Walmart launches a regenerative rice growing project in its home state of Arkansas
Walmart works for better water management, optimised fertiliser application and crop rotation to improve soil quality and biodiversity
Bananas: the birth of the private label (in Esselunga and elsewhere)
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.
The European Parliament votes to dismantle the law against deforestation
The anti-deforestation legislation, hailed as revolutionary by environmental organisations, was strongly criticised from the start by some countries, such as Brazil, the US and, within the EU, Germany, eager to protect their foresters. Several large companies, including Nestlé, Danone and Ferrero, had however prepared themselves and were urging Brussels to definitively implement it…
Amazon: from new supermarkets to energy
Amazon’s real challenges are in e-commerce, AI, cloud computing, data centres. Or in renewables where it is a major player in France but not in Italy because this government does not believe in it and above all has a major conflict of interest
Giuseppe Caprotti tells his story at the event organised by the Soroptimist Club Monza
The interview retraced Caprotti’s life at Esselunga, citing his pioneering projects in Italian retail, from the introduction of organic products to loyalty programmes and the first corporate responsibility initiatives
Silver Economy: in 20 years’ time there will be more than 10 million lonely people, mostly elderly, living in Italy
These demographic changes represent a challenge and a momentous shift for the entire consumer world, whose marketing will have to evolve to serve a new army of single, over-65s. The labour shortage should not surprise us
Commodity prices did not stabilise in 2022 and 2023 also due to the climate
Cocoa, sugar, oranges, olive oil and coffee: rising prices . Then there are potatoes, wheat, tomatoes and rice
Boom of tropical fruit made in Italy
These productions, stimulated by climate change, will only meet 5% of national demand in 2022. Their growth potential is considerable and there is strong demand from the rest of Europe. Moreover, the profitability of the crops is up to 15 times higher than that of oranges and makes investment in precision farming solutions possible
The pesticide lobby trafficking banned substances to non-EU countries
nothing guarantees that agricultural products treated with the same banned pesticides exported outside Europe do not return to our country, creating a further paradox
JBS, the Brazilian meat giant, is set to benefit from the treaty between Europe and Mercosur
Great attention should be paid to safeguard clauses and reciprocity agreements, but the EU-Mercosur agreement should not be held up as a scapegoat against which to vent one’s frustration at problems in the sector that actually have an entirely different cause: first and foremost, the low profitability of the agricultural sector compared with the rest of the economy
Unfair Practices : The failure of regulation
Penalties for unfair practices in 2023-2024 amount to only 665,000 euros against estimated damages of at least 350 million annually. in essence on prices and unfair practices the ‘dolce far niente’ of Italian politics continues. Remember this when you see the next tractors in the square or when you hear about the sad affairs of groups like Auchan, Casino, Carrefour Italia and others
Donald Trump with aid cuts to weaker countries puts millions at risk of death
The possible consequences of the cessation of US assistance to fourteen ‘famine’ countries. In addition to hunger and death there will be more instability, more wars and more fundamentalist Islamism
