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Waitrose becomes first UK grocer to sell eggs from ‘teenage’ hens
Billed as a way of reducing waste for farmers, Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to start selling pullet eggs from so-called ‘teenage’ hens. Pullets, otherwise known as hens...
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Meatless scramble: Plant-based vegan eggs coming to Kroger
The plant-based trend is about more than burgers: Plant-based eggs are coming to Kroger. The major grocery chain is already stocking Just Egg, made with mung beans, in some of...
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Amazon launches a new program to donate unsold products from third-party sellers to charity
Amazon will make it easier and more affordable for its third-party sellers to donate their unwanted excess inventory and returns, rather than having the items sent back or destroyed. The...
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The Debrecen and the Szeged Plaza to be renewed
The Indotek Group will start renovating two new shopping centers at the same time: the modernization of both the Debrecen Plaza and Szeged Plaza will be completed by the end...
Read moreA new market hall was built in Mohács
A new market hall in a value of about 680 million HUF has been built in Mohács, on the site of the former Jókai Street Market – the mayor of...
Read moreThe price was not enough for Metro’s shareholders
Daniel Kretinsky Czech billionaire failed in his attempt to acquire majority ownership in the Metro group – piacesprofit.hu wrote. Kretinsky’s investment firm, EPGC, said on the Internet: “We assume that...
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Rewe Group Pledges To Offer ‘Unpackaged’ Cucumbers
German retailer Rewe Group has pledged to remove plastic packaging from its cucumbers, saving up to 160,000 kilograms of plastic per year. As the retailer noted, the thin plastic film...
Read moreLidl is expanding its Hungarian products
Lidl Magyarország is further expanding the range of its own branded product line called Hungarian Treasures, which are products exclusively from Hungarian suppliers – origo wrote. Lidl Magyarország within the...
Read moreDespite the heat, the Hungarian Taste Street and the Craft Festival attracted many visitors
In spite of the heat, many people visited the Hungarian Taste Street in front of the Castle Garden Bazaar on Tuesday morning and the Buda Castle for the Crafts Festival,...
Read moreThe Farmer Expo in Debrecen has ended
In four days, 30,000 visitors attended East Hungary’s largest agricultural and food trade fair, which ended on Sunday evening at the University of Debrecen (DE) Böszörményi Road agricultural campus, Vaszkó...
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Co-op teams up with Newcastle Uni to open 1st franchise in north east
Co-op has teamed up with Newcastle University Student Union to launch its first franchise store in the north east later this year. The agreement will see the existing students’ union store...
Read morePenny To Introduce Traceable Pineapples And Organic Bananas
German discounter Penny has announced that it is to add QR codes to pineapples and organic bananas to provide additional supply chain information to shoppers. The QR codes will lead...
Read moreCarrefour Polska Ceases Sales Of Private-Label ‘Caged’ Eggs
Carrefour Polska has announced that it has ceased the sales of eggs sourced from caged hens in its private-label assortment. The move is a part of Carrefour’s food transformation strategy...
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ULINK: 12 times make up a dozen
ULINK members met for the 12th time on 5 June. The new Unilever office is very stylish and participants started gathering 1 hour before the programme’s start. We had a superb dinner,...
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Austria: Sales stagnation for discounters
In 2019 the combined market share of discount supermarket chains Aldi (called Hofer in Austria) and Lidl dropped to 26.1 percent – in 2018 their share was 26.6 percent. At the...
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Private labels keep growing this year
In April 2019 the sales growth of private label products was 0.7 percent in France, which was bigger than the 0.4-percent strengthening of manufacturer brands – reported the Private Label...
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Mercadona enters Portugal
Spanish retailer Mercadona might be bigger than the four retail chains that follow it in the ranking, but it must invest in new channels and markets to keep its position...
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X5 vs. Magnit: 1:0
Russian fruit and vegetable retailer Magnit keeps losing ground against rival company X5 Retail Group. The price of the company’s shares has reached an all-time low and CEO Olga Naumova...
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Diageo buys majority share in Seedlip
Diageo, the world’s largest spirits company has acquired a majority share in distilled non-alcoholic spirits brand Seedlip, as it seeks to serve a growing population of teetotallers in the UK....
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Campari in talks to buy French company Rhumantille
Italian drinks group Campari has started exclusive negotiations to acquire French firm Rhumantilles SAS, in an effort to strengthen its rum business and grow its market in France. Rhumantilles makes...
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Nestlé rolls out vegan coffee mixes
In the UK and Ireland food giant Nestlé has launched a new range of dairy-free Nescafé Gold lattes, developed from plant-based ingredients. The coffee mix range is available in three variants....
Read moreTesco to lay off 4,500 workers with Metro’s restructuring
British supermarket chain Tesco is cutting about 4,500 jobs from its Metro stores, in order to improve the efficiency of a format that is increasingly used by customers daily –...
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Lidl: reusable bags for fruits and vegetables
Lidl has announced that it has introduced reusable net bags for fruits and vegetables in all its 119 stores across Denmark. The initiative is expected to cut the consumption of...
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JusteBio products sold in Auchan stores in Portugal
French organic retailer JusteBio has announced that its products will be available in Auchan hypermarkets in Portugal. JusteBio entered Portugal in 2018, operating its own flagship store in Lisbon, where...
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FrieslandCampina to increase the number of GMO-free milk suppliers
FrieslandCampina has announced plans to increase the number of dairy farms supplying VLOG milk from 400 to more than 600. The decision follows a surge in demand in the German...
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App-based payment in 30 Co-op UK stores
British convenience retailer Co-op is to extend the trial of its app-based pay-in-aisle technology: 30 stores are planned to be enabled for shoppers to scan and pay with their mobile phones by...
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Carrefour opens ‘bee hotels’ in Poland
Carrefour Polska has opened its first bee hotels in Wroclaw. The bee shelters are placed on the roof of its hypermarket. Initiated in association with the company Pszczelarz Kozacki, the...
Read moreTesco to reduce the size of Polish hypermarkets
According to media reports, Tesco is planning to downsize its hypermarkets in Poland to so called ‘compact hypermarkets’. Tesco is making this move due to the strong performance of its...
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