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Three Quarters Of Consumers Have Scanned A QR Code On A Food Or Drink Produc

Some 75% of consumers say that they have scanned a QR code on a food or drink product, with half doing so regularly, a new study by market research firm...

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Smurfit Kappa Acquires PaperBox, Rio de Janeiro Packaging Plant

Smurfit Kappa has announced that it has acquired PaperBox, a packaging plant located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. According to the paper-based packaging firm, the transaction – subject to the...

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Euro Zone Inflation Confirmed At 9.1% As Energy, Food Prices Surge

Euro zone inflation hit another record high of 9.1% in August, EU statistics office Eurostat confirmed on Friday, driven by sharply higher energy and food prices, and was likely headed...

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Lidl customers have been shifting their grocery shopping to Aldi in UK

Lidl customers have been shifting their grocery shopping to Aldi as £8.1 million of spend has switched over to the rival discount retailer in the 12 weeks to 4 September. The figure...

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Evian sparkling water was the British favourite this summer

Evian Sparkling water has been named the best-selling FMCG item according to their July sales data, contributing over £740,000 to the total waters category. Following the Evian Sparkling launch earlier this year...

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DHL’s Global Trade Atlas analyses data from 173 countries

DHL and NYU Stern School of Business have published the new DHL Trade Growth Atlas, which maps the most important trends and prospects of global trade in goods. The report covers 173 countries, providing...

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UK Food and Beverage Sector Buyouts Sees Almost 30% Decline

Merger and acquisition deals within the UK’s food and beverage sector have dropped by 29% following a difficult trading environment which has seen retailers increasing prices to mitigate inflationary cost...

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Food Inflation is Holding Up – Consumers Find Increasingly Difficult to Cope With

Food inflation remains extremely high and consumers are feeling the pain. They are making changes to their restaurant engagement as well as their grocery purchases, according to the August IRI...

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ALDI-inspired youthful dresses have arrived

A new clothing range is added to ALDI’s offer. The seasonal items feature the company’s iconic logo and everyone can find a fashionable outfit or footwear to suit their taste....

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High Cost of Living Prevents 65% of People to Adopt a More Sustainable Lifestyle

The cost-of-living crisis is making it harder for people to live more sustainably as 65% want to be mindful of the planet and the environment but say higher prices prevents...

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Nestlé To Develop Animal-Free Dairy Proteins

Food giant Nestlé has announced that it is exploring emerging technologies for the development of animal-free, protein-based dairy products. The company’s newly established US R+D Accelerator will pilot a new product from Perfect...

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SPAR Austria To Combat Food Waste With Digitalisation

Retailer SPAR Austria is aiming to minimise food waste in its stores through new methods, including increased digitalisation of the group’s inventory. In cooperation with  the company’s IT unit, Microsoft, and...

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“Buttery” bacteria discovered to convert sugar in plant-based drinks into natural flavor

Scientists at Denmark Technical University National Food Institute have discovered a new butter flavor to improve the taste of plant-based dairy. “We have been working with butter and fermented dairy products...

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How one Silicon Valley startup is using computer vision to make shopping frictionless

Silicon Valley startup AiFi (pronounced like “wi-fi”) is the driving force behind no fewer than 86 “computer-vision powered” autonomous stores in North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. AiFi...

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Eggs may soon cost 100 HUF

Since the price of fodder is one of the biggest cost factors for livestock keepers, war and drought send the price of not only fodder, but also meat, eggs and...

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Japan’s Wholesale Inflation Hits 9% As Price Rises Broaden

Japan’s wholesale prices rose 9.0% in August from the previous year, matching the annual pace of growth in July, signalling that persistently high raw material costs continued to squeeze corporate...

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This is how SPAR responds to current consumer trends

They have little time for cooking, they prefer single, pre-packaged packages, they are health-conscious: they are the so-called “convenience customers”, for whom the team of SPAR and Street Kitchen now...

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UK Grocery Inflation Hit New High Of 12.4% In August, Says Kantar

Grocery inflation in the UK hit 12.4% in August, new data from Kantar has revealed, setting a new record for the British marketplace. In the 12 weeks to 4 September,...

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What about the future os paper cups in Hungary?

The EU directive on the reduction of the environmental impact of certain plastic products, known as “SUP”, has introduced a consumption reduction provision for beverage cups, with a measurable reduction...

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EU Spirits Exports Increase By 24% In 2021

EU spirits exports increased by 24% in 2021 compared with the preceding year to reach a value of €8.41 billion, according to spiritsEUROPE, which represents producers of alcoholic spirits at the...

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Consumers dissatisfied with sustainability of retail delivery

Descartes Systems Group, a global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, has released findings from its survey ‘Retailers: Sustainability is Not a Challenge, It’s an Opportunity’, which examined consumer...

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For many grocers, tech investments aren’t yet paying off

Seventy-three percent of retailers say they’re continuing to invest in and experiment with technology to boost the shopping experience, according to a recent survey of retail executives conducted in the second quarter...

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DP Drinks appointed new Exclusive Distributor of the Campari Group portfolio in Hungary

DP Drinks Hungary, a fully owned subsidiary of the DunaPro Group, has become the exclusive distributor of the premium alcohol brands of the Campari Group, with Aperol, the largest growing...

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Survey: Intoxication, social media drive online purchases

At least one major driver of consumer e-commerce behavior is largely out of retailers’ control. According to a new survey of over 1,000 regular online shoppers from personal finance membership group SoFi, a...

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UK sets restrictions on pork imports to protect pig industry against African swine fever

The UK has implemented strict guidelines on the import of pork and related products from the EU to mitigate the spread of African swine fever (ASF) within its borders. The...

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Pénzcentrum tested it: what used to be 5,700, now costs customers 10,000

Although the annual average inflation rate is 15.6 percent according to the latest data, there are plenty of products, especially food, whose prices have skyrocketed in comparison. Examples include pastry...

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Swiss Startup Innovation: Greenhouses that Produce their Own Energy

The Swiss federation of fruit and vegetable growers has set an ambitious goal of eliminating all fossil-fuel-based energy from its farming processes by 2040. This is no small feat, growing...

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EU report: this year was the hottest summer in Europe so far

This summer was the hottest in Europe’s history, record-breaking heat waves occurred on the continent, and forest fires ravaged the continent due to a drought not seen in centuries, the...

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Carrefour Unveils €30 Shopping Basket In Spain Following Price Cut Proposal

Carrefour is to sell Spanish consumers a basket of 30 basic goods for €30, the company has announced, days after Spain announced it was considering asking major retailers to offer special price packages to mitigate inflation....

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