UK blockchain start-up Decapolis partners with Fresh Del Monte
Fresh Del Monte Produce has invested a 39% stake in Decapolis, in an effort to secure innovative solutions for its products and services. The UK-based Jordanian technology company provides food safety and traceability for the food industry. Decapolis Food Guard (DFG) will be available across all of Del Monte’s business segments, according to both companies. […]
Kissabel apples, new to the UK, make big splash at Fruit Attraction
The ongoing marketing campaign for Kissabel Apples has proved to be one of the high points of the conference at the Fruit Attraction trade fair taking place in Madrid this week, with visitors being able to sample the red-fleshed fruit. Presently, the variety is grown in 14 countries and five continents. The product took over […]
Aldi unveils eco-friendly building that could save customers even more
Can shopping get even less expensive at Aldi? With this new concept, it may be possible. The discount retail chain has opened what it calls a “new eco concept store” this week in Royal Leamington Spa, which will serve as a test kitchen of sorts in helping the supermarket and shoppers reduce carbon emissions. The […]
South Africa table grape industry looks for improvements over 2020-21
Weeks ahead of the season’s first South African grape exports, South Africa’s table grape industry (SATI) released a strong statement on Sept. 22. Growers are expecting a much better season than the previous one. Last season was one of the toughest since the post-deregulation era two decades ago. Increases in production cost input, freight costs […]
Leading breeder’s contribution to Cotton Candy and other grape varieties
One of the most important produce breeders in the world is about to retire from his position at the University of Arkansas. The American Pomological Society is giving him an honor, as did the Arkansas Blackberry Growers Association. He already won the National Plant Breeders Association Impact Award. He has been named a Fellow of the American Society […]
Hurt by inflation and consumer change, Morrisons’ profits tumble during Q3
Could the news over the past month get any worse for retailer Morrisons? After being surpassed recently fourth place in the UK’s supermarket rankings by discount chain Aldi, Morrisons reported that its profits were less than half of what they were during the same period last year, tumbling to just £177m in the third quarter. […]
European vegetable farms struggling with energy crisis
Vegetable producers in northern and western Europe are contemplating halting their activities because of the financial hit from the region’s energy crisis, Reuters reports. The publication recounts that surging power and gas prices will impact crops grown through the winter in heated greenhouses and those which need to be placed in cold storage. Tomatoes, peppers […]
A disturbing trend: An epidemic of indifference
I’ve observed a disturbing trend in retail produce operations. It’s not a completely new phenomenon, as it began to manifest itself before the pandemic. However, the pandemic had a profound effect, enabling it to strengthen and spread. In reviewing and visiting many retail operations over the past few months, something is definitely lacking in most […]
