date:Nov 03, 2022
ts seven percent less.
Still, shoppers did not buy more, in fact they purchased four percent fewer apples. The Belgian Farmers' Union agrees that apple consumption is declining. These lower consumption figures do not bode well for the European top fruit sector and all the other challenges it already faces. Pricing is one: cost prices are skyrocketing, while market forces determine selling prices. That means these prices do not or insufficiently factor in things like rising storage, labor, and p