date:Sep 12, 2019
fruit is ageing along with its population, with little demand among younger consumers (a phenomenon neither limited to Japan nor to grapefruit; marmalade consumption in the UK being a case in point).
The decline of the Floridean grapefruit industry and with it the generous grapefruit promotions in Japan that used to be sponsored by that industry, has hurt the South African industry too. In 2012 South Africa sent 60,000 pallets of grapefruit, down to 40,000 pallets last year. It will likely be l