Tag "Franciaország"
Auchan Tests Autonomous Stores in France
French grocery retailer Auchan is trialling autonomous store technology on Sundays in select outlets across Northern France, aiming to attract more customers while reducing operating costs. Since the start of...
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Carrefour ends distribution of brochures in France
Carrefour has announced that it will cease the home delivery of unaddressed paper promotional brochures in its home market of France on 31 March. This move is part of the retailer’s...
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France not allowed to ban names like ‘plant-based bacon’
Manufacturers of plant-based meat alternatives are allowed to continue using words like ‘steak’, ‘sausage’ and other meat industry terms in France. The ruling of the French Supreme Court is a...
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Picnic continues French expansion
Dutch online supermarket Picnic continues its growth in the Paris region, adding 185,000 households to its delivery network. The retailer wants to provide home delivery to the whole Paris region before...
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Lidl opens its largest logistics hub in Europe
Lidl has opened the doors of its new flagship logistics hub in Ablis, southwest of Paris. Covering 87,000 sqm, it is the largest of its kind in Europe. The new logistics...
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We are further strengthening our agricultural relations with France
France is an important ally of our country in strengthening the Common Agricultural Policy and preserving its resources, said István Nagy, Minister of Agriculture, who received Jonathan Lacôte, Ambassador of...
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Honey with Viagra is catching up
In recent years, Viagra honey, a product mixed with sildenafil or tadalafil and used as an aphrodisiac, has become increasingly popular in France. Honey, which contains the main active ingredient...
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France welcomed 100 million foreign tourists last year
France welcomed 100 million foreign visitors in 2024, the year of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, generating 71 billion euros in revenue, the tourism ministry announced. “These figures...
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Carrefour Exits Oman, Expands Delivery In Spain, Launches New Loyalty Programme In France
After nearly three decades of operation in Oman, French retailer Carrefour has ceased its operations in the country. Carrefour, a major player in the Middle East with over 320 stores...
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Carrefour offloads another 39 French stores
Carrefour is offloading 39 French – often loss-making – hypermarkets and supermarkets to independent operators in a bid to cut operating costs. Unions protest to what they call is a restructuring...
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Drop in alcohol consumption in France driven by wine, study says
The fall last year was attributed mostly to a 4.2% decline in wine sales volumes year-on-year. A fall in wine consumption in France drove a drop in the sales of...
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Intermarché Steps Up Measures To Create A Transparent Value Chain
French retailer Intermarché has decided not to commence trade negotiations for 2025 with dairy manufacturers until they reach a first level of agreement with their producers and suppliers. Intermarché has...
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Carrefour requires suppliers to disclose Nutri-Score
In France, all branded Carrefour suppliers will be required to state the Nutri-Score of their products on the retailer’s website and app. Those who refuse to do so will be...
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Carrefour Ramps Up Support For French Food Banks
Carrefour has reaffirmed its support for La Fédération Française des Banques Alimentaires, the federation of French food banks, with a planned €1.5 million in donations over three years. The retailer...
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Auchan cuts costs and jobs
Auchan‘s management is taking out the hatchet: the loss-making French food retailer is to cut nearly 2,400 jobs, close ten unprofitable stores and discontinue its home delivery business. Auchan announced...
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Nestlé eyes sales jobs cuts in France
According to trade union CFDT Agri-Agro, Nestlé is looking to axe 148 jobs as part of moves to “drastically reduce” its sales force in the country. Nestlé is planning to...
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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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Carrefour Commences Rebranding Of Cora Stores
Carrefour has commenced the rebranding of the Cora supermarkets that it acquired in July, with the first 19 stores set to be rebranded on 1 October. Following this, a second...
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Picnic targets break-even point
Dutch online delivery service Picnic is moving closer to profitability. The retailer is already writing black figures in its home market. Robotization of its warehouses is one reason for the...
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Danone pulls back from Nutri-Score labels
Danone is to remove the Nutri-Score labels on its dairy and plant-based drinks sold in Europe. One of the first major food and drink companies to voluntarily sign-up to the...
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Just Eat Takeaway pulls out of France
Just Eat Takeaway has announced that it is leaving the French market, where it hasn’t been able to make its operations sufficiently profitable. With this “difficult decision”, the food delivery...
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Bonduelle plans France, Germany salad business disposals
The group is in talks with two potential buyers over its respective businesses. Fruit-and-veg major Bonduelle plans to offload its packaged salads businesses in France and Germany. Bonduelle said today...
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Groupe Casino Renews Partnership With TotalEnergies In France
Groupe Casino has extended its partnership with TotalEnergies in France for five years, effective 1 October 2024. The partnership between Casino and TotalEnergies dates back more than 20 years and...
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Carrefour grows in France and Brazil, lags behind in rest of Europe
Carrefour says it is rather pleased with its financial results in the second quarter and first half of the year, despite challenging conditions in Europe. Growth was driven by its...
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Annual inflation slowed in France in June
In France, the annual consumer price increase decreased to 2.2 percent in June from 2.3 percent in the previous month, according to the final data published on the website of...
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The number of companies connected to the French food industry operating in Hungary has also increased
There are 544 French-owned companies operating in Hungary, almost 11 percent more than in 2020, with almost 49,000 employees, and their annual sales revenue is more than 13 billion euros,...
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Danone Invests In Medical Nutrition Production Line In France
Danone has announced an investment of €70 million in a medical nutrition production line in Steenvoorde, France, as it seeks to boost its Specialised Nutrition business. The Steenvoorde will be...
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McCain to invest in potato production in France
McCain said it aims to step up its investment and presence in France with the project and “anticipate the future needs of the French market”. McCain Foods, the Canada-based frozen...
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Sweden’s Essity Invests In New Research And Development Centre
Swedish hygiene products maker Essity is investing in a new research and development centre in Alsace, France, that will focus on tissue hygiene products. Essity seeks to develop new methods...
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Food inflation slowed down in France and accelerated in Spain
In April, the annual inflation rate in France slowed to 2.2%, down from 2.3% in March, as reported by the French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (Insee). Conversely,...
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