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Russia: World Food Moscow 15 - 18 september 2009
This year’s World Food Moscow exhibition takes place on 15-18 September 2009 at Moscow’s central exhibition venue, Expocentre.It is the 18th edition organized by the ITE Group Plc. This annual exhibition is expected to have 1300 !! exhibitors and 45.000 visitors representing 61 countries.Higginson: "quite a.....
UK: Marco’s profitability experts on hand at this year’s Fruit Focus Show
Marco are using this year’s Fruit Focus Show on Wednesday 22nd July to demonstrate how they deliver dynamic profitability to the soft fruit industry through innovative, highly cost effective solutions. The company already works closely with leading soft fruit brands around the world, bringing increased.....
Holland: Mini-Airbug for maximum control
From 1 July 2009, Koppert Biological Systems will be launching a new blower which can be used to quickly and effectively release natural enemies in vegetable crops and ornamentals: the Mini-Airbug. This handy device can be used to achieve a concentrated distribution of predatory mites over the entire crop up.....
Ecuador has the most expensive banana in the region
The official price of a box of bananas is currently priced at 5.05 USD, for the third trimester of 2009. This is generating problems amongst the exporters. Those prices are putting the marketing of the fruit in international markets in jeopardy, since becoming more expensive the demand has also.....
Report on the European markets
The summer in Europe is really in full swing; everywhere has good temperatures, some areas even have very high temperatures. Only in central Europe and Italy extreme thunderstorms and heavy rains caused a lot of damage.With this type of weather the consumers taste more goes out to summer fruits; stone fruit,.....
Germany: Don Limon is extending the business
Don Limon, the worldwide well-known brand of the German based company pilz Schindler… well known with its year round branding in limes is expanding it’s business with lemons.Today July the 2nd the first containers of these lemons from Argentina are arriving at the European continent. The variety of this.....
Japan: Aeon to open more discount stores
Japanese retailer Aeon Co Ltd plans to open more discount stores to target frugal consumers by pricing products 20 percent to 30 percent lower than other supermarkets, the Nikkei business daily reported without citing sources.Under the plan, the company, which operates the Jusco store chain, would open 10.....
UK: Carrefour cost cuts buy time, answers still needed
Carrefour's huge 4.5-billion-euro ($6.3 billion)savings programme buys Europe's No.1 retailer time to turn itself around, but investors may want more details on strategy before pushing the shares much higher.The French group, hit hard in the recession by its exposure to weak western European markets and a.....
UK: Marks & Spencer first-quarter sales rose 2.9%
British retailer Marks & Spencer Group Plc on Wednesday reported a 2.9% increase in first-quarter sales as promotions boosted its food sales and said consumer confidence seems to be stabilizing.In the U.K. where M&S generates 90% of its revenue, total sales rose 1.7%. At stores open for at least a.....
South Africa: Commission to probe supermarket industry
The Competition Commission has initiated an investigation into major South African supermarket chains for possible contraventions of the Competition Act, it said on Monday.These chains included Pick n Pay, Shoprite-Checkers, Woolworths and Spar, the commission said in a statement.Together, these groups.....
Germany: Edeka converting Plus stores at "full speed"
German retailer Edeka is forging ahead with the conversion of the 2,300 Plus stores it took management of in January 2009. The work to re-brand the stores to the Netto banner is running ahead of schedule, "at full speed" according to CEO Markus Mosa.This week marks the conversion of the 555th store in.....
German retail sales rise for third straight month
Retail sales in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, unexpectedly rose for a third month in May as cooling inflation and signs of an economic stabilization boosted confidence.Sales, adjusted for inflation and seasonal swings, increased 0.4 percent from April, the Federal Statistics Office in Wiesbaden said.....
AU: Woolworths rollout of unit pricing nearing completion
Woolworths is already more than three quarters of the way through the rollout of the unit pricing scheme, with 15,000 products in every store now displaying the price per unit of measure.Woolworths introduced comparative unit pricing to its stores in November 2008, commencing the rollout of unit pricing on.....
US (PA) : Trader Joe's offers Pittsburgh affordable eco-friendly groceries
Trader Joe’s is a widely known grocery store that offers organic and natural products at convenient prices.The Trader Joe’s brand name is on many products, from local produce to products and ingredients from all over the world. The store also tries to introduce new products each week so they’re always.....
Vietnam first-half growth at decade-low of 3.9 pct
Vietnam's economy grew at 3.9 percent in the first half of the year, the lowest level in a decade, but is on course to meet the government's full-year target, officials said Wednesday.The General Statistics Office (GSO) warned, though, that high inflation could return to the communist nation.It said.....
Indonesia June inflation at 3.65 pct y/y
Indonesia's inflation fell in June to its slowest pace in nine years, reflecting lower fuel prices and easing food price pressures, giving the central bank more room to rates this week to a record low of 6.75 percent.- June CPI up 3.65 pct on year earlier, forecast 3.8 percent- Annual inflation at lowest.....
Mexico economy could shrink 6.3 pct in 2009
Mexico's economy will probably shrink 6.3 percent this year as a severe U.S. recession dents the country's exports, analysts told the central bank in a poll released on Wednesday.The findings show Mexico's outlook worsening from what was already expected to be its deepest economic contraction since at least.....
Polish June CPI seen at 3.4 pct, rates seen flat
Poland's inflation likely eased to 3.4 percent year-on-year in June, the finance ministry estimates showed on Wednesday, and this could prompt the MPC to keep rates on hold at least throughout the summer.The ministry also forecast consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in month-on-month terms.'This is a very.....
Qatar's Q1 GDP shrinks by 17.5%
Qatar Statistical Authority (QSA) reported that the estimate of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at current prices for the first quarter went down by 17.5 percent, The Peninsula reported.It said that the current price of GDP for the quarter was $19.5 billion from the revised estimate of $23.6.....
Brazil inflation slowing as key prices stabilize
Brazilian consumer price inflation likely decelerated in June, with pressure from key prices easing during the month.Monthly inflation as measured by Brazil's official consumer price index, or IPCA, is expected to weigh in at 0.30% in June, according to the median estimate of 12 analysts polled by Dow Jones.....
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