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Merkur trials new technology to fight food waste

REWE Group member Austrian retailer Merkur is testing a new anti-food waste technology in several stores. The ‘Smart-Shelf’ technology enables the automatic production of baked goods when the shelf senses that stocks...

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Merkur Tests New Technology To Counter Food Waste

Austrian retailer Merkur is trialling a new anti-food waste technology in a number of its stores. The chain, which is part of the REWE Group, is implementing the ‘Smart-Shelf’ technology...

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Merkur Extends Its Range of Regional Foods from Salzburg

Austrial retailer Merkur has increased the range of locally-produced food in its offering. For exampla, since the beginning of 2019, Merkur has sold around 500,000 products that are produced in...

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Austria: Sales stagnation for discounters

In 2019 the combined market share of discount supermarket chains Aldi (called Hofer in Austria) and Lidl dropped to 26.1 percent – in 2018 their share was 26.6 percent. At the...

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