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Schwarz Group Increases Recycling Target For Private-Label Packaging

Schwarz Group has announced that it is seeking to use an average of 25% recycled material in the private label packaging across its Lidl and Kaufland retail divisions by 2025. The...

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Kaufland introduces recycled plastic household products

In cooperation with PreZero, Schwarz Group member Kaufland has launched private label household products made from 100 percent recycled plastic. This move is part of the group’s REset Plastic strategy....

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Kaufland Slovakia to supply primary schools with fresh fruits

Kaufland Slovakia will supply primary schools with fresh fruits and vegetables as part of its Fresh Headers project. The project will see the retailer distribute up to 2,900 kilograms of...

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Kaufland Celebrates Five Years Of Quality Meat Programme

German retailer Kaufland is celebrating five years of own quality meat programme, launched in October 2016. Since then, the company along with its contract farmers, has been committed to better...

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Kaufland, Lidl Introduce Household Products From Recycled Plastic

Lidl and Kaufland have rolled out private-label household goods made from 100% recycled plastic in association with PreZero – the environmental division of the retailers’ parent company, Schwarz Group. This...

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Kaufland Slovakia To Distribute Fresh Fruits In Primary Schools

Kaufland Slovakia will distribute fresh fruit and vegetables in primary schools as part of the third edition of the Fresh Headers project. The initiative will see the retailer distribute up...

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Kaufland launches private label called K-Wertschätze

German retailer Kaufland has launched a new private label range called K-Wertschätze, which concentrates on high animal welfare standards. The brand highlights the retailer’s commitment to improving the living condition...

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Kaufland rolls out gluten-free baked goods in Germany

Kaufland has introduced gluten-free baked goods in 13 stores, which are wheat-, lactose- and palm oil free and vegan as well. Austrian company Weizenfrei manufactures the products in its 100-percent...

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Kaufland Introduces Refill Stations For Love Nature Products

German retailer Kaufland has introduced refill stations for detergents and dishwashing products for the Love Nature brand in association with Henkel. Initially, the retailer will introduce refill stations in Kaufland...

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PLMA News in brief

Aldi UK is adding 12 ready-to-cook meals to its low-calorie Slimwell range. Lidl is trialling a new store format in Belgium. The arrangement and the premium decoration differentiate the 1,500m²...

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Kaufland To Add Nutri-Score Labels To More Private-Label Products

German retailer Kaufland has announced plans to add Nutri-Score labelling to more store-brand products including the ‘K-to go’ and ‘K-free’ brands. From December onwards, the retailer aims to gradually roll...

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Kaufland joins forces with Infarm for store-grown herbs

German retailer Kaufland has teamed up with the vertical farming company Infarm, as it aims to introduce fresh store-grown herbs in its stores. At first, Kaufland will offer the herbs in...

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Schwarz Gruppe acquires online platform real.de

Schwarz Gruppe, a major retail group that owns Lidl and Kaufland, has acquired Real.de from SCP Group. Real.de is one of the largest online marketplaces in Germany. SCP Group didn’t...

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Kaufland launches insect-based food items in Croatia

Kaufland has rolled out insect-based products in Croatia. The product selection includes crispy crickets with spices or natural flavours, burgers made of cricket flour, protein cookies from bugs in almond,...

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Kaufland Expands Vegan Offering With New Meat Alternatives

German retailer Kaufland has added three vegan meat products to its ‘K-take it veggie’ private-label brand. The new additions include vegan versions of burger patties, meatballs, and cevapcici – a...

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Discounter Kaufland Takes Over Three Tesco Stores In Poland

Discounter Kaufland has increased its presence in Poland, with the takeover of three former Tesco outlets, in Warsaw, Gdansk and Kraków. The three stores opened under the Kaufland banner on...

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The 2020 Grüne Woche broke many records

Internationale Grüne Woche took place in Berlin between 17 and 26 January 2020. This year’s trade fair broke many records: on 129,000m² more than 1,800 exhibitors from72 countries showcased their...

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Kaufland To Remove Microplastics From All Personal Care Products By 2021

Discounter Kaufland says that it will have ‘completely dispensed’ with microplastics across its cosmetics and personal care ranges by the end of 2021. The Schwarz Group-owned retailer has already eliminated...

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Magazine: Anuga 2019: The place where worldwide supply and demand met

Early October 7,500 exhibitors (72 from Hungary) from 106 countries presented their products and services to more than 170,000 visitors for 5 days at Anuga, the world’s biggest food-themed trade...

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Magazine: Differing trends for discount supermarkets

Sales by discount supermarkets only increased by 0.1 percent in Germany in the first half of the year. Low prices attract German consumers less than they used to – reported...

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Four ways retailers are reducing food waste

Retailers globally are launching campaigns to become more sustainable. One of the main initiatives being adopted is seeing them target food waste. We looked at four initiative ways retailers are...

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Magazine: Tesco: Big box-type hypermarkets are about to disappear in Poland

Tesco is decreasing the size of 60 its large floor space hypermarkets in Poland, but other retailers are also changing the size of stores. Since 2014 Tesco has closed almost...

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Kaufland Reduces Plastic On Meat Packaging

Discounter Kaufland has introduced new packaging for its self-service mince meat, which uses 70% less plastic than before. Instead of plastic, Kaufland uses now a cardboard carton with a thin...

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Schwarz Group is the No.1 grocery retailer in the Czech Republic

Schwarz Group is the leading retailer in the Czech Republic – and in Europe – as sales of the group soared by nearly 36 percent last year. Lidl and Kaufland...

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Kaufland to introduce aluminium lids for milkshakes

German retailer Kaufland has announced plans to replace plastic lids from all ‘K-to go’ milkshakes with aluminium lids, starting in October 2019. In March the retailer already replaced plastic lids...

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Fighting waste

German hypermarket chain Kaufland and the food saver app “Too Good To Go” are joining forces. The app specialises in offering food online at a reduced price shortly before store...

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Kaufland To Introduce Aluminium Lids In ‘K-To Go’ Milkshakes

German retailer Kaufland has announced plans to replace plastic lids from all ‘K-to go’ milkshakes with aluminium lids, beginning from October this year. In March 2019, the retailer replaced plastic...

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Growing popularity of private label products all over Europe

According to recently published data from the Private Label Manufacturers Association (PLMA), the market share of private label (PL) products is 30 percent on average in the 19 European countries...

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Private labels keep growing this year

In April 2019 the sales growth of private label products was 0.7 percent in France, which was bigger than the 0.4-percent strengthening of manufacturer brands – reported the Private Label...

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Magazine: Where promotions are hunting for shoppers

In Slovakia the top grocery retailers are Tesco, Lidl, Kaufland, Billa and Metro. This was one of the many interesting things that we could learn at the Slovakian retail congress –...

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