Fresh Produce

VOG Consortium Sees Increase In New Varieties, Organic Apples Despite Smaller Crop

VOG Consortium has forecast a slightly smaller apple crop with an increase in innovative varieties and organic output for the 2022/2023 season.

Dutch Bakeries Face Threat Of Closure As Energy Prices Surge: Industry Body

A surge in energy prices is threatening a wave of closures across the Dutch bakery sector, its industry lobby warned, with some businesses saying costs hav...

Netto Marken-Discount Launches Own-Brand Fruit And Vegetable Range

German retailer Netto Marken-Discount has launched a new private label range, Heimat, for fruit and vegetables with short transport distances directly from...

Greenyard Extends Contracts Of CEOs

Fruit and vegetable group Greenyard confirms that its co-CEOs, Hein Deprez and Marc Zwaaneveld have both committed to stay at Greenyard until 30 April 2026...

Nutrition Firm Glanbia Ireland Announces New Identity

Glanbia Co-operative Society Limited and Glanbia Ireland, which together operate a leading food and nutrition business in both Ireland and overseas, have a...

Greenyard Sees First-Quarter Sales Up 4.8%, Boosted By Out-Of-Home

Fresh produce firm Greenyard has reported a 4.8% increase in like-for-like net sales in the first quarter of its financial year, to €1.18 billion.

Marks & Spencer Switches To 'Slower-Reared' Fresh Chicken

Marks & Spencer has moved its entire fresh chicken offering to slower-reared birds across its UK stores.

Gas Crisis Hits Dutch Greenhouses

The €8 billion ($7.9 billion) greenhouse industry in the Netherlands grew up with cheap gas, and is now facing a crisis that will hasten a switch to o...