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Price index slightly up in the week 2/2024: stable prices for blackberries and raspberries, slight decrease for blueberries. The stranded segment was led by the growth of currants at +16.7% compared to the previous week. Decline also for SKUs at -12% to 41 total.

The price index rose to +2.2 per cent in the first week of 2024: raspberries (+4.2 per cent) and blueberries (+1.8 per cent) rose, while prices for blackberries and currants remained unchanged. The number of SKUs fell sharply from 53 last week to 41.

The global price index fell in the first week of 2024: -1.3% driven by the decline of the standard segment to -3.80%. In contrast, the organic segment grew with an increase of 5.11%. The number of SKUs also decreased to 46 from 51 in the previous week.

Italian retail price index showing blackberry and raspberry increasing by more than 4 percent compared to the previous week, while the blueberries dropped by 1.9 percent in week 52/2023.

The Global Blueberry Price Index of the Italian Berry basket as measured on 11/12/2023 decreased by 0.4 % compared to the previous week. The index consists of 14 global retail brands, 13 of which have products on offer in the 11/12/2023 survey.

The Global Blueberry Price Index of the Italian Berry basket surveyed on 05/12/2023 decreased by 0.6 percent compared to the previous week. The index consists of 14 global retail brands, of which 13 had product on offer in the 05/12/2023 survey.

Stable price index for Italian retail in week 48/2023: growth in red currant (+5%) and blackberry (+4.3%) indexes, only decrease detected for raspberries with -0.8% compared to the previous week. Slight increase also for references with a total of 63 products in the assortment.

On the rise SKU in week 48/2023: a total of 51 with a +4% increase over the previous week. In contrast, the price index remains stable with a slight decrease of -0.4%.

The Global Blueberry Price Index of the Italian Berry basket as measured on 22/11/2023 increased by 2.6 per cent compared to the previous week, driven by the standard segment, which rose by almost +4 per cent.

Berries are increasingly seen as a reference, 'differentiating' category, an example also for other fruit and vegetable references. Something significant has certainly happened in recent years. Interview with Pier Luigi Lauriola, national fruit and vegetable manager of Carrefour Italy.