There are few raspberries and blackberries on the shelves of the Large-Scale Retail Trade (GDO) in Brescia due to a shortage of supply. The situation is better for blueberries, with satisfactory prices and assortments, available in formats ranging from 125 to 500 grams. However, quality standards are good for all product references.
Regarding origins, blueberries come from Peru, Morocco, Spain, and primarily Chile. Raspberries originate from Spain, Italy, and Morocco, while blackberries come exclusively from Mexico. Meanwhile, the first red currants from Chile have started to appear.
This is the result of observations by the Italian Berry Retail Monitor, which on February 12, 2025, monitored the urban area of Brescia. Specifically, the Berry Monitor in Brescia visited 17 stores from 17 different retail chains belonging to 14 groups in the Large-Scale Retail Trade: Aldi, Carrefour Market, Conad, Conad Superstore, Coop, Dpiù, Esselunga, Eurospin, Famila Superstore, In's, Ipercoop, Italmark, Lidl, MD, Migross, Penny, Rossetto.
Assortment: 3.7 references per store
In the berry category, the stores visited had a minimum of two and a maximum of seven references, with an average of 3.7 references per store.
- 84% of stores have raspberries on offer
- 100% have blueberries on offer
- 41% have blackberries on offer
- 35% have red currants on offer
- 18% have Tris (a mixed berry selection) on offer
Range
Among the 17 stores visited, none had only one reference available.
- 47% of stores had two or three references
- 53% had four or more references
Good quality
Quality is assessed based on product health, measured in terms of:
- Absence of significant defects
- Healthy product but in suboptimal conditions (not fresh, wilted, shriveled, dull, lacking bloom)
- Presence of damaged berries and juice
- Presence of spoiled berries and mold
The groups with the best quality were Aldi, Esselunga, Eurospin, Italmark, Lidl, MD, Rossetto, and Selex.
Retail prices
- Raspberries (20 samples): min. €19.92/kg – max. €39.92/kg – avg. €25.26/kg
- Blueberries (32 samples): min. €9.98/kg – max. €23.92/kg – avg. €14.92/kg
- Blackberries (10 samples): min. €23.84/kg – max. €31.92/kg – avg. €26.65/kg
- Red currants (6 samples): min. €27.84/kg – max. €36.00/kg – avg. €30.05/kg
- Tris (mixed berries) (3 samples): min. €21.87/kg – max. €29.93/kg – avg. €25.22/kg
- Overall (71 samples): min. €9.98/kg – max. €39.92/kg – avg. €21.20/kg
Brands
A total of 24 brands of berries were present in the visited stores. The brand with the highest average prices in the category was Orsero. The brand with the lowest average prices for blueberries was Fogliati, followed by Camposol.
Packaging
47% of the recorded references for blueberries were sold in net weight packages of 125 grams.
| Retailer | Double-pack | Raspberries | Blueberries | Mix | Blackberries | Red currants | Three-pack | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italmark | 24,95 | 39,92 | 18,86 | 26,60 | 27,92 | 31,92 | 29,93 | 28,59 |
| Rossetto | 26,24 | 13,47 | 23,84 | 36,00 | 23,87 | 24,68 | ||
| Ipercoop | 23,92 | 14,17 | 31,92 | 28,72 | 24,68 | |||
| Conad Superstore | 27,40 | 23,84 | 16,57 | 27,40 | 23,84 | 23,81 | ||
| Carrefour Market | 23,84 | 15,84 | 26,80 | 27,84 | 23,58 | |||
| Migross | 19,95 | 23,92 | 17,71 | 27,92 | 27,92 | 23,48 | ||
| Dpiù | 30,00 | 15,60 | 22,80 | |||||
| Eurospin | 27,92 | 11,97 | 27,92 | 22,60 | ||||
| Famila Superstore | 30,24 | 12,48 | 24,88 | 21,87 | 22,37 | |||
| Conad | 23,84 | 20,64 | 22,24 | |||||
| Esselunga | 23,60 | 16,27 | 23,84 | 21,24 | ||||
| Penny | 23,92 | 15,92 | 19,92 | |||||
| MD | 23,12 | 15,14 | 19,13 | |||||
| In's | 21,52 | 15,12 | 18,32 | |||||
| Coop | 23,92 | 9,98 | 16,95 | |||||
| Lidl | 19,92 | 11,02 | 15,47 |
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