netherlands, Hessing Supervers has taken over The Greenery's fresh packs. In doing so, Hessing adds a new component to its range. It can respond even better to… BLE- Market report week 17 / 21: 'Dutch strawberries predominant vs domestic and Italian goods' Dutch strawberry deliveries dominated over domestic and Italian deliveries. In addition, there were occasional offers from Spain, Greece and Belgium, but all in all, these… Kloosterboer acquires Columbus Spedition GmbH in Bremerhaven, Germany On 30 April 2021, Kloosterboer acquired Columbus Spedition GmbH, a leading forwarding company specialized in temperature-controlled food logistics located in… Thies Claußen (Fruit Consulting) on quality management of the future "Focus will shift from residue analytics to social responsibility and carbon footprint" As we all know, the ongoing Corona crisis has shaken up the global fruit trade as well. As a result, the longer-term issues facing the fruit industry -… Port of Rotterdam Successful processing of Suez Armada 'The Suez Armada is as good as processed. We are proud of how well Rotterdam addressed this, but things remain very busy and challenging at the terminals.'… A sustainable approach to integrated pest management There is more scrutiny today than ever before regarding conventional herbicides, fungicides and insecticides, and regulations are tightening. "Complete… AHDB's jacket spud campaign a social success Brits have shown their love for the humble spud, with our latest jacket potato campaign receiving over 55.3 million social impressions during the six-week… 'Lowest strawberry prices noted in countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia' The season of strawberries is entering an active phase in Eastern Europe after a late start due to bad spring weather. Both in Poland and in Ukraine, the… Watermelon producers are optimistic about the campaign after the first cuts in Almeria Producers from Almeria are optimistic about this season's melon and watermelon campaign because of many reasons, the pandemic boosted the consumption of both… The Civil Guard has immobilized 20,000 plants as a precautionary measur Five people are being investigated in Huelva for growing blueberry protected varieties without a license The Civil Guard is investigating five people for committing an alleged crime against industrial property. The five people are being investigated for growing… Moroccan tomato exports to France, the United Kingdom, Spain, and the Netherlands increase, while exports to Russia fall Morocco exported a total of 596.72 million kilos of tomatoes in 2020, i.e. 13.68% more than five years earlier, according to data prepared by Hortoinfo. In… Transporting a kilo of products from Spain to Germany already costs 14 cents more than transporting it from the Netherlands A new road toll would negatively impact the competitiveness of Spanish exporters Spanish fruit and vegetable exporters have a competitive disadvantage in terms of transport costs when compared to other Community producers because they are… AHDB Potato Weekly - 07 May 2021 Cold and wet weather means Bank Holiday weekend did not see much demand Mixed responses for demand this week, with some reporting good free-buy movement. However, others reported that demand has run out of steam a little since the opening of… Linwood Crops Linwood's Chef's Taste: 'Setting out to change how consumers buy fresh potatoes' A Cambridgeshire potato business has stated that it is setting out to change how consumers buy fresh potatoes. Chef's Taste is an established fresh potato range used by chefs… Price of imported cherries four times the price of domestic cherries US cherries arrived on the Chinese market The first US cherries of the season arrived in China by air freight in early May. US cherries arrive on the Chinese market around the same time as domestic cherries. Manager… Miky Suarez comments on upcoming Mexican season "Weirdest grape growing season I've seen in 33 years" Mexico's Sonora region is getting ready for the start of the grape season. "I've been involved with grapes for 33 years and this is the weirdest growing season I've seen,"… Perfection Fresh Australia acquires banana business Pacific Coast Produce Marketing Perfection Fresh Australia has purchased banana business Pacific Coast Produce Marketing (PCPM) as part of a move to excite Australian consumers with new banana offers. Chief… Could Indian mangoes still make it to the U.S. market this season? Indian mango growers and shippers have hope that they may still be able to ship mangoes to the U.S. market this season. Last year, Indian mangoes were absent from the U.S.… AU: Organic distributor warns national standard for sector is crucial One of the nation's largest organic distributors, which exports high-quality Australian products to global markets in more than 14 countries, has reiterated… Scotland develops a taste for chips from Northern Ireland During the pandemic, the has been a distinct growth in home cooking, in turn resulting in more families in Northern Ireland picking up packs of local potatoes… Brexit and possible impact on Chilean fruit shipments to its second destination in Europe A webinar on the "Impact and current consequences of Brexit for the Chilean fruit industry" was held On May 4. "We believe it is important to become familiar… Egypt: Hapag-Lloyd expects grape exports to increase by 10 to 15% The grape season in Egypt is starting and looks extremely promising. Hapag-Lloyd expects grape exports to increase by 10-15% this year. In contrast to last… Chile leads the southern hemisphere's organic blueberry exports According to iQonsulting's 2020-2021 Blueberry Yearbook, Chile exported more than 20,000 tons of organic blueberries in the previous campaign, a record volume… Pakistan exports record 460,000 tons of oranges in 2020-21 In Pakistan 2020-21, has exported record 460,000 tons of oranges, marking this as the highest ever volume during any season. The export season that ended in… DP World to start development of Banana Port in Democratic Republic of Congo Dubai-based global provider of end-to-end logistics solutions DP World is set to start the development of the deep sea port at Banana in the Democratic… Tanzania: Extending fruit shelf life without refrigeration In Tanzania, local innovator Araika Mkulo has designed a solution for cooling fruits; it is sourced from Acacia tree and can be used to extend the shelf life… Analyzing consumer preferences for gene edits in the fruit industry University of Delaware researches gene editing solutions to combat citrus greening Citrus greening is still a disease that is fiercely attacking the U.S. citrus industry's bottom line. Spread by the invasive Asian citrus psyllid insect, the… Evergreen Marine Corporation back in the black in Q1 2021 The Evergreen Marine Corporation achieved a US$ 567.13 million net profit for Q1 2021, reversing the US$ 24.24 million net loss in Q1 2020. According to… Uganda: Minister asks Busoga farmers to switch from sugarcane to avocadoes The Ugandan Ministry of Agriculture has started initiatives to shift the focus of farmers in the Busoga region away from sugarcane growing. The aim is for them… Retail Dreamstime REWE Group is testing a new 'Pick & Go' technology in Cologne Edeka has increased its stake in Picnic UK: Asda is trialling 'secure boxes' so your food can be delivered when you are outAsda is testing out secure "delivery boxes" outside customer homes so drivers can leave your… FreshPlaza Funny Bouncing back Unsubscribe Copyright (C) 2021 Freshplaza.