Cherry Times publishes on a weekly basis a report which includes global retail prices in 37 online stores on different continents. The panel includes supermarkets in Austria, Switzerland, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, UK, Australia, Singapore and US.
For each product on offer, price, packaging, marketing segment and promotional activity are reported. The survey is updated weekly every Monday.
A complete list of the retailers monitored every week:
12 Aug 2024
There has been a drastic drop in production: hectares abandoned or replaced with other crops due to lack of profitability. Added to this are difficulties in protecting crops from new pests and the increasingly acute shortage of labour.
25 Apr 2024
‘We are preparing to see cherry growth a little earlier than expected this season,’ says Jon Hillary, Driscoll's cherry product manager. ‘The forecast is for an early start, but it will depend on a sunnier spring.
31 Dec 2025
Cherry trees in Puglia are holding their own amid crisis and innovation: new rootstocks, cultivation methods such as multi-axis vase pruning, and technical strategies promise productivity, quality, and sustainability, reviving southern cherry cultivation.
30 Dec 2025
A study from China shows that pre-cooling sweet cherries at 4°C can reduce cracking by over 50%. Cultivars Jiahong and Hongdeng react differently, but both benefit. Physiological and genetic data support the effectiveness of this low-impact postharvest solution.
