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HelloFresh to enter the Norwegian market
Meal kit company HelloFresh SE is entering the Norwegian market. Following the group’s successful launches in Sweden and Denmark, the Norwegian market – with approximately 2.5 million households – offers...
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Lucart doubles storage capacity and introduces innovative palletising robots
In July Lucart Kft.’s new, nearly 4,600m² warehouse opened, doubling the company’s storage capacity to approximately 10,000 pallets. The company also installed innovative palletising robots in its Nyergesújfalu facility. Managing...
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Refresco likely to buy German company Hansa-Heemann
Bottling firm Refresco has concluded an agreement to buy family-owned German mineral water and carbonated soft drinks company, Hansa-Heemann. The acquisition forms part of Refresco’s buy-and-build strategy, which seeks to consolidate...
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Altria Group plans to sell wine business for 1.2 billion dollars
Altria Group Inc wants to sell its Ste. Michelle Wine Estates business to private equity firm Sycamore Partners for USD 1.2 billion, because the tobacco company seeks to concentrate its...
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Lidl to put animal welfare label on sausages
German discounter Lidl is putting animal welfare labels on sausages sold under its private-label Metzgerfrisch. The label indicates the level of animal husbandry standards in the supply chain and helps...
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Wine chocolate, bubbly chocolate and medical sweets
All over the world people celebrated World Chocolate Day on 7 July. On this occasion the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office collected the most interesting chocolate-related patents from the last 125...
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Poland’s Żabka launches new parcel service
Polish retailer Żabka is introducing a new service: customers can drop a parcel at a Żabka store addressed to an individual for pick up. Users only need to submit a...
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Nébih completes study on the double standards in food quality
By analysing more than 300 products, the National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) compared 117 product pairs and trios between 2018 and 2021. The goal of the EU-funded project was to...
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Continente unveils soups without added salt
Portuguese retailer Continente has expanded its Equilíbrio soup range to include products without added salt, colourings or preservatives. The soups are produced in Portugal, using quality fresh vegetables and extra...
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Delhaize rolls out wine in paper bottle in Belgium
Delhaize Belgium has rolled out a new wine in an innovative bottle made of recycled paper: Planet B wine comes in a so-called ’Frugal bottle’, made of 94 percent recycled...
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Smurfit Kappa buys Mexican company Cartonbox
Smurfit Kappa Group has acquired Cartonbox, a folding carton company situated in Monterrey, Mexico. The acquisition sees the group strengthen its participation in the paper packaging solutions business in Mexico:...
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AB InBev to open a marketplace in Brussels
In partnership with real estate developer Extensa, brewer AB InBev plans to open a food market at Gare Maritime in Brussels this autumn. There will be 10 restaurants, covered terraces...
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Grana Padano and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese makers oppose NutriScore
Producers of Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana Padano cheese in Italy have joined forces to oppose the nutritional labelling system NutriScore. The cheese producers say: the system is misleading and deceptive,...
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Albert Heijn adds new products to the Streeckgenoten range
Dutch retailer Albert Heijn has added nine fish products to its private label range Streeckgenoten. The packaging of the new SKUs features the places and fishing companies where the Streeckgenoten...
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Mere stocks up before opening first UK store
Russian discount chain Mere is set to open its first UK store in Preston. The discounter is now accepting deliveries of stock as it continues preparing for the opening. More...
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Sainsbury’s to spend 50 million pounds on cutting prices
Sainsbury’s plans to invest about GBP 50 million in cutting the prices of 60 popular products (fresh produce, meat and milk). The cheaper prices – which according to Sainsbury’s could...
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Kaufland launches private label called K-Wertschätze
German retailer Kaufland has launched a new private label range called K-Wertschätze, which concentrates on high animal welfare standards. The brand highlights the retailer’s commitment to improving the living condition...
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Efficiency, scent and something extra
In 2020 the value of the laundry detergent market increased by 2.5 percent, which was much less than the +7.2 percent in 2019; volume sales stagnated last year – informed...
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Paymenttools: A new payment technology unit by REWE Group
Germany’s REWE Group has announced: they are going to launch paymenttools.com, a payment technology subsidiary to drive the group’s digital business. Based in Cologne, the company will develop a B2B payment...
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La Molisana introduces recyclable packaging
Italian pasta maker La Molisana has introduced new recyclable paper packaging, sourced from responsibly managed and FSC certified forests. This move will help the company to reduce plastic production considerably,...
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Asda starts one-hour express delivery service
In the United Kingdom grocery retailer Asda has recently launched an online service for delivery in an hour. The grocer’s new express delivery service will offer its full online range...
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Island’s Edge: A new stout from Heineken
Heineken’s new stout Island’s Edge targets consumers aged between 28 and 35 years. Heineken Ireland launched the new beer, following a two year development process – this involved collaboration with...
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Coop to introduce stricter sustainably standards for fresh meat in the Netherlands
Coop Netherlands has committed to only purchasing fresh meat with minimum one star in the ‘Beter Leven’ quality certification within 2 years. This step is one of the retailer’s attempts...
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Hopped craft gin
The beers of Hara’Punk Brewing are made from creative recipes and recently the guerrilla brewery also created a special craft gin. Owners Balázs Simonfai and Márton Csanád told: their product...
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Coop Sweden gives origin label to oat drinks
Coop Sweden introduced oat drinks to its private label range in 2009. This year manufacturing moved from Germany to Sweden, plus the ingredients used are also 100-percent domestic. This is...
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Portugal bans single-use plastics as of July
Single-use plastics are banned in Portugal after a European directive enters into force on 1 July 2021. The Portuguese government had wanted to implement the measure last year, but the...
Read moreMolson Coors to install hard seltzer canning line
As part of a GBP 25-million upgrade of its Burton-upon-Trent factory, Molson Coors is about to install a canning line for its new hard seltzer brand. The line will package...
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The rise in agricultural purchase prices accelerated further in June
In June, the average purchase price of agricultural products was 20.5 percent higher than a year before, which is an increase of 3.1 percentage points from 17.4 percent a month...
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The first phase of the Magyartarka Genome Project has been completed
The Ministry of Agriculture will support the development of a more competitive breeding herd of Hungarian breeds with an even higher genetic value with 150 million HUF, Minister Nagy István...
Read moreNébih found marking and tracing errors on cherry beers
The National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih) examined sour cherry beers. Everything was OK in terms of laboratory, food safety and quality, but four products were subject to food control...
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