Logistics have driven up demand for Lunar New Year fruits
Logistics have driven up demand for Lunar New Year fruits Today is the celebration of Chinese New Year. Both volume and demand look to be up this year for two popular fruits associated with Lunar New Year - pomelos and red dragon fruit. Red dragon fruit represents good luck and fortune thanks to its color. Tony Ferris of Calgary, Alberta-based Thomas Fresh notes that supplies of pomelos are finishing up out of China. “They’re available year-round from different growing areas but for Chinese New Year we bring them out of Fujian, China,” says Ferris. The fruit is linked with the holiday ...