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Sainsbury’s plans push into UK beauty market
Taking on Boots, Superdrug and Debenhams, Sainsbury’s is testing department store-style beauty aisles staffed with specialist assistants in 11 stores. The UK beauty market is worth GBP 2.8 billion and...
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In-home delivery from Waitrose
As part of Waitrose’s latest service, in-home delivery, the products purchased are unpacked by the driver while the flat’s owner is away. The ‘While You’re Away’ service is already a...
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Kantar: Mercadona is the Spanish market leader
Data from Kantar Worldpanel show that the biggest Spanish grocery retailer, Mercadona already has a nearly 25-percent market share in the country. The fastest developing chain is Lidl (with a...
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Coca-Cola acquires stake in Made Group
Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola Amatil have acquired a 45-percent share in Australian beverage company Made Group. Founded in 2005, Made Group now has five brands in its portfolio: Cocobella, Rokeby Farms,...
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Tesco and Aldi are getting ready for Brexit
According to Tesco CEO Dave Lewis, opportunities to stockpile food in order to prepare for a no-deal Brexit are ‘very, very limited’. He also said that ensuring supplies of food...
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Lidl opens 16 stores in Serbia
On 11 October 2018 Lidl opened 16 stores in different parts of Serbia. More will follow in the months to come. The discount supermarkets sell 1,500 carefully selected products, including...
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Bio-Planet to introduce ‘food compass’
Organic food specialist Bio-Planet is about to introduce a ‘Food Compass’: a unique platform that provides customers with free personalised nutritional advice – all they need to do is register....
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Amazon wants to open stores in the United Kingdom
Amazon plans to open cashierless grocery stores in the UK. Amazon is looking to buy 370-465m² shops which they would convert into Amazon Go stores. Amazon Go digitally monitors what...
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Tesco ditches best before dates
In order to reduce food waste, Tesco removes the best before date from more than 100 fruits and vegetables. According to a recent survey, 69 percent of shoppers agree with...
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Changes make life exciting
Péter Ondré was appointed managing director of the Agricultural Marketing Centre (AMC) in July. He told our magazine that AMC’s Chinese debut in November was a great success. Hungary was...
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This is why SPAR won the award of excellence and the Birdy
At the Agóra conference Gabriella Heiszler, managing director of SPAR Magyarország Kft. told that about 90 percent of the products they sell come from Hungarian suppliers. In her presentation Ms...
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One banana a day
E-Mart, a South Korean supermarket has launched a new form of banana packaging: on a tray six bananas are placed alongside one another in order of ripeness. This way shoppers...
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What will we be eating in 30 years’ time?
A representative survey conducted by K&H with 600 participants has revealed that Hungarians reckon: allergen-free, organic, vegan and paleo food will be popular 30 years from now. Respondents expect the...
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A heart-warming doughnut story
Stella and her husband, John own a small doughnut place called Donuts City in Seal Beach, California. When Stella had to stay in bed because of her vein disease, she...
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Tank-fermented dry muscat sparkling wine
Törley has put a muscat sparkling wine on the market: tank-fermented Muscosecco is made from Cserszegi Fűszeres grapes, to which Irsai Olivér grapes have been added to make the product...
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Successful Hungarian wine tasters
The Hungarian team finished at the superb 5th place at the wine tasting world championship in France, called Championnat du Monde de Dégustation in France. There were 24 teams competing...
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Coca-Cola buys French fruit juice brand
Coca-Cola has acquired the French brand Tropico from Alizé. Tropico fruit juices are available in drink cartons and PET bottles in France and Belgium, and their annual sales amounted to...
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Auchan to start urban farming
Auchan France has decided to make its ‘good, healthy, local’ slogan a reality by buying several hundred hectares of land, which Auchan hopes to turn into urban farms. The land...
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New store concept from Delhaize
Delhaize launched a new concept supermarket: there is a so-called ‘quick route’ and in the Fresh Atelier fresh ready-to-eat meals are available. The new store is the outcome of a...
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Spar plans to enter the Serbian market
Spar is planning to enter the Serbian market by acquiring local retail grocery group Mercator S. The plan was supposedly first proposed last year, amidst the challenges at Agrokor, but...
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No more queuing at Marks&Spencer
Marks & Spencer has launched a new ‘Mobile, Pay, Go’ service, enabling customers to pick up lunch in under 40 seconds. Since the rollout in Waterside more than 20 percent...
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S Group informs shoppers about their buying habits
S Group, Finland’s largest retailer, gave customers access to their shopping history. S Group has been collecting detailed shopping data for years through its popular loyalty card, which is owned...
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Lidl: home delivery by bicycle in Ghent
Lidl Belgium has launched Lidl Simpl a pop-up webshop that allows users to order from about 400 fresh products online for minimum EUR 25 and have them delivered to their...
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Albert Heijn: Appie Fly to returning passengers
Netherlands-based Albert Heijn has introduced a new service called Appie Fly: the service aims to help travellers returning home to Rotterdam The Hague Airport to restock their fridges. As they...
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Do you want a cheese moustache?
Cheese tea has been invented in Shanghai. Chinese chain Happy Lemon – where cheese tea is served – has already opened tea shops in New York and Chicago. This year...
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A glass’ life
At the third Great Wine Test this year almost 22,000 people filled out the questionnaire. The survey revealed that 27 percent drink wine several times a week, 20 percent drink...
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Amazon lockers installed in E.Leclerc hypermarkets
E.Leclerc and Amazon have partnered and will install Amazon lockers (parcel vending machines) across the grocery retailer’s hypermarket network in Spain. The lockers are already installed in many stores, and...
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Tesco extends its vegan range
Tesco has announced that it is extending its Wicked Kitchen plant-based food range to include pies, ‘sausage’ rolls, sourdough pizzas, chilled desserts, and deli foods. This year Tesco saw that...
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Everyone’s beautiful, everyone’s healthy!
According to a recent trend report made by METRO, the health trend is getting stronger among consumers. The company thinks 2019 will be the year of alternative food ingredients. Instead...
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What are you going to eat when you grow up?
Most office workers have lunch in the office and they eat what they brought from home; this is especially true for 18-30 year old workers – informed a representative online...
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