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Z+D joins the Coop Group
On 1 January 2022 a new franchise member will join the Coop Group in the Western Transdanubia region: Z+D Nagykereskedelmi és Diszkont Kft. is going to be a regional centre...
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Kaufland Slovakia to supply primary schools with fresh fruits
Kaufland Slovakia will supply primary schools with fresh fruits and vegetables as part of its Fresh Headers project. The project will see the retailer distribute up to 2,900 kilograms of...
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Carrefour to trial subscription service
Until the end of the year Carrefour is testing a subscription service called Carrefour +, which allows customers to benefit from a 15-percent discount on products. The service costs EUR...
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Asda employs greengrocers in 150 stores
From October Asda will appoint specialist in-store greengrocers in 150 stores. The scheme is part of a GBP 9 million investment to expand its fruit and vegetables offering and focus...
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Pepsi celebrates the 50th anniversary of ‘Grease’ with limited edition drinks
Pepsi has put a new drink on the market under its Soda Shop range, in Cream Soda and Black Cherry variants – made with real sugar. For the launch of...
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Waitrose: Further bans on single-use plastic bags
Waitrose’s objective is to scrap 40 million single-use plastic bags per year by removing them from deliveries. Bags for life – which cost 10p – will also be discontinued in...
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Albert Heijn and BP expand cooperation in the Netherlands
Ahold-Delhaize group member Albert Heijn and mineral oil group BP are extending their cooperation: in the years to come AH-To-Go convenience stores will open at 100 service stations. There are...
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Pyaterochka and Coca-Cola come out with recycled streetwear range in Russia
Russian retailer Pyaterochka has teamed up with Coca-Cola in Russia to launch a limited-edition streetwear collection made of recycled Coca-Cola bottles and other recycled materials. With the collection the retailer...
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Birds Eye and BlueNalu team up to experiment with lab-grown seafood
Birds Eye – the largest frozen food group in Europe – has joined forces with US company BlueNalu to develop seafood products grown from cells in a laboratory rather than...
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Diageo invests in Japanese whiskey
Through Distill Ventures, Diageo has made a minority investment in Japan’s Komasa Kanosuke Distillery, a Kagoshima-based ultra-premium single-malt whiskey maker. The investment will back the next stage of the company’s...
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Ocado launches private label household and drug product range
Ocado Retail has rolled out a new range of private label household products, offering more than 70 household essentials – from bin liners and foil to laundry and household cleaning...
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Czech firm Rohlik to invest 400 million euros in automation
Czech online grocery delivery start-up Rohlik Group has announced that it will invest EUR 400 million in warehouse automation by the end of 2025 to boost efficiency and capacity. Rohlik...
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Aldi has renamed and upgraded its online service ALDI Delivers to ALDI ONLINESHOP, which offers a new look, uniform range, shorter delivery times and simplified functions for online shoppers. What...
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British retailer Tesco makes net zero pledge
Reacting to growing consumer demand for less waste and protecting the environment, Tesco promises net zero carbon emissions by 2050 across its operations, together with those generated by the products...
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Mulled wine from discarded apples by Kesko
This autumn Finland’s Kesko is to roll out a mulled wine product: Hyvis Glögi will be made of apples that are edible but not deemed fit for sale in supermarkets due to...
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Ultra-fast delivery service from Biedronka and Glovo
Biedronka has launched a 15-minute delivery service in 6 Polish cities, in partnership with Glovo. Glovo app users can access the ‘BIEK’ service – available 7 days a week – from...
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Continente’s exclusive coffees marketed in sustainable packaging
Portuguese retailer Continente has introduced a more compact and 100-percent recyclable cardboard packaging for its exclusive coffee range. This step will allow the retailer to remove 26 tonnes of plastic...
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Pernod Ricard to acquire Whisky Exchange
Pernod Ricard has signed a deal to buy Whisky Exchange, which was founded in 1999 and specialises in online sale of spirits, as part of its e-commerce expansion strategy. Pernod...
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Meny: 34 percent less bread wasted
In the past 6 months Norwegian retail chain Meny has cut down on food waste generated from bread by 34 percent. The retail chain hopes to save the equivalent of...
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Coca-Cola HBC acquires minority stake in Caffè Vergnano
Coca-Cola HBC has acquired a minority stake in family-owned Casa del Caffè Vergnano (Caffè Vergnano). The company bought a 30-percent equity shareholding in Caffè Vergnano for an undisclosed amount. The...
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FrieslandCampina sells milk powder factory in Belgium
FrieslandCampina has sold its milk powder factory in Aalter, Belgium, to Royal A-ware for an undisclosed amount. The deal will also transfer 40 employees to Royal A-ware. The sale is...
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SPAR Austria: Organic food range for children
SPAR Austria has introduced a new organic food range with 200 SKUs, which are free from added sugar and aimed at meeting the nutritional needs of children. The new product line...
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Eroski gets rid of palm oil in private label products
Spanish retailer Eroski has removed palm oil from its private label products, reinforcing its commitment to healthy eating. The retailer has reformulated approximately 308 products from 43 manufacturers in the last...
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Over the next 4 years Lidl is to invest 1.5 billion euros in Spain
Between 2021 and 2024 Lidl plans to invest EUR 1.5 billion in its Spanish operations. Lidl, which currently has over 17,000 employees across 630 shops and 11 logistics centres in...
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Italy wants to replace the Nutri-Score system with Nutrinform
The Italian government, food producers, trade associations and retailers have teamed up to oppose the adoption of Nutri-Score. This nutritional labelling system – used in several EU countries – has...
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OK Market! – Carrefour’s new personal shopper service
Carrefour has launched a new personal shopper home delivery service, called OK Market! The service debuted in Paris and Lyon, initially on a trial basis from a few Carrefour stores....
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Russia’s Magnit reaches milestone in online orders
Russian retailer Magnit has hit a milestone of 50,000 online orders a day, as it continues to expand its e-commerce services. The retailer has strengthened its online capabilities in recent...
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Nestlé launches vegan product range in the United Kingdom
Nestlé introduced the Garden Gourmet Sensational vegan range to the British market at the end of September. Currently the range contains four plant-based products (burger, mince, Cumberland-style sausages and Mediterranean-style filet)...
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Aldi trials checkout-free stores in Utrecht
Early next year Aldi Nord will start testing a checkout-free store in Utrecht, as part of a broader test to see how artificial intelligence can simplify the shopping process for...
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FrieslandCampina starts solar panel project
In cooperation with Zelfstroom, FrieslandCampina has started a solar panel project to speed up its energy transition initiative. More than 3,300 member dairy farms are working with FrieslandCampina on the...
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