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Lidl to increase plant-based product sales in Belgium by cutting prices
Date: 2024-06-18 10:16:10

From 15 May Lidl permanently reduces the prices of its plant-based milk and meat alternatives to bring them in line with animal products. Plus the share of plant-based protein sources...

Ahold Delhaize reports improving performance from Belgium
Date: 2024-06-17 10:07:48

Thanks to cost savings and an improving performance in Belgium, Ahold Delhaize had a strong first quarter, ending with higher profitability in Europe. With quarterly revenues of EUR 21.7bn and...

Puratos opens new sourdough research facility
Date: 2024-06-06 09:55:48

Puratos has opened a new research facility in Sankt Vith, Belgium, called the Sourdough Institute. The company said this facility is “dedicated to celebrating the art, science and potential of...

Kellanova opens largest logistical hub in Europe
Date: 2024-06-05 10:00:41

Kellanova, which produces cereals for Kellogg’s and snacks for Pringles, has opened its largest logistical hub in Europe. The sheer scale of the project – 65,000 sqm – tells something...

PepsiCo invests 200 million euro in Belgian plant
Date: 2024-05-29 09:22:41

PepsiCo has announced significant investments in increasing its production at its Belgian plant in Veurne (near Bruges). The investment of more than 200 million euros should also make the plant more...

Colruyt Group tests same-day delivery and pick-up with refrigerated lockers
Date: 2024-05-28 09:01:54

Collect&Go has started a trial with same-day pick-up and same-day delivery. Another one of Colruyt Group‘s subsidiaries, Okay, is responsible for the assortment and preparing the orders. Quick and easy...

Crisp to expand in Belgium
Date: 2024-04-29 09:34:20

Online fresh food market Crisp has put its Belgian distribution centre up for rent, while orders for Belgium are now being processed in the Netherlands. However, the company says this...

MyPrice (Mere) faces problems with Belgian expansion
Date: 2024-04-24 09:54:34

Russian discounter MyPrice‘s jubilant announcement that the opening of a fourth and fifth Belgian store was imminent, was more than a little premature. Both stores face unforeseen problems: the Antwerp...

Barry Callebaut to cut around 2,500 jobs worldwide
Date: 2024-04-10 11:26:41

Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut is to start layoffs worldwide, resulting in a total of 2,500 job cuts – from this 500 in Belgium. Barry Callebaut wishes to streamline its...

Belgium votes for tobacco ban in supermarkets
Date: 2024-03-22 09:31:42

Belgium is the next country to introduce stricter rules on the sale of tobacco and alcohol. One of the measures is a ban on tobacco sales in supermarkets. The number...

Colruyt trials smart shopping trolley
Date: 2024-03-11 09:06:38

An unusual shopping trolley is popping up in the Colruyt supermarket near the retailer’s headquarters in Halle, Belgium this month. It can scan the products customers put in it, and...

Lidl’s international expansion stutters
Date: 2024-03-04 09:46:43

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...

Russian discounter Mere relaunches as My price in Belgium
Date: 2024-02-26 09:18:52

Active expansion in Serbia and the Baltics The Russian hard discounter Mere does not give up on Western Europe. After the no-frills operator in 2022 pulled the plug on its...

Russian Discounter MyPrice Makes Second Attempt To Crack Belgian Market
Date: 2024-02-23 09:53:12

Russian hard discounter MyPrice, formerly known as Mere, hopes it will be second time lucky in cracking the Belgian market. After its previous attempt ended abruptly, the parent company has...

Half of Europe is paralyzed under the pressure of farmers
Date: 2024-01-30 10:30:16

Within the European Union, farmers have mobilized in several countries to protest against the difficulties experienced in the agricultural sector. In Belgium, France and Italy, roads were also blocked with tractors,...

Monoprix To Open First Store In Belgium
Date: 2023-11-23 09:30:29

French convenience store chain Monoprix is preparing to enter the Belgian market, with a store planned for the centre of Waterloo. According to a report in Belgian daily L’Echo, the...

One year of Amazon in Belgium: 1,200 partners, 5 million products
Date: 2023-10-30 09:34:06

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...

Kagylótenyésztésbe fogott a Colruyt Group Belgiumban
Date: 2023-09-12 10:10:40

A belga Colruyt Csoport betakarította az első adag kagylót saját északi-tengeri farmján. A bejelentésre 18 hónappal azután került sor, hogy a vállalat megkezdte a belga partoktól mintegy öt kilométerre található...

Straws made from paper can be harmful
Date: 2023-08-29 09:58:34

Instead of banned plastic straws, restaurants now offer paper straws. But these can also be harmful to the environment and health, warns a group of researchers in the journal “Food...

Delhaize And Carrefour Lower Prices In Belgium
Date: 2023-08-25 09:21:35

Two leading supermarket chains in Belgium, Delhaize and Carrefour, have announced plans to offer discounts on hundreds of products. In ads published in all major Belgian newspapers, Delhaize announced that...

Lidl simplifies store concept in Belgium
Date: 2023-08-24 09:01:08

Lidl is planning to simplify its store concept in Belgium, with the aim of ensuring that all 310 stores in the country have the same layout. It follows a similar...

HelloFresh introduces ready-to-eat service Factor to Europe
Date: 2023-08-22 09:54:23

HelloFresh Group has expanded its ready-to-eat brand, Factor, to the Netherlands and the Flanders region in Belgium. Other countries on the continent will follow suit. “Bringing Factor to Europe is...

Belgium sees beer exports plummet
Date: 2023-07-14 09:13:48

For the third year in a row, Belgian beer exports have gone down. However, beer consumption in Belgium increased by 7.5 % – getting nearer to pre-pandemic levels. Pandemic pill almost...

Colruyt Looks To The ‘Store Of The Future’
Date: 2023-06-29 09:01:29

Belgian retailer Colruyt has announced it is testing a new technology to ensure that shelves remain optimally stocked, while also measuring how many customers enter the store and how busy...

Belgian Government Orders Food Industry To Lower Supermarket Prices
Date: 2023-06-20 09:32:39

The Belgian Federal Minister for the Economy, Pierre-Yves Dermagne, has given a mid-July deadline for food producers to bring down supermarket food prices. “It is not acceptable that when prices...

A Bulgarian driver crashed on the M5 with hidden conterfeit drinks
Date: 2023-06-12 09:18:58

The Bulgarian driver who transported hundreds of liters of alcohol on the flatbed of his truck was trying to get from Bulgaria to Belgium, but the tax inspectors of the...

Carrefour Belgium Launches Wave Of Price Reductions
Date: 2023-05-12 09:01:46

Carrefour has launched a wave of price reductions in Belgium, commencing 8 May with further price reductions planned in the coming weeks. The retailer is reducing the prices of up to...

Our shared responsibility is to provide farmers with predictable conditions
Date: 2023-04-24 09:00:37

It is the responsibility of the EU presidency trio starting in July to ensure that European farmers can work predictably and in safe conditions and receive answers to their problems...

„Silence is Golden”: Leffe embraces the silent power of friendship in major new campaign
Date: 2023-04-18 09:54:37

Belgian beer brand Leffe has today (14 April) launched a new pan-European brand platform to encourage the public to ‘Bring More to the Table’ and create deeper connections. Developed in...

Delhaize to sell all Belgian stores
Date: 2023-03-10 09:33:29

Belgian supermarket chain Delhaize has announced it wants to sell all its integrated supermarkets in Belgium to independent franchisers. In doing so, the chain aims to become more profitable in...

Lidl to increase plant-based product sales in Belgium by cutting prices Date: 2024-06-18 10:16:10

Ahold Delhaize reports improving performance from Belgium Date: 2024-06-17 10:07:48

Puratos opens new sourdough research facility Date: 2024-06-06 09:55:48

Kellanova opens largest logistical hub in Europe Date: 2024-06-05 10:00:41

PepsiCo invests 200 million euro in Belgian plant Date: 2024-05-29 09:22:41

Colruyt Group tests same-day delivery and pick-up with refrigerated lockers Date: 2024-05-28 09:01:54

Crisp to expand in Belgium Date: 2024-04-29 09:34:20

MyPrice (Mere) faces problems with Belgian expansion Date: 2024-04-24 09:54:34

Barry Callebaut to cut around 2,500 jobs worldwide Date: 2024-04-10 11:26:41

Belgium votes for tobacco ban in supermarkets Date: 2024-03-22 09:31:42

Colruyt trials smart shopping trolley Date: 2024-03-11 09:06:38

Lidl’s international expansion stutters Date: 2024-03-04 09:46:43

Russian discounter Mere relaunches as My price in Belgium Date: 2024-02-26 09:18:52

Russian Discounter MyPrice Makes Second Attempt To Crack Belgian Market Date: 2024-02-23 09:53:12

Half of Europe is paralyzed under the pressure of farmers Date: 2024-01-30 10:30:16

Monoprix To Open First Store In Belgium Date: 2023-11-23 09:30:29

One year of Amazon in Belgium: 1,200 partners, 5 million products Date: 2023-10-30 09:34:06

Kagylótenyésztésbe fogott a Colruyt Group Belgiumban Date: 2023-09-12 10:10:40

Straws made from paper can be harmful Date: 2023-08-29 09:58:34

Delhaize And Carrefour Lower Prices In Belgium Date: 2023-08-25 09:21:35

Lidl simplifies store concept in Belgium Date: 2023-08-24 09:01:08

HelloFresh introduces ready-to-eat service Factor to Europe Date: 2023-08-22 09:54:23

Belgium sees beer exports plummet Date: 2023-07-14 09:13:48

Colruyt Looks To The ‘Store Of The Future’ Date: 2023-06-29 09:01:29

Belgian Government Orders Food Industry To Lower Supermarket Prices Date: 2023-06-20 09:32:39

A Bulgarian driver crashed on the M5 with hidden conterfeit drinks Date: 2023-06-12 09:18:58

Carrefour Belgium Launches Wave Of Price Reductions Date: 2023-05-12 09:01:46

Our shared responsibility is to provide farmers with predictable conditions Date: 2023-04-24 09:00:37

„Silence is Golden”: Leffe embraces the silent power of friendship in major new campaign Date: 2023-04-18 09:54:37

Delhaize to sell all Belgian stores Date: 2023-03-10 09:33:29