Tag "Belgium"
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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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African swine fever: eleven countries have suspended meat imports from Belgium
Date: 2018-09-19 11:10:59
Because of African swine fever, eleven countries outside the European Union have suspended imports of pork from Belgium, “Belgian newspaper Le Soir said on Wednesday. Belgian Minister of Agriculture Denis...
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The shops in Brussels cannot use thin plastic bags
Date: 2018-08-31 11:02:12
The ban on disposable plastic bags of less than 50 microns enters into force on 1 September 2018, in Brussels and in the stores of the Brussels region – Belgian...
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The number of guest nights increases again in Brussels
Date: 2018-08-24 10:15:10
After the terrorist attacks in March 2016, the number of guest nights declined significantly in Brussels, but now the number of guest nights is approaching its previous level. About 30,000...
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Tourism boosted in Belgium
Date: 2018-05-24 10:24:38
Belgium’s tourism after the terror attack in the capital in March 2016 faced a major downturn, but by the end of the year it may return to the good results...
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Belgium’s pride has arrived
Date: 2016-07-25 11:22:56
Borsodi will delight the friends of the Hungarian beer now with limited edition Belgian beer specialties. The Belgian beer culture huas a centuries-old tradition. Among today's finest specialty beers a...
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Stella Artois: the shining star of Christmas
Date: 2015-12-11 11:10:47
Many years ago, the popular Belgian Artois brewery delighted the inhabitants of Leuven with a special Christmas beer, which both in flavors and both in appearance fit perfectly to the...
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Hungarian foods debuted in Brussels
Date: 2015-06-09 11:07:39
Dozens of Hungarian food products were introduced in Brussels, primarily for the players of the Belgian retail sector. The Hungarian food days began on Tuesday at the Hungarian embassy in...
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The 5th Jubilee Beer Festival was greeted with Ping Pong
Date: 2015-05-29 11:20:06
The member of the Magna Cum Laude and Neoton Familia bands measured their Beer Ping Pong at the press event of the 5th Jubilee Beer Festival. The winner became Mező...
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