Local partnership Strawberries
The second instalment of our mini-series on local partnerships is about a seasonal bestseller, an important source of vitamins and a sweet snack all in one: the strawberry. The Ingenrieth family in Brüggen knows all about this tasty but also very delicate fruit. We paid them a visit.
Markus Bobenhausen
Frost and heavy rain in spring, heatwaves in summer - 2022 was a string of extreme weather events. It was the warmest year in Europe since weather records began. The Mediterranean region in particular was too warm - even into the winter months. one spoke to Markus Bobenhausen, Head of Ultrafresh 1, about mandarins in autumn and why the onion will soon be coming from Egypt.
Networking at eye level
REWE Group's newly founded Centre of Excellence for Agriculture combines a sense of tradition with a start-up mentality. It is the first of its kind in the German food retail sector. Hans-Jürgen Moog, Management Board Member for Goods/Purchasing, and Emilie Bourgoin, Head of Public Affairs, talk about this pioneering concept.
Quality control specialists
Their relief was clear to see when they received their certificates: Just a few hours earlier, twelve employees from PENNY and REWE Group Fruchtlogistik had passed their final examination to become "Fruit and Vegetable Quality Control Specialists".
Quality control specialists
After a forced break due to the pandemic, a new IHK-certified training course for fruit and vegetable quality control specialists started in May. For the graduates of the first seminar, the effort has paid off.
Conserving resources and the climate
As part of the sustainability strategy "Avoid. Reduce. Improve." rEWE Group wants to encourage even more customers to buy unpackaged fruit and vegetables in the reusable fresh produce network.
25. German Fruit Prize
Bielefeld, Bonn, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg: these are the locations of the REWE stores with the best fruit and vegetable departments. The winning teams have now been honoured in Baden-Baden.
Fruit and vegetables with visual defects are in high demand and are recording a double-digit jump in sales. The range is therefore being expanded.