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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...

Colruyt opens another autonomous container store in Belgium
Date: 2023-03-06 12:16:10

Colruyt Group member Okay Direct has opened a second autonomous convenience store. The unmanned container store was set up in the car park of Okay Lennik, and its floor space...

Colruyt’s unmanned van delivers first groceries to home
Date: 2023-01-25 09:13:42

After two months of trial runs in an business district, Belgian Colruyt Group‘s self-driving trolley has now actually delivered groceries to the homes of three customers for the first time....

France’s InVivo To Buy One Of The World’s Oldest Malthouses
Date: 2023-01-11 09:28:53

Malteries Soufflet, a branch of French agribusiness group InVivo, has signed an agreement to take over Belgian malthouse Castle Malting, one of the oldest producers of the beer ingredient in...

Metro Belgium to be acquired by foodservice competitor Sligro
Date: 2022-12-08 09:36:41

Sligro is allowed to acquire Belgian wholesaler Metro, in combination with Van Zon. The verdict is in: the combination of Sligro and Van Zon has been approved as acquirers of...

Colruyt Launches Points-Based Programme To Support Environmental Initiatives
Date: 2022-11-11 09:37:41

Belgium’s Colruyt Group has developed a point-based programme through its Xtra app, to encourage responsible, sustainable shopping. Under the motto of ‘Making conscious choices is scoring points’, the scheme will...

Colruyt launches ‘welfare chickens’ in new supply chain
Date: 2022-10-24 09:09:09

Colruyt is joining forces with 17 Belgian breeders by launching an exclusive collaborative chain for meat chickens. The chickens are to become genuine “welfare chickens”. Colruyt is entering into a...

Barry Callebaut to continue production in Belgian factory
Date: 2022-09-22 10:10:00

In early August Barry Callebaut restarted production in its chocolate factory Belgium. The chocolate maker stopped manufacturing at the end of June, after discovering salmonella in a production lot. Lecithin...

FrieslandCampina sells milk powder factory in Belgium
Date: 2021-11-08 16:42:40

FrieslandCampina has sold its milk powder factory in Aalter, Belgium, to Royal A-ware for an undisclosed amount. The deal will also transfer 40 employees to Royal A-ware. The sale is...

Belgian Beer Exports Decline For First Time In Ten Years
Date: 2021-06-16 08:30:56

The Belgian beer market has witnessed a slump in domestic sales and exports for the first time in ten years, with both seeing an 18% decline, according to a report...

Aldi Belgium To Ensure Efficient Water Use In Fruit And Vegetables Production
Date: 2021-03-30 08:30:51

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Lidl Belgium adds new vegetarian and vegan products
Date: 2021-03-16 14:08:54

Lidl Belgium has added 11 new meat substitute products to its private label vegetarian and vegan range. From the new additions 7 are vegetarian and 4 are vegan products. Lidl Belgium has...

Commercial units can reopen from Mondayi Belgium
Date: 2020-11-27 11:10:36

The spread of the coronavirus pandemic has slowed in Belgium, so commercial units that sell non-essential goods may reopen from Monday – Belgian Prime Minister Alexander de Croo announced at...

A Belgian chocolate maker was chosen as the best confectioner in the world
Date: 2020-10-30 10:37:58

The master, known for his minimalist style, opened his first store 25 years ago. Today his luxury sweets are sold in forty stores – nepszava.hu wrote. A Belgian chocolate master...

In Belgium, catering establishments to close for a month
Date: 2020-10-19 10:20:58

In Belgium, due to the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic, catering establishments will be closed from Monday for one month and a night curfew will take effect. Belgian Prime...

Bars and cafés in Brussels will close for a month
Date: 2020-10-07 10:15:33

To curb the growing coronavirus pandemic, all bars and cafés and event centers in the Belgian capital and region must be closed for at least a month, and alcohol consumption...

A campaign to promote french fries has started in Belgium
Date: 2020-05-26 11:12:15

Local NGOs in Belgium have launched a campaign to boost the consumption the country’s symbolic french fries in order to save some 750,000 tonnes of potatoes that are at risk...

Record quantities of counterfeit cigarettes were seized by the Belgian customs authorities
Date: 2020-01-17 11:01:08

126 million counterfeit cigarettes have been seized by the Belgian customs authorities in Antwerp since the beginning of the year – the Belgian customs authorities announced on Friday. According to...

Carrefour: new store format in Italy and Belgium
Date: 2019-01-31 06:59:28

In Portogruaro Carrefour Italia debuts with a new hypermarket that aims at making shopping simpler: they sell organic fruits and vegetables supplied by local farmers, ready meals to go, there...

Alibaba to build a trade hub in Belgium
Date: 2019-01-31 06:43:46

Alibaba, the biggest Chinese online retailer is to build its own 220,000m² base in Belgium, close to the Liége airport – reported Handelsblatt. The company will invest at least EUR...

African swine fever: the number of infected feral pigs has increased to seventy in Belgium
Date: 2018-10-11 11:05:39

The number of feral pigs infected with African swine fever has increased to seventy in Belgium, René Collin, Minister of Agriculture announced. La Libre Belgique has reported that 126 wild...

Belgium would cut thousands of pigs to prevent the outbreak
Date: 2018-09-25 11:12:50

Belgium would cut about four thousand pigs to prevent the spread of African swine fever. ASF was detected in a total of nine wild boars – the La Libre Belgique...

Chips to be shortened in Belgium and Great Britain
Date: 2018-09-24 11:01:55

Chips will be three centimeters shorter in Belgium and Great Britain this year instead of the usual 8-9 centimeters lenght – Agrarszektor.hu wrote. The spectacular decline in potato tubers is...

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

Colruyt opens another autonomous container store in Belgium Date: 2023-03-06 12:16:10

Colruyt’s unmanned van delivers first groceries to home Date: 2023-01-25 09:13:42

France’s InVivo To Buy One Of The World’s Oldest Malthouses Date: 2023-01-11 09:28:53

Metro Belgium to be acquired by foodservice competitor Sligro Date: 2022-12-08 09:36:41

Colruyt Launches Points-Based Programme To Support Environmental Initiatives Date: 2022-11-11 09:37:41

Colruyt launches ‘welfare chickens’ in new supply chain Date: 2022-10-24 09:09:09

Barry Callebaut to continue production in Belgian factory Date: 2022-09-22 10:10:00

FrieslandCampina sells milk powder factory in Belgium Date: 2021-11-08 16:42:40

Belgian Beer Exports Decline For First Time In Ten Years Date: 2021-06-16 08:30:56

Aldi Belgium To Ensure Efficient Water Use In Fruit And Vegetables Production Date: 2021-03-30 08:30:51

Lidl Belgium adds new vegetarian and vegan products Date: 2021-03-16 14:08:54

Commercial units can reopen from Mondayi Belgium Date: 2020-11-27 11:10:36

A Belgian chocolate maker was chosen as the best confectioner in the world Date: 2020-10-30 10:37:58

In Belgium, catering establishments to close for a month Date: 2020-10-19 10:20:58

Bars and cafés in Brussels will close for a month Date: 2020-10-07 10:15:33

A campaign to promote french fries has started in Belgium Date: 2020-05-26 11:12:15

Record quantities of counterfeit cigarettes were seized by the Belgian customs authorities Date: 2020-01-17 11:01:08

Carrefour: new store format in Italy and Belgium Date: 2019-01-31 06:59:28

Alibaba to build a trade hub in Belgium Date: 2019-01-31 06:43:46

African swine fever: the number of infected feral pigs has increased to seventy in Belgium Date: 2018-10-11 11:05:39

Belgium would cut thousands of pigs to prevent the outbreak Date: 2018-09-25 11:12:50

Chips to be shortened in Belgium and Great Britain Date: 2018-09-24 11:01:55