Melon season already in full swing at Tesco

By: Trademagazin editor Date: 2025. 05. 22. 10:06

Every year Tesco sells large quantities of Hungarian watermelon in its stores, both in Hungary and abroad, but there is a whole year of work behind this.

This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2025/5.

Preparations for the 2025 season began in February this year, with Hungarian growers sowing 600,000-700,000 seeds on around 180,000 -200,000 hectares of land, to produce thousands of tonnes of the fresh, juicy fruit for Tesco by summer. The first watermelons usually arrive in stores in July. //