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A global shortage of steel sheets to make cans for food production risks leaving Italian tomatoes rotting in the fields.“We cannot find cans. Big multinationals are defaulting on their contracts and the price of cans has increased by more than three times,” said Natasha Linhart, chief executive officer of Atlante, which supplies Italian fine-food retailers

The company said the acquisition will support the growth of its retail and foodservice business in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.American food firm Kraft Heinz has entered into a deal to purchase sauces and condiments manufacturer Assan Foods from the Turkish firm Kibar Holding, positioning the company to grow its retail and foodservice business

The ongoing drought in California has the state’s farmers making some tough choices. Water allocations for many farmers have been cut to zero this year, and water transfers are delayed, forcing some farmers to choose one crop over another, in some cases, tearing up acres of crops that require excessive watering. This year, California received

Leading Japanese ketchup producer Kagome has stopped importing tomatoes from China’s Xinjiang, joining the growing ranks of Western brands that have ceased sourcing materials from the region over reported abuses against Uyghur Muslims.Kagome halted import of Xinjiang-grown tomato paste used in some of its sauce products last year. Tomatoes that have already been imported will be used

Cirio confirmed its first place in 2020 as the best-selling Italian tomato brand in the United Kingdom. The turnover last year recorded an increase in sales, doubling the boom that, in the months preceding the exit from the European Union, affected the whole tomato sector, which grew by 23% in just one year, explains a

By Juan Francisco Blanco, General Manager at  ACOPAEX The year 2020 will be remembered for the Covid-19 pandemic that has affected all social, economic and labor levels, but also for the serious difficulties that several of the main crops have gone through.Juan Francisco Blanco, managing director of ACOPAEX, the largest agricultural cooperative in Extremadura in turnover