Poland: Little garlic with the right sizes for Central European supermarkets

“The garlic sizes most requested by supermarkets are in limited supply, which makes the season difficult,” says Agata Czyzewska-Ziarnik, purchasing specialist at Polish garlic trader Falcon Garlic. "We are currently feeling the fluctuations in the garlic market and 2023 has been a difficult year. This is due to the low availability of the calibers most sold by supermarkets. Despite this challenge, we are succeeding in markets such as Poland, Germany, Austria, The Czech Republic and Slovakia are well supplied. We also plan to further develop in these countries. However, given the limited volumes, we are not actively entering new markets." Finding the right calibers is of course also a challenge for other countries. "We have put a lot of work into finding good quality products and reliable suppliers. The availability of garlic from European cultivation is lower, but in other parts of the world this is not such a problem. But for overseas imports transport costs are taken into ...