Tag "Belgium"
Less meat, same taste: Lidl mixes minced beef with plant-based proteins
Lidl is launching “hybrid” meat in Belgium: minced meat that consists of 60% beef and 40% plant-based proteins. The mix aims to provide a sustainable alternative to traditional minced meat,...
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New dietary advice bans cold meats and alcohol
Charcuterie, ultra-processed food, soft drinks, alcohol and added sugars are to be avoided according to new dietary recommendations with which the High Health Council wants to help Belgians make healthy...
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Carrefour Opens Third Autonomous Store In Belgium
Carrefour Belgium has opened its third autonomous BuyBye store in Belgium at the NATO SHAPE (Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe) headquarters in Casteau, near Mons. Using computer vision and weight...
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Belgian beer exports decline again in 2024
Total export volumes dropped 3.4% in 2024 to 14.5m hectolitres, according to the industry association Belgian Brewers. Belgium’s brewing sector saw beer volumes drop again last year, both at home...
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Lidl Belgium to open 80 new stores by 2038
Lidl Belgium, which currently operates 302 stores in the country, is planning a major expansion: opening 80 new stores by 2038. The growth will be supported by a new 43,000m²...
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The Body Shop returns to Belgium and Switzerland
The Body Shop is returning to Belgium and Switzerland, as German businessman Stefan Herzberg has obtained the licences for these countries. The first new stores should open in the coming...
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Cora to close all Belgian stores by 2026
Hypermarket chain Cora is going to close all seven of its stores in Belgium by the beginning of 2026, putting nearly 1,800 jobs at risk. This article is available for...
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Carrefour sales under pressure in France and Belgium
Mixed figures from Carrefour in Europe in the first quarter are compensated by strong results in Latin America. The retailer continues to invest in price cuts, private brands, e-commerce and...
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Carrefour Belgium tests profitability of Reckon.ai’s smart vending machines
Carrefour Belgium has implemented its BuyBye micro-store format for the first time at the site of one of its hypermarkets, Retail Optimiser reports. Customers of the Carrefour store in the...
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Colruyt Group takes full ownership of Foodbag
The Belgian Colruyt Group will take complete ownership of Smartmat, the company behind the Foodbag meal boxes, further strengthening its position in the online food market. Foodbag delivers weekly meal...
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Delhaize Belgium Scraps In-Store Collection Fees For Online Grocery Orders
Delhaize has announced that Belgian customers will no longer have to pay collection fees for online grocery orders picked up in stores. Previously, shoppers paid between €2.95 to €4.95 for...
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New campaign shows health ambitions of Colruyt Group
In a new campaign, Colruyt Group shows how Bike Republic, Jims, Boni Plan’t and Newpharma help consumers live healthier lives. The company wants to become a credible, reliable player in...
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Europe’s largest private-label crisp producer further increases production
Belgian Roger & Roger is investing sixty million euros in the renovation and expansion of its plant in Mouscron, near Lille (France). The Croky crisps producer hopes this will help...
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Colruyt Group launches plant-based private label Boni Plan’t
Belgian Colruyt Group wants to make plant-based food more accessible, adding a range of around 100 plant-based products in recognisable packaging under a new private label sub-brand. In addition to Boni Eco...
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Carrefour wants to expand Belgian Sunday openings
Carrefour intends to open its Belgian company-operated stores (44 supermarkets and 40 hypermarkets) on Sundays as well. The unions were “surprised” by the initiative, but are “willing to engage in discussions”. As...
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Unilever Sells 100-Year-Old Brands
Unilever has announced that it has received a binding offer from Zwanenberg Food Group to acquire the Unox and Zwan brands. Both brands have been part of the Unilever portfolio...
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Colruyt seeks expansion through drinks webshop Boir
Belgian retailer Colruyt Group opened a new webshop for drinks called Boir, aimed at an audience that drinks “less, but better” and looks for exclusive alternatives with or without alcohol....
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Lidl stops selling tobacco in new stores
Discounter Lidl has decided to stop selling tobacco products in its new and refurbished stores in Belgium. Belgian legislation will ban supermarkets from selling tobacco from 1 April 2025. In doing so,...
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Jumbo rolls out new private label range in the Netherlands and Belgium
Jumbo has introduced a new private label range called Jumbo’s in the Netherlands and Belgium. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/12-2025/01 The Dutch retail chain has...
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Aldi opens new concept store in Belgium
Aldi has opened a new store in Braine-l’Alleud, near Brussels, marking the debut of its latest concept in the country. The town in Walloon Brabant was one of the last...
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Chain Bridge Club October exclusive: Even with high purchasing power, there are challenges: an up-close view of the Belgian market
Péter Szautner, managing director of FrieslandCampina gave an insight into the Belgian retail market, with a special focus on the dairy sector at the October meeting of the Chain Bridge...
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Carrefour uses AI to reduce food waste in Belgium
Every day Carrefour has to discount 40,000 near-expiry items in its 831 large stores in Belgium. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/10 As this is a...
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Carrefour feels impact of price competition and Sunday openings
Carrefour sees sales rising thanks to encouraging evolutions in consumer behaviour. But in France price investments are weighing on revenues, while in Belgium Sunday openings at Delhaize are playing tricks...
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Amazon launches climate label in Belgium and Sweden
Amazon is expanding its “Climate Pledge Friendly” to Belgium and Sweden, making it easier for customers to filter searches to highlight products with sustainable features. The new label, in the...
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Colruyt Group Acquires Stake In Food-To-Go Operator BON
Belgium’s Colruyt Group has acquired a 45.65% stake in BON, a gourmet food-to-go business operating in Brussels, Antwerp and Liège. Founded in Brussels in 2015, BON operates from a central...
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Colruyt seeks to expand Professionals chain
Belgian retailer Colruyt Group wants to expand its B2B chain Colruyt Professionals significantly. Its third store will open next week, a fourth is planned – but the target is to...
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Carrefour implements AI tool to combat food waste
Every day, Carrefour has to discount more than 40,000 items in its 83 largest stores in Belgium alone, purely because they are approaching their expiration dates. As this is hugely costly in...
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Lidl to increase plant-based product sales in Belgium by cutting prices
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...
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Ahold Delhaize reports improving performance from Belgium
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...
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Puratos opens new sourdough research facility
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...
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