Italy: Small fruit crisis in Bologna, high prices, and intermittent sales in large-scale retail trade

Published 2024년 9월 24일

Tridge summary

The Small Fruits Observatory has reported high prices and critical shelf situations for small fruits in Bologna, Italy. This is due to poor availability and quality issues, with slow rotation stock. The fruits are sourced from Peru, Portugal, Spain, and Poland for blueberries, and Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Poland for raspberries. The observation was made on September 23, 2024, at 19 points of sale belonging to 13 large-scale distribution groups, including Aldi, Conad Superstore, Despar, and Lidl. The brands were ranked in order of average price per kilogram, with the details available online.

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Original content

The Small Fruits Observatory has detected in Bologna a situation of high prices on the entire range of small fruits which is accompanied by a critical situation on the shelves: the high prices are in fact linked to poor availability (there is no product on display and the points of sale have reduced the space dedicated to the category) and a consequent criticality also on quality, with slow rotation stock. The blueberries come from Peru, Portugal, Spain and Poland, while the raspberries are of Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Polish origin; generally fair quality, but production and packaging batches are a bit dated. The survey took place on 09/23/2024 in the urban area of Bologna (Italy) and involved 19 points of sale of 19 brands belonging to 13 large-scale distribution groups. The assortments of the following brands were detected: Aldi, Alì, Carrefour, Carrefour Express, ...

Source: Italianberry