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Amazon opens second Just Walk Out store in London
Amazon has opened its second Just Walk Out store in London. The approximately 232m² shop is waiting for customers between 7.00 and 23.00 on every day of the week. The...
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A donation to the frontline of the pandemic from Szentkirályi and PepsiCo
Szentkirályi Magyarország and PepsiCo have donated HUF 40 million to the National Ambulance Service and the Hungarian Interchurch Aid. Levente Balogh, president of Szentkirályi Magyarország told: last year they already...
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Dutch retailer Jumbo tests smart shopping trolleys
Dutch retailer Jumbo trialled a smart shopping trolley featuring cameras, a touchscreen and artificial intelligence capabilities. The pilot projects assesses whether these innovations offer potential future added value for customers....
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Coop becomes Sweden’s most sustainable brand
According to the Sustainable Brand Index 2021 survey, Coop has become Sweden’s most sustainable brand for the fourth time this year. Coop is owned by over 3.6 million members and it...
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Orkla’s Polish expansion
For an undisclosed sum Norway’s Orkla has bought Polish company Ambasador92, through its subsidiary PGD SP. z o. o. Ambasador92 operates in the sale and distribution of bakery and confectionery items in...
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Ferrero rolls out ice cream sticks in France
Italian company Ferrero has unveiled ice cream sticks in France in three varieties – Raffaello coconut ice cream in coconut-almond coating, and Ferrero Rocher in dark and classic variants. The...
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Italian company Enel sells green electricity to Kellogg
Enel – Europe’s biggest utility service provider – has agreed to sell 360 gigawatt hours of green power per year to Kellogg, to help the US food giant reach climate...
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Spar Austria’s new private label focuses on domestic produce
Spar Austria has announced the launch of a new private label range, showcasing local producers on the packaging – Spar Austria seeks to promote domestic agriculture this way. Five Austrian beekeepers will...
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Online marketplace Ozon opens new IT lab in St Petersburg
Online marketplace Ozon has announced the opening of a new IT lab in St Petersburg, where it plans to employ more than 300 developers and engineers. Ozon is the third most valuable...
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Continente to eliminate 400 tonnes of plastic with new water bottles
Portuguese retail chain Continente will change the composition of its private label water bottles as part of its plastic reduction strategy. This step will help in eliminating 400 tonnes of virgin plastic...
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Amazon’s new Polish website launched
In early March online retailer Amazon’s new Polish website went live. This event marks a significant intensification of competition in Poland’s booming e-commerce sector. Amazon launched the site to better...
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Results of the ‘Inno d’Or – Innovation of the Year 2021’ competition announced
With the new competition, organiser Trade magazin seeks to reward value-creating innovations year after year, which satisfy relevant consumer needs, fit into existing trends or have been inspired by actual...
Read moreTesco intends to cut food waste with unwashed potatoes
Tesco has introduced unwashed potatoes to approximately 262 stores in the United Kingdom, in order to reduce food waste. Unwashed potatoes have a longer shelf life, because soil helps to block out...
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Diageo completes Chase Distillery deal
Spirits giant Diageo has completed the acquisition of Chase Distillery in the UK. The deal was given regulatory clearance in February 2021.This acquisition will see the addition of the award-winning Chase...
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Drown in flavours
Home cooking and baking became widespread in the last 12 months when people were mostly staying at home. Thanks to this, sales of spices, marinades and sauces increased. According...
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New sustainability strategy from Greencore
British convenience foods manufacturer Greencore has introduced a new sustainability strategy that includes a range of pledges in the areas of sourcing, manufacturing and community engagement. The company has pledged to make...
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Despar Italia rolls out private label UHT milk
Despar Italia has launched a new range of private label, 100-percent Italian UHT milk. Despar UHT milk is available in three varieties – whole, skimmed and partially skimmed – in 1-litre and...
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Carrefour joins forces with Deliveroo in Belgium for delivery service
Carrefour Belgium cooperates with Deliveroo to deliver groceries to customers’ homes in less than 30 minutes. First the service will be rolled out in Brussels, followed by Antwerp, Ghent, and...
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Building conscious consumer-centric corporate systems – Survival strategy in a rapidly changing world
Today, when the world is transforming at breakneck speed and it is increasingly difficult to predict market changes and consumer behaviour, more and more companies use a conscious consumer-centric strategic...
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Crema Baci: Chocolate spread from Nestlé Italia
Nestlé Italia has rolled out a creamy spread version of its popular Baci Perugina chocolate brand. Crema Baci is a gluten- and palm oil-free sweet chocolate spread with crunchy hazelnut bits. It...
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Nestlé acquires functional water brand Essentia
Nestlé has acquired the premium functional water brand Essentia Water. Based in Washington, Essentia pioneered ionized alkaline water more than twenty years ago and is the leading brand in the segment in...
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Authentic Italian pasta sauces and pestos from La Doria
Italian company La Doria is Europe’s No.1 peeled and chopped tomato, canned pulse and private label tomato sauce maker. Approximately 95 percent of La Doria’s sales are generated by private...
Read moreAldi Nord supports women in Peru by coffee sourcing
Aldi Nord has unveiled an organic and Fairtrade-certified coffee called ‘Hermanas del Café’, which is made by the La Florida cooperative that supports women involved in coffee production in Peru. La Florida...
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Spar UK and ‘Too Good To Go’ partnership expands
After a test period Spar UK has extended its partnership with food waste prevention app Too Good To Go, which now includes all 275 stores. At the end of each day Spar...
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Albert Heijn opens unmanned stores with Selecta
Albert Heijn and Selecta are to open new, unmanned ‘to go’ stores in offices across the Netherlands. They also plan to introduce the concept to Belgium in the near future. First 20...
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DS Smith profits from online shopping boom
DS Smith has reported that that the boost from the Christmas season to its packaging business continued into 2021, with more people shopping online. There were also signs of recovery in demand...
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Professional advocacy predicts a 20 percent increase in egg prices
Due to the half-year rise in feed prices, an about 20 percent increase in the producer price of eggs is justified, the Hungarian Egg Association told MTI on Wednesday. According...
Read moreA genetic mechanism can protect a person from excessive coffee consumption
A protective genetic mechanism can protect a person from excessive coffee consumption, researchers at the University of South Australia have found that coffee consumption patterns reveal a state of heart...
Read moreGKI: the role of telework may reduce after the pandemic
As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, teleworking has inevitably become part of everyday life, but after the pandemic, domestic companies plan to reduce teleworking, according to GKI Economic Research’s...
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KSH: The number of employees increased in March
In March, the average monthly number of employees aged 15-74 was 4,616,000, which is 41,000 more than a year before and 66,000 more than in the previous month, the Central...
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