The low-price retailer Byggmax opens a store in Bergen Rådal, Norway in April 2016. The store will employ four people and approximately three seasonal employees.
Such traditional factors as price, taste and convenience hold less sway over consumer purchasing decisions, according to a report published by the consultancy Deloitte in a study conducted with the Food Marketing Institute and the Grocery Manufacturers As
Interbrand, a New York-based brand consultancy, and Ready Set Rocket, a New York City-based digital marketing agency, announced seven technology trends that forward-looking brands can take advantage of in 2016.
Wheat, corn and soybean futures posted solid gains after a bevy of U.S. Department of Agriculture reports released Jan. 12 showed declines in 2015 U.S. corn and soybean production and the second lowest winter wheat seedings area since 1913. But price incr
Sensient Flavors, a leading flavors and fragrances house, has released its top eight trends in global flavors for 2016. Derived from a number of different sources, Sensient has taken a good look at lifestyle trends as well as flavors
Chilean cherries are a popular product in the weeks up to the Lunar New Year. This year, more than 80% of the Chilean cherry harvest have been shipped to China.
Texas grapefruit growers and shippers are enjoying good prices for their fruit this season. Florida supplies have suffered because of citrus greening, and with less volume on the market, prices have been kept afloat.
Sugar prices eased, as data from Brazil’s main cane growing region showed that the wet harvesting season has not affected sugar production as badly as had been thought.
According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research, Albany, N.Y., the global chilled and deli foods market is expected to rise to $988.7 billion by 2021.
According to recent estimates, there is a predicted gap of 39,000 tonnes of cashew output in 2015/16 crop-buying season in Tanzania. The reason for this 20% drop is said to be bad weather and poor farming methods.
At this moment citrus fruits enter the market, accounting for one third of the fruit supply in the large supermarkets. Main varieties are: Shatang orange, tangerine and mandarin.
Temperatures of 40C-plus before Christmas, have meant that the prices of stone fruits will be high for at least the next couple of weeks, as the amount of supply was decreased.
Within a year the Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) – the top government body responsible for promoting exports – is aiming to increase Pakistan’s exports to Sri Lanka to $500 million from the current $267 million.
At least 9 million out of a total of 45.7 million tons of fresh fruit and vegetables grown in Turkey go to waste every year due to flaws in the supply chain, the Turkish Union of Agricultural Chambers has warned.
The situation for Maltese farmers is becoming desperate as a meager 187.5mm of rainfall since September 1, has stretched their resources and is threatening their harvest. The lack of rain could cause a severe shortage of fruit and vegetables in spring and
Exports of Spanish fruit and vegetables to EU countries in 2015, grew on average by 5-7%. According to the Spanish Federation of producers and exporters of fruits and vegetables (Fepex), in 2015 they managed to collect a record harvest of figures approach
Peruvian Hass avocado exports have registered a 306% growth in the Chilean market during the period between January and November 2015, reaching a total of $ 13.4 million compared to the 3.3 million achieved in the same period of 2014, reports the Ministry
