Ripening room manufacturer Interko expands global footprint

The company says it has this year installed ripening rooms in the Netherlands, Mexico, Colombia and Argentina for various well-known and important fruit retailers, importers and distributors.

September 27 , 2021

Peruvian fruit and vegetable exports up by a quarter through July

Fruit exports reached $2.3 billion, which was mainly made up of avocados (US$925 million) and table grapes ($538 million), together accounting for 63 percent of the total.

September 27 , 2021

Camposol appoints new CEO

The Board of Directors of Peruvian-headquartered multinational Camposol has announced a new CEO, effective Sept. 21, 2021.

September 24 , 2021

Expanding the global supply window for Hass-like fruit

September 20 , 2021

Avocado's nickname "green gold" has been taken literally in new sculpture worth almost US$3M

Artist Tim Bengel is debuting his newest work, a sculpture of avocado toast covered in more than  €300,000 (US$354,000) worth of liquid gold at Berlin Art Week.

September 17 , 2021

U.S.: Rising Covid-19 cases led to increased fresh produce retail sales in August, with fruit driving the category

In addition, IRI-measured price inflation shows that prices continued to rise over and above their elevated 2020 levels for total food and beverages.

September 16 , 2021

Peruvian avocado exports have skyrocketed in 2021

With data from one more month still to come in, the value of exports is up 14 percent on the $834 million exported during the whole of 2020.

September 15 , 2021

Mission Produce's Q3 affected by "heightened industry volatility"

“We were pleased with our fiscal third quarter performance amid heightened industry volatility that was brought about by Mexico’s delayed transitional harvest timing," said Steve Barnard, CEO and Founder of Mission Produce.

September 14 , 2021

Limoneira: Stronger lemon pricing and fresh utilization boosts Q3

Good results in the lemon segment were partially offset the reduced avocado sizing due to lack of rainfall in California, the company said.

September 09 , 2021

Calavo CEO steps down, company posts challenging Q3

California-based avocado company Calavo has announced the retirement of CEO James Gibson, having served in the position for around a year and a half.

September 09 , 2021