Fresh Produce

Carrefour Upgrades Animal Welfare Standards For Chickens

French retailer Carrefour has announced that it is working on measures to improve the rearing condition of chickens in its supply chain. The retailer ha...

Kirin To Sell Australia's Lion-Dairy To Bega Cheese For Over $385m: Nikkei

Japan's Kirin Holdings Co has decided to sell its Australian dairy firm Lion-Dairy and Drinks Pty Ltd to Bega Cheese Ltd for more than 40 billion...

Gruppo Unifrutti Acquires Citrus Fruit Producer Oranfrizer

Italian fresh fruit producer Gruppo Unifrutti has acquired a 92% stake in Oranfrizer, a Sicily-based producer of blood oranges. The agreement...

Parmesan Sales Up 15%, Grana Padano Sees 8% Growth

Packaged Parmigiano Reggiano sales grew by 15.1% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2020, according to data from the Parmigiano Reggiano Consort...

New Zealand's Ardern Says No COVID On Meat Exports

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said she was confident no meat products were exported from the country with COVID-19, after Chinese authoriti...

Americans Don't Eat Enough Fish And Miss Out On Robust Health Benefits

Eating fish can provide powerful advantages for the heart and brain, yet Americans eat less than half of the 26 pounds per year that experts recommend. By...

Netto Marken-Discount Pays €2.9m To Farmers As Part Of Fair Price Initiative

German retailer Netto Marken-Discount has paid around €2.9 million to farmers in 2019 as part of its fair prices initiative, 'Ein Herz für E...

Total Produce Sees ‘Positive’ Trading In First 10 Months

Fresh produce firm Total Produce said that trading remained positive in the first 10 months to 31 October 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. In a trading...