All Italy articles
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NewsPink Lady aims to take bigger bite of European market
Brand’s new marketing message focuses on enjoyment and experience, as it plans major new marketing campaign across Europe
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FeaturesThe creative lab with designs on tastier tomato treats
Tomatelier wants consumers to enjoy tomatoes more, by seeing them less as functional foods and more like fashion collections, with style, emotion, and meaning
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NewsApple marketer picks out ‘perfect pairs’
Italian marketer Vip is taking a range of varieties on tour across Italy and encouraging consumers to combine them with classic regional foods
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NewsItalian prime minister opens world’s first cable-car system for fruit transport
Giorgia Meloni praises Melinda’s cable-car system, which links the cooperative’s Predaia packhouse to its innovative mountain storage
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NewsInnovar introduces CIV strawberry genetics to New Zealand market
Freshmax Group’s commercial IP development arm extends partnership with Italian breeder
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NewsPersea harvests Italy’s first organic avos using regenerative agriculture
The company’s agricultural ecosystem integrates production, livestock farming, and biotechnology
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NewsOrsero sees net profits rise for first nine months of 2025
Improvement driven by increased sales of bananas, kiwifruit, citrus and fresh-cut product
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FeaturesNaturitalia sees strong growth potential for fresh-cut
Major Italian cooperative says its expanded partnership with Patfrut near Bologna should help it meet increasing demand from horeca and processors
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NewsCora Seeds drives innovation in baby leaf segment
Company showcases rocket and lettuce varieties were alongside new experimental cultivars at its Fresh-cut Open Days
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NewsMelinda and Vip unite to sell mountain-grown cherries
Italian companies sign “historic agreement” to market fruit together through Melinda, combining production from two distinct areas to meet growing demand
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NewsEuropean apple and pear production forecast larger than first expected
Favourable weather in late summer has led to bigger and better coloured mid- and late-season varieties, while a lack of production elsewhere means exports outside the EU are ahead of last year
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NewsZespri sees UK sales boost from retail sampling campaign
Kiwifruit marketer reports notable increase in UK sales following in-store sampling campaigns with major retailers and big awareness drive in train stations
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NewsFruitnet Tomato Congress looks to the future of tomatoes
On 11-12 November in Malaga, Spain, essential event focuses on how the fresh tomato business can cope with future challenges like climate change, labour challenges, and evolving consumer demand
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NewsDulcis kicks off new season with an estimated crop of 1,800 tonnes
Trial shipments of the Italian premium kiwifruit variety will be sent to Germany, Spain, Portugal and the UK for the first time this season
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NewsMerger of Agrintesa and Fruit Modena Group offers new path for pears
Merger of Italian cooperatives creates one of Europe’s largest fresh produce suppliers with 10,500ha of production area
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FeaturesItalian kiwifruit business enters its ‘golden age’
Jingold boss says producers have steadily converted from green to yellow-fleshed varieties, positioning country as Northern Hemisphere’s dominant golden kiwifruit producer with around 100,000 tonnes per year
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AdvertorialFutura develops AI-powered date sorting technology for global markets
Omar Papi, managing director of the Italian fruit grading technology company, explains how AI has taken date quality selection to a whole new level
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NewsNew Yello campaign kicks off
VIP and VOG Consortia’s yellow-skinned apple is back on supermarket shelves
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FeaturesIfco expands southern Italy operation with three new hubs
Reusable packaging specialist expands logistics footprint to strengthen regional partnerships and ensure container availability during peak seasons
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CommentComment: Kiwifruit needs coherent competition, not unsustainable speculation
The kiwifruit industry’s recent expansion in Europe has brought it to a decisive moment, one where its future viability is at stake, says Marco De Nadai