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Olive Oil Production Sees Significant Fall, Prices Rice

Global olive oil production has seen a significant drop, new data has shown, leading to a 42% increase in prices for extra virgin olive oil.

Lidl Italia Launches 'Bee-Friendly' Sustainable Pasta Line

Lidl Italia and Filiera Agricola Italiana have partnered to create a new line of sustainable pasta products which the retailer says are 'amica delle api',...

Iberian Olive Oil Producers Draw Private-Equity Interest As Prices Soar

Private-equity firms are eyeing olive farms in Spain and Portugal that use new agricultural techniques to boost production as they see big profits after pr...

Potato Prices Rise By More Than A Quarter In Italy: Coldiretti

Potato prices in Italy soared by 26% year-on-year in August, making it the horticultural product with the highest increase in consumer prices, according to...

Nomad Foods Invests In Solar Energy Installation In Italian Factory

Frozen food firm Nomad Foods plans to install photovoltaic panels at its Cisterna di Latina manufacturing site in Italy.

Conad Launches Electric Delivery In Rome And Palermo

Italian retailer Conad has announced the launch of a 100% electric delivery service to stores in Rome and Palermo, in collaboration with Enel X Way, an Ene...

Italy's Conad Seeks To Optimise its Logistics Chain

Conad Logistics, the logistics unit of Italy’s leading large-scale retailer Conad, has selected Tesisquare for the optimization of its logistics chai...

Rain Helps EU Crops But Spain And North Italy Stay Dry

Rainfall in the past month has benefitted cropland in much of the European Union but Spain and northern Italy remain affected by drought that could lead fa...