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For this campaign, the La Cañada tomato PGI regulatory board has set its sights on increasing its export volume without reducing quality or taste. The Protected Geographical Indication’s (PGI’s) goal […]
Wed 19/10/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Despite the fact of the trend towards healthy food, Europeans are eating less and less vegetables. The rise of convenience foods, ready-to-eat meals and fast foods encourage the consumption of […]
Thu 13/10/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
Poland’s greenhouse vegetables grew just 2% in 2015 to reach 1 million tons. Poland is in sixth position in Europe, with 5% of the market share. The cultivation area of […]
Mon 10/10/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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The US fresh tomato market is a mature one which has seen a shift in product types and hunger for heated greenhouse crops. After decades on the rise, US fresh […]
Thu 06/10/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Metro’s global sourcing of fruit and vegetables for its main product categories takes place in its Valencia Trading Office (VTO), from where it serves most of the Metro shops in […]
Tue 04/10/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Colruyt expects increasing attention to health, sustainability and taste in tomatoes, which calls for innovation. Having started out as a small family grocery shop, today the Colruyt Group has nearly […]
Mon 03/10/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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The UK foodservice industry is estimated to be worth in the region of £85 billion and although 2016 did not begin so well, the average annual growth is around 2.5% […]
Mon 26/09/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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For Rewe, the customer is the key factor when looking at the range. The customers and their needs should be the focal point. However, Rewe observes that needs change and […]
Wed 14/09/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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With an increase of 20% over the last decade and growth of 3.3% in 2015, Belgian firms have managed to increase their tomato export volumes considerably. This is good news […]
Thu 08/09/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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The tomato category is the world’s largest vegetable category, representing 16%. It is also a very fast growing category with an increase in production of 49% between 2000 and 2013. […]
Wed 07/09/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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During the open day on June 3 in its Tomato Experience Centre in ‘s-Gravenzande, De Ruiter Seeds showed its visitors as many as 350 different tomato varieties, mostly De Ruiter […]
Tue 12/07/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Global production of tomatoes for processing is set to fall nearly 8% this year to just under 38.1 million tons, compared to nearly 41.4 million tons in 2015. Production in […]
Mon 27/06/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
