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Hot week for blueberries in the Italian retail market, with the price index up 20.3 percent in the September 11, 2023 survey compared to the previous week. Blackberries are also up sharply in price, while raspberries show only a slight increase.

Through the 33rd week 2023, ProArándanos reports that the Peruvian blueberry crop is producing less than was anticipated at the start of the season. There have been 21,075 tons of blueberries exported as of now, which is a 37 percent decline from the 2022–2023 season.

With a market that is increasingly part of the international context, Georgia presents itself on the global scene as a country with considerable potential. Speaking exclusively for Italian Berry was Nikoloz Didebashvili, co-founder of the Georgian service company BlueGarden.

After 4 years and 1,500 articles published, we wanted to give Italian Berry a new look: a redesign to improve the experience of the tens of thousands of readers scattered around the world and to celebrate a new way of bringing relevant information to the berry industry.

The Round Table discussion will focus on the issues that are of most interest to Moroccan producers and entrepreneurs, such as the different aspects related to soilless management systems; post-harvest efficiency and loss reduction among other issues.

In the online retailers surveyed, there was a -25% change in the number of references in the assortment to 57 from 76 in the previous survey of 21/08/2023, with raspberries and blackberries leading the trend.

One of the most popular berries to buy, not to mention the health benefits. But can it be eaten every day? Denver-based dietician Jordan Hill of Top Nutrition Coaching was asked to weigh up the pros and cons of eating this superfood on a regular basis.

The Global Blueberry Price Index of the Italian Berry basket surveyed on 28/08/2023 decreased by 0.6 percent compared to the previous week. The index consists of 14 global retail brands, of which 14 had product on offer in the survey of 28/08/2023.

According to Proarándanos, the latest figures reveal a 25 per cent decrease in Peru's blueberry exports compared to the same period of the previous season, totalling 10,000 tonnes until the last week of July.

Italian Berry offers a service that analyses the assortment of Italian supermarkets, visiting around 500 shops each year in all regions of Northern Italy. This report offers operators a professional point of view on the small fruit category in the Italian large-scale retail trade.