The Italian government votes in favour after the increase in Pac funds and guarantees on reciprocity. While according to the UIV there will be new opportunities for wine, the other unions remain sceptical. Confindustria in favour
Coffee drunk at the café is bad and climate change threatens to exacerbate its inflationary effects, but perhaps there is hope if training and investment is made in a network of inspections
How has our relationship with food changed over the last hundred years? In the first episode of the docuseries “What We Eat”, produced in collaboration with @foodunfolded with the support of EIT Food and co-funded by the European Union, we trace the evolution of our relationship with food, which has been turned on its head in just one century
Glyphosate has been classified as ‘possibly carcinogenic’; it is a herbicide whose use is controversial: it is present in pasta but also in Italian groundwater. The backstage of this study, a burning document, is significant given that glyphosate has been – also on the basis of it – re-authorised by the EU in 2023
This video documents the presentation of my book Le Ossa dei Caprotti held on Saturday 8 November 2025 in Chiari (BS), as part of the Rassegna della Microeditoria Italiana. In the dialogue with Claudio Baroni, I recount the origin of the book, the work on the sources and the reasons that led me to reconstruct a family history marked by myths, conflicts and complex generational transitions
The Caprotti story begins with Antonio del fu Giovanni Battista (1685). The family’s origins lie in agriculture and textiles, until 2009 when, partly due to a sharp drop in orders, the company’s top management decided to close the Manifattura after more than 179 years of activity. In the meantime, the Caprotti family took part in the founding of Esselunga in 1957
In Italy, all too often, judicial institutions are used with those who have fewer resources. It usually starts with a very often specious letter from the criminal prosecutor, simply to try to silence those who are annoying
Esselunga’s origins are linked to the history of the city of Milan
The anti-obesity molecule revolution is challenging the model of the industry giants, which could lose up to USD 90 billion in the US by 2031. As a result, multinationals are trying to switch to Europe and a more protein-rich offer. And US restaurants – given the level of meat inflation – are struggling and reducing staff and portions of their dishes
One cannot improvise as a retailer and, above all, it is not always the case that aggregating several realities, with different cultures, brings strength: the acquisition of Newlat reminds me of the events of Standa and those of Auchan-Conad, but also of the Carrefour- Promodes merger or the events of Walgreens with Boots. Not to mention the lesson of the bankruptcy of Sears or that of the closure of Dominick’s for manifest incompetence
A brief history of one of the best-selling products in supermarkets: from the banana wars with the subsequent US oligopoly of Chiquita, Dole and Del Monte, to bananas with alternative brands.
European e-commerce risks speaking only American, with Amazon, German, with Lidl, or Chinese with JD.com, Temu and Shein
