News in brief

Edeka and Intermarché have left European purchasing alliance AgeCore, where they used to have a combined share of 60 percent.

British frozen product specialist Iceland has launched a new store format, called Swift, which they say is Fast, Fresh and Local and sells mainly convenience products.

In the United Kingdom Aldi has replaced plastic drinking straws on all private label products with FSC-certified, recyclable paper variants. At the same time Aldi has made water use efficiency a priority in every country where the chain is present. //