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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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Carrefour fights food waste with loose eggs
French retailer Carrefour is selling loose eggs in all hypermarkets to save around 3.5 million eggs from being wasted per year. If eggs in a box are broken, all of the...
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Jumbo rolls out beef from free-range cattle
Dutch retailer Jumbo has launched a range of beef products from free-range cattle. The meat used in the range is sourced from cows that graze freely on Dutch pastures for...
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Mastercard’s global initiative for small businesses
Mastercard has launched a global initiative to support the transition to digital platforms and processes for micro- and small businesses: Strive aims to strengthen the financial resilience of small businesses...
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One and a half million Google Pay transactions in six months at K&H
Since its launch this spring K&H customers spent HUF 8 billion using the GPay service – informed K&H. K&H’s head of innovation Balázs Németh added that between April and September...
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Trade magazin is now a 5-time MagyarBrands winner
We would like to thank you dear readers and partners for helping us to earn the MagyarBrands recognition for the 5th time, in the Excellent Business Brand category. // This...
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Coca-Cola’s paper bottle passed the test in Hungary
The Coca-Cola Company has teamed up with Danish start-up Paper Bottle Company (Paboco) to develop a paper bottle for soft drinks. The beverage company and Kifli.hu started testing the new...
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From now on ALDI exclusively sells 100 percent Hungarian fresh meat
From October 2021 ALDI Magyarország only sells poultry, pork and beef products sourced from Hungarian suppliers. This year ALDI added 10 new meat products to is assortment, so customers can...
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Henkel makes dishwasher gels more sustainable
Henkel’s Laundry & Home Care division is introducing a new packaging concept for the Somat dishwasher gel range and has launched a new Somat All in 1 Gel ProNature product....
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Mars appoints new P&O director for Central Europe
Daria Maslovskaya joined the Mars Multisales team in Prague as P&O (people and organisation) director for Central Europe on 12 October. She has been working for the company for 13...
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Autumn tibi campaign with Uncle Tibi
This autumn Bonbonetti Kereskedelmi és Szolgáltató Kft. commissioned Human Telex Advertising & Event with implementing an advertising campaign for new products, including the giant tibi chocolate tablet. Human Telex’s creative...
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Production line installation in Vajda-Papír’s new factory
Hungarian-owned, market leader hygiene paper product maker Vajda-Papír Kft.’s HUF 16-billion factory expansion project is expected to be completed by April 2022 – informed managing director Attila Vajda. In early...
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