Tag "Colruyt"

Kaufland strengthens its market position in Germany

Kaufland in Germany extends its lead in the hypermarket channel with the acquisition of five Globus hypermarkets. Despite its leading position in the hypermarket channel, the retailer is under pressure....

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An all-around convincing performance by this year’s EuroCIS

This year’s EuroCIS – the leading trade fair for the retail technology industry – was a big success. This article is available for reading in Trade magazin 2024/5 The trade...

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European Private Label Awards 2024 – Winners Announced

Retailers from Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Central and Eastern Europe have been named amongst the winners in the 2024 European...

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Colruyt trials smart shopping trolley

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...

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Colruyt Looks To The ‘Store Of The Future’

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...

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Belgium’s Colruyt Group Collaborates With BeeOdiversity

Belgian retailer Colruyt Group is placing beehives on its own farming land to map out the biodiversity in the environment and presence of pollutants. The health of the soil and...

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Colruyt opens another autonomous container store in Belgium

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

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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Colruyt Launches Points-Based Programme To Support Environmental Initiatives

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

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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Colruyt uses less water thanks to recycling waste water

Belgium’s Colruyt Group has reduced water consumption at three sites in Halle by approximately 8,000m³, by building a water treatment plant at its distribution centre in Dassenvel at the end...

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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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Colruyt Launches Basil From Its Own Vertical Farm

Belgian retailer Colruyt Group has introduced basil grown in its own vertical farms under its Boni Selection store brand. The herb is available in 31 Bio-Planet stores and online via...

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Magazine: Innovation summit on personalised nutrition

New knowledge and technologies make it possible for food companies to personalise food products – participants learned at the ‘Newtrition X’ conference, organised by the foodRegio association within the framework...

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Coca-Cola Products Removed From Colruyt Shelves

A number of Coca-Cola products have been temporarily removed from the shelves of retailer Colruyt, after the Belgian operator said that it had not reached agreement with the soft drink...

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Colruyt Group tests smart lockers for parcel delivery

Belgian retailer Colruyt Group is testing smart lockers for parcel delivery in 6 stores, which are called Bringme Box. The lockers – developed by intelligent logistics solutions provider Bringme –...

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