Supply Chain

Brazilian Food And Beverage Production Falls Marginally In 2016

Brazilian food production dropped by 0.96% in 2016, although this represents an improvement over the previous year, when the drop was 2.9%, a study has fou...

Valentine’s Chocolate Gets Cheaper As Global Cocoa Supply Swells

Buying your sweetheart a box of Valentine’s Day chocolates could be cheaper this year thanks to booming cocoa supplies. Growers are collecting big...

Biscuit Maker Balocco To Expand Production Capacity

Italy’s second largest player in the traditional sweet and breakfast biscuit market Balocco is planning to expand its presence in international marke...

Agriculture Traders Feel Pain As Plentiful Harvests Persist

The era of excess in agriculture is squeezing agriculture traders dry. Years of bumper grain harvests, coupled with low prices and diminished volatility...

Store Selling 'Expired' Food Products Opens In Cologne

The first supermarket in Germany to sell food that has passed its best before date exclusively has opened in Cologne. The shop is the third of its kind in...

Olive Oil Prices Are Surging After Bad Harvests Across Europe

First came courgette and aubergine shortages. Then Iceberg lettuce disappeared from European grocery shelves. Now erratic weather in Spain and Ital...

Croatia's Podravka Presents Salt Substitution Solution

Croatian food processing company Podravka has introduced a salt replacement product containing 35% less sodium compared to regular table salt. The produ...

Italians Prefer Local And Seasonal Products, Study Finds

A new survey about the eating habits of Italians has found that local (74.1%) and seasonal products (80.4%), are among the favourite purchases of consumers...