Tesco, FareShare team on ‘Buy One’ produce scheme to aid children
Tesco is launching a fruit and vegetable scheme aimed at helping children experiencing food insecurity this summer. The UK retailer’s Buy One to Help a Child initiative, which runs through 8 August, hopes to gain three million meals that will be turned around and distributed by charitable organisation FareShare. There are currently more than two […]
Retail Roundup: Fruit and Veg Challenge for Summer, Plus Expanding Refillable Ranges
Sainsbury’s has revived its “Great Big Fruit and Veg Challenge” this summer for consumers through the Nectar app. The promotion, which runs through 28 June, provides bonus points for shoppers who purchased fresh produce that can be used at Sainsbury’s, Argos and Habit stores. The Nectar app helps customers track typical purchases and helps let […]
BerryWorld ‘leading the way for sustainable packaging innovation’
In efforts to minimize the company’s environmental impact, BerryWorld will this season continue to pack its British berry supply in Prevented Ocean Plastic that it introduced last year. The company is “conscious of their role in the supply chain and wider role in society” and is therefore working to ensure UK berries are sustainably grown […]
Sun World expands table grape footprint in Egypt, Italy
Sun World has recently granted six additional licenses to Egyptian table grape grower-marketers and two new Italian grower-marketers, bringing the total to seven and ten licenses, respectively. These appointments come as part of the company’s strategy to extend its reach in “high-potential gateway markets”. One of the primary motivations for this expansion is to satisfy […]
South Africa expects big pome fruit harvest, but shipping costs a concern
South Africa’s Hortgro says it is expecting a record apple and pear crop this season after “near-perfect growing conditions”. The “exceptional” harvests come despite challenges relating to the Covid-19 pandemic and a “few tough years of drought”, it said. Additionally, the expected record volumes come in spite of the Langkloof hail which in January removed […]
New greenhouse project in China promises Dutch-style vegetables will have ‘lasting impact’
Produce wholesaler Jaguar The Fresh Company of the Netherlands has entered into a marketing and sales partnership with Leopard Fruit Trading and FoodVentures China Ltd. on fresh produce grown in Shanghai. The new FoodVentures project will be growing an abundance of tomatoes and cucumbers with the Dutch horticultural model in newly constructed greenhouses on Chongming […]
Making positive changes also came from the pandemic
The concept of a pandemic has been portrayed in movies, sci-fi books, medical journals and contemplated by agencies across the globe. The big picture issues are obvious: food scarcity, stress on medical supplies and services, global cooperation and competition for resources, social upheaval, loss of life, and the light at the end of the tunnel… […]
BerryWorld celebrate two more wins at International Taste Institute Awards
Two varieties of berries from the BerryWorld Plus breeding programme earned awards for superior taste and two starts during the recent 2021 International Taste Institute Awards. BerryWorld’s Diamond Jubilee/BerryWorld Gem and another commercial variety that has yet to be launched received acclaim from a panel of international chefs. “This double award recognises our efforts to […]
