Latin American banana sector lukewarm on Aldi price rise

Latin American banana sector lukewarm on Aldi price rise
Latin American banana associations have responded cautiously to Aldi’s decision to raise the price it pays for bananas by €0.09 per kg from 2022. However, while heralding the move as […]
Mon 13/12/2021 by Richard Wilkinson

Global food prices “close to record levels”

Global food prices “close to record levels”
Food prices worldwide have reached near record highs, according to a Bloomberg report. A United Nations gauge of global food prices rose by 1.2% last month, as further evidence of […]
Mon 06/12/2021 by Richard Wilkinson

Fruit and vegetable farmers protest in Madrid

Fruit and vegetable farmers protest in Madrid
Agrarian organisations, agro-food cooperatives and Coexphal protested last week outside the headquarters of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food against the crisis the sector is currently going through. Farmers […]
Mon 29/11/2021 by Richard Wilkinson

Spanish truckers union threatens Christmas strike 

Spanish truckers union threatens Christmas strike 
Spain faces a national strike by the road haulage sector from Sunday 19 to Wednesday 22 December, according to the Spanish press, unless the central government addresses the rise in […]
Tue 23/11/2021 by Richard Wilkinson

Esselunga promises to support customers by cutting prices

Esselunga promises to support customers by cutting prices
While Italian media is full of news about spiralling prices, retailer Esselunga has committed to cutting prices, a message that has been conveyed in recent days in the country’s main […]
Tue 16/11/2021 by Richard Wilkinson

Ecuador establishes banana prices for 2022

Ecuador establishes banana prices for 2022
Ecuador’s Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) has established the price of a box of bananas at US$6.25 for the period from January 1 to December 31, 2022. The agreement […]
Mon 15/11/2021 by Richard Wilkinson

Shipping line caps freight prices

Shipping line caps freight prices
Container shipping line CMA CGM has announced the freezing of its spot market prices for moving goods to allay fears over soaring freight costs. According to a report by The […]
Wed 22/09/2021 by Richard Wilkinson

Plunging blackberry prices in US

Plunging blackberry prices in US
After fetching very high prices at the beginning of the season, blackberry prices in the US market have recently entered free fall. Prices in week 15 this year were at […]
Mon 30/08/2021 by Richard Wilkinson

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