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Portugal’s Continente Tests Inclusive Store Concept

Portuguese supermarket chain Continente is piloting an inclusive store concept designed to improve the shopping experience for people with disabilities, particularly those with autism. The Continente Modelo Leça do Balio...

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Continente Allocates €3m To Improve Shopping Experience

Portuguese supermarket chain Continente is investing €3 million in a technological renovation project, to improve the shopping experience of its customers. This includes a new NCR self-checkout system, which will be...

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Continente Opens Innovation Lab For Private Label Products

Portuguese food retailer Continente has opened an innovation centre for research and development of private-label products. The opening of the 1,200-square-metre Co-Lab: Customer Innovation Lab follows an initial investment of...

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Continente Combats Food Waste With New Apple Cider Vinegar

Portuguese retailer Continente has launched a new own-brand apple cider vinegar SKU, made from apples that do not meet traditional aesthetic standards. The first batch yielded 30,000 litres of vinegar...

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Continente Launches Vegan Alternative To Yoghurts

Portuguese supermarket chain Continente has launched a new product range, Vegegurtes, a new vegan alternative to yoghurts that forms part of the retailer’s ‘Powered by Plants’ offering. The new, 100%...

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Continente’s online service in Madeira

Portuguese retailer Continente has launched its online service in Madeira, enabling shoppers to purchase food online and have it delivered to their homes, paying a delivery fee. Shoppers can also choose...

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Continente stores sell Gosh! products

Continente stores are the first in Portugal to sell the plant-based products of British start-up Gosh! The retailer offers eight products (five refrigerated and three frozen), comprising 100% natural, plant-based...

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Portugal’s Continente adds new insect-based products

The latest additions to Continente’s Portugal Bugs range are dehydrated and seasoned crickets. Shoppers can choose from crickets with sea salt, along with thyme and pepper, and tomato and oregano...

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A supermarket offers dried and seasoned crickets

Portugal’s Continente is the first European retail chain to offer a complete line of insects. At present, the Portuguese Food Safety Authority accepts seven types of legume as food suitable...

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Continente Saves Tonnes Of Fruit And Vegetables From Wastage

Customers of Portuguese retailer Continente have helped save over 360 tonnes of fruits and vegetables by purchasing the chain’s Zer0% Waste boxes, made up of fruit and vegetables that are...

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Continente’s exclusive coffees marketed in sustainable packaging

Portuguese retailer Continente has introduced a more compact and 100-percent recyclable cardboard packaging for its exclusive coffee range. This step will allow the retailer to remove 26 tonnes of plastic...

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Aldi Portugal unveils beer made from leftover bread

Aldi Portugal has started selling Bread Beer: a beer made from unsold bread collected from the retailer’s stores. Brewer Aldeana has developed Beer Bread exclusively for Aldi – they replaced...

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Continente Launches Wine In Pouch Packaging

Portuguese retailer Continente has launched wine from The Vinhas de Monsaraz DOC Alentejo in pouch packaging. The range, exclusive to the retailer, is available in white, red and rosé versions....

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Continente unveils soups without added salt

Portuguese retailer Continente has expanded its Equilíbrio soup range to include products without added salt, colourings or preservatives. The soups are produced in Portugal, using quality fresh vegetables and extra...

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Continente Introduces Soups Without Added Salt

Portuguese retailer Continente has expanded its Equilíbrio soups range to include SKUs without added salt, colourings, or preservatives. The additions include watercress and coriander, carrot cream, mint and ginger soups...

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Continente Expands Partnership With Uber Eats

Portuguese retailer Continente has expanded its partnership with Uber Eats to include more than 40 stores in the greater Lisbon and greater Porto areas. Several exclusive take-away meals from Continente stores will...

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Continente comes out with plant-based product range

Portuguese supermarket chain Continente has unveiled  ‘Powered by Plants’, a new private label vegetarian product line. The product range consists of meat-free burgers, nuggets and meatballs made exclusively from vegetable protein....

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Continente to eliminate 400 tonnes of plastic with new water bottles

Portuguese retail chain Continente will change the composition of its private label water bottles as part of its plastic reduction strategy. This step will help in eliminating 400 tonnes of virgin plastic...

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Continente Launches ‘Powered by Plants’ Meat-Free Range

Portuguese supermarket chain Continente has launched ‘Powered by Plants’, a new range of private label vegetarian products. The product range consist of meat-free burgers, nuggets and meatballs made exclusively from vegetable...

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Sonae MC: A key player in the field of recyclable packaging

In Portugal Sonae MC has been named the best retailer when it comes to the use of reusable, recyclable or compostable packaging. This was revealed in the annual report of...

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Continente To Eliminate Microplastics From Own-Brand Cosmetics By Year End

Portuguese retailer Continente has pledged to eliminate microplastics from private label hygiene and beauty products by the end of this year. The decision includes Continente’s MyLabel brand, which offers a...

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Continente Introduces Own-Brand Aluminium Coffee Capsules

Portuguese retailer Continente has announced that it has launched aluminium coffee capsules in four variants – Decaffeinate, Seducent, Ristretto and Possente. The capsules are compatible with Nespresso machines and offer...

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Continente Launches Online Cheese Guide, ‘Nossa Queijaria’

Portuguese supermarket chain Continente has launched a new online platform to help customers find the most suitable cheese based on their requirements. The ‘Nossa Queijaria‘ platform aims to promote the...

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Continente Implements Measures To Curb Food Waste

Portuguese retailer Continente has introduced five-kilogram boxes of fruit and vegetables that are close to their optimum consumption point at €0.50 € per kilogram. The ‘Zer0% Desperdício’ boxes aim to...

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Continente To Remove Plastic Straws From Own-Brand Milk And Juices

Portuguese retailer Continente has announced that it is to eliminate plastic straws from its private-label milk, juices, nectars and iced teas by the end of this year. The move will...

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Continente Introduces Packaging With Recycling Instructions

Portuguese retailer Continente has added a set of recycling instructions to the packaging of selected private-label products, in association with Sociedade Ponto Verde (SPV). The move aims to help customers...

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Continente Opens First Supermarket With Plastic-Free Area

Sonae MC has opened its first supermarket in Portugal to adopt a single-use plastic free policy in its fruit and vegetable section. The policy has been rolled out in the...

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Continente Participates In EU-Led Project To Find Plastic Alternatives

Portuguese food retailer Continente has announced that is participating in an EU co-funded project that aims to find an alternative to plastics in packaging. Co-funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020...

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Continente expands private label product selection

Portuguese retailer Continente has expanded their assortment of healthy snacking and convenience products under its private label brand. Continente has also enlarged its Bio range, with the introduction of vegan...

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Continente launches electronic invoice in Portugal

Continente is the first food retailer in Portugal to have introduced e-invoicing: by using this service shoppers receive invoices via e-mail in real time, at the time of purchase. The...

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