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Tesco partners with global grocers to launch retail innovation venture fund

Tesco has become one of five leading global grocery retailers to establish a pioneering collaborative venture fund to accelerate innovation across retail. The W23 Global venture fund, which is equally...

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Lidl’s international expansion stutters

Lidl has put the brakes on its international expansion. Selected investments in Poland and Spain to close the gap to market leaders. In the 2023/2024 financial year, which ended at...

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Mega Image Invests €25m In Store, Warehouse Upgrades

Romanian food retailer Mega Image has invested over €25 million in renovating and modernising its stores and warehouses. The retailer, which is part of the Ahold Delhaize group, has already renovated...

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Ahold Delhaize’s results under pressure – CSEE region meaningful differentiator for future growth

Ahold Delhaize closes the year 2023 with a significant drop in net income. As the retailer reports, net sales including European and U.S. operations were up 3.8% at constant exchange...

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Ahold Delhaize USA selling FreshDirect to Getir

The food retail giant said it is offloading the grocery e-commerce service to focus on omnichannel. Ahold Delhaize USA announced Wednesday that it plans to sell its FreshDirect online grocery service...

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Ahold Delhaize doubles presence in Romania

Ahold Delhaize is doubling its footprint in Romania with the acquisition of local player Profi Rom Food, a former part of the Louis Delhaize group. The Dutch retail group has...

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Ahold Delhaize buys one of the largest retail companies in Romania

Ahold Delhaize is buying one of the largest Romanian retail companies, Profi Rom Food, the Romanian business press announced based on the statement of the Dutch-Belgian company. Profi Rom Food...

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One year of Amazon in Belgium: 1,200 partners, 5 million products

One year after its launch, Amazon‘s Belgian webshop is already selling products from 1,200 local businesses. The retailer still sees potential, as more than half of the 1.2 million Belgian SMEs...

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Mid Europa Partners Seeks Buyer For Romania’s Profi

Private equity firm Mid Europa Partners is reportedly looking to sell the Romanian retail chain Profi for €1 billion. The firm has hired investment bank Citi to find a buyer,...

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Ahold Delhaize Joins European Purchasing Alliance Eurelec

Ahold Delhaize has signed an agreement to join Eurelec, the European retail alliance joint venture established in 2016 by German and French retailers REWE Group and E.Leclerc. Joint sourcing is...

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Jumbo seeks buying power in alliance with Edeka

Jumbo needs international buying power to offer customers lower prices. The chain would therefore join Everest, the buying combination set up by German market leader Edeka. Jumbo is exploring the...

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Jövő évtől nem árusít üzleteiben dohánytermékeket az Albert Heijn

A holland Albert Heijn kiskereskedelmi vállalat bejelentette, hogy 2024. január 1-jétől megszűnik üzleteiben a dohányáruk és a hozzájuk kapcsolódó termékek értékesítése. A cég lépése összhangban áll a holland kormány azon...

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Ahold Delhaize reaches half a billion from ad revenue

Revenues from retail media are helping Ahold Delhaize keep prices low, CEO Frans Muller has revealed. The retailer has is “almost half-way” of its target of one billion euros in...

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Albert Heijn Strengthens Its Position As Dutch Market Leader

Retailer Albert Heijn opened 113 stores in the Netherlands and Belgium last year, consolidating its position as the Dutch market leader, new data from NielsenIQ has found. The Ahold Delhaize...

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Giant Food joins forces with Loop for reusable packaging

Ahold Delhaize subsidiary Giant Food is offering more than 20 products from 20 leading consumer brands in reusable containers instead of single-use packaging, in partnership with Loop, the circular reuse platform...

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Ahold Delhaize Sets New CO2 Emission Reduction Targets

Dutch retail group Ahold Delhaize has set new CO2 emission reduction goals of at least 37% across its value chain (scope 3), and 50% across its own operations (scope 1...

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Albert Heijn To Install Over 200 Electric Vehicle Charging Points

Dutch retailer Albert Heijn has announced plans to install 240 electric vehicle charging points at its locations this year. The initiative is part of the Ahold Delhaize subsidiary’s sustainability plan...

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An Albert store in Prague invests in smart packaging system

An Albert outlet in Prague has teamed up with Czech company MIWA to install a smart packaging wall in a bid to cut down on packaging waste for dry goods. The...

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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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PLMA News in brief

More and more retailers roll out sustainable private label product ranges. Waitrose halved the plastic packaging of private label Easter chocolate eggs. This year Lidl Belgium unveils 11 meat alternatives in its Veggie and...

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Ahold Delhaize Opens New Coffee Roasting Facility

Ahold Delhaize has opened a new roasting facility at its Zaandam coffee production site, which the company said ‘underscores its ambition to further strengthen and innovate its own-brand coffee offering’....

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PLMA news

FMCG retail is a pillar of social stability Last time PLMALive.eu, the monthly video magazine of the Private Label Manufacturers Association was about the influence of COVID-19 on European retail,...

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Ahold Delhaize dives into cashierless checkout — no app needed

Ahold Delhaize is testing grab-and-go technology. The supermarket giant opened a “digital” store under its Albert Heijn banner at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. The store will be open for a...

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Four ways retailers are reducing food waste

Retailers globally are launching campaigns to become more sustainable. One of the main initiatives being adopted is seeing them target food waste. We looked at four initiative ways retailers are...

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Ahold Delhaize opens AIR Lab in Delft

Ahold Delhaize organised a three-day inaugural event for its AI for Retail (AIR) Lab in Delft in the Netherlands. The lab is an extension of the company’s AIR Lab in...

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Magazine: Technological development in an optimistic mood

Ian Cook, CEO of Colgate-Palmolive and co-chair of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) told on the first day of the organisation’s Vancouver summit in June that more and more developed...

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Ahold Delhaize buys online nutrition platform

Ahold Delhaize’s Albert Heijn banner has bought FoodFirst Network (FFN), an online startup that offers tips on nutrition, exercise, health and wellness. The retailer said that it had made the...

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