Tag "Portugália"
Covirán Eyes Acquisition Of Some Auchan Stores In Portugal
Date: 2024-08-14 09:23:00
Spanish supermarket chain Covirán is considering the potential acquisition of some Auchan stores in Portugal as the French retailer is forced to sell off some of its outlets in the...
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Portugal’s new government reverses Nutri-Score pack labelling plan
Date: 2024-06-13 09:47:14
Lisbon’s former government had proposed to adopt the traffic-light labelling system, which ranks products based on their nutritional value. The recently-installed government in Portugal is halting the introduction of Nutri-Score front-of-pack...
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Lidl expands operations in Portugal and Croatia
Date: 2024-06-05 10:07:39
Lidl Portugal has opened its 16th store in a revamped sports complex, the result of a partnership between the German retailer and historic Lisbon-based football club Os Belenenses. This article is...
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Eleven new stores to back Mercadona’s growth in Portugal
Date: 2024-04-23 11:06:20
Spanish retailer Mercadona plans to open 11 new stores in Portugal in 2024, increasing its presence in the country. The expansion would bring the chain’s total number of stores to...
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Mercadona Boosts Investment In Portugal
Date: 2024-04-18 09:42:20
Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona is planning to inject €180 million into its Portuguese subsidiary to fund continued expansion plans in the country throughout 2024. The additional investment will directly support...
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Portugal’s Continente Tests Inclusive Store Concept
Date: 2024-04-12 09:07:16
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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Lactalis snaps up Portuguese cheese brand owner Sequeira & Sequeira
Date: 2024-03-21 09:56:56
The French company will take control of cheese production operations as well as Sequeira & Sequeira’s wholesale activities. French dairy major Lactalis has acquired Portugal’s Sequeira & Sequeira, the owner...
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Dutch Discount Retailer Enters Portugal, Eyes Further Expansion
Date: 2024-03-12 09:06:32
Dutch discount retailer Action has opened its first store in Portugal, in Vila Nova de Gaia, with three more openings planned in the north of the country later this year....
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Aldi Rebrands Own-Brand Coffee Range In Portugal
Date: 2024-03-07 10:06:34
German discount retailer Aldi has rolled out the Barissimo coffee brand in Portugal as part of a rebranding process of its private-label coffee SKUs, including the Moreno and Markus brands....
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Auchan Retail Rolls Out Healthcare Service In Portugal
Date: 2024-01-10 09:19:10
Auchan Retail Portugal is seeking to shake up the healthcare landscape with the launch of Auchan Cuida, a new service that it is hoping will simplify and democratise access to...
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Mercadona Ends 2023 With 49 Stores In Portugal
Date: 2023-12-19 09:03:31
Spanish supermarket chain Mercadona has expanded its presence in neighbouring Portugal by opening 10 new stores in 2023, reaching a total of 49 by year-end. Despite being newcomer, Mercadona has...
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Continente Allocates €3m To Improve Shopping Experience
Date: 2023-10-30 09:15:28
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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DPD Launches Fresh Products Delivery Service In Portugal
Date: 2023-10-24 09:36:24
Express transport company DPD Portugal has launched a new home delivery service for fresh food and drinks across mainland Portugal. The temperature-controlled (between 0° and 4°C) DPD Fresh delivery service...
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After 30 years of operation, Dia To Exit Portugal
Date: 2023-08-04 09:40:01
Spanish retailer Dia Group has announced it has reached agreement with Auchan Retail over the sale of its business in Portugal, for €155 million. In a statement, Dia said that...
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Lidl introduces digital price tags in Portugal
Date: 2023-07-25 10:25:23
Following a successful pilot in one store last October, Lidl will switch to digital price tags from its traditional paper pricing labels in its stores across Portugal. The move is...
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Auchan Retail offers home delivery via Bolt in Portugal
Date: 2023-07-12 10:07:41
Auchan Retail Portugal has partnered with quick commerce service provider Bolt for a new delivery platform for consumers in Lisbon. The Bolt grocery store is integrated in the Bolt Market app,...
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Continente Opens Innovation Lab For Private Label Products
Date: 2023-07-06 09:40:41
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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Europe’s largest autonomous store opens in Lisbon
Date: 2023-05-10 10:19:56
Technology provider Sensei claims it has opened the largest autonomous store in Europe, in cooperation with Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). The 500m² “Dojo” facility in Lisbon is not open to...
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Lidl produced the biggest growth in Portuguese retail in 2022
Date: 2023-05-04 10:09:42
Sonae and Jerónimo Martins ended 2022 as the biggest players in Portuguese grocery retail, but Lidl produced the biggest growth – according to the latest data from Kantar. MC Sonae’s...
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Lidl Invests €110m In Fifth Logistics Facility In Portugal
Date: 2023-04-05 09:53:38
Lidl Portugal is to invest around €110 million in a new logistics warehouse in Loures, in the Lisbon district, which should be completed by the second quarter of 2024, the...
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Continente Combats Food Waste With New Apple Cider Vinegar
Date: 2023-03-29 09:37:27
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
Date: 2023-02-17 09:51:14
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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Portuguese winemakers call for urgent action over bottle prices
Date: 2023-02-15 09:17:33
Wine producers in Portugal are calling for urgent action from the government over the rapidly soaring cost of glass bottles. The National Association of Traders and Exporters of Wines and...
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Continente’s online service in Madeira
Date: 2022-12-21 10:57:32
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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Auchan Retail establishes energy crisis committee in Portugal
Date: 2022-12-16 10:40:09
Auchan Portugal has set up a crisis committee for energy management, as part of a wider set of measures to reduce energy consumption in stores and the head office. The...
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Digital marketplace METRO MARKETS now also available in Portugal
Date: 2022-10-26 09:48:19
Expansion of METRO’s digital marketplace model into European markets progresses METRO MARKETS, METRO’s digital marketplace for non-food, is now also available in Portugal, expanding into its second country this year....
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Auchan Retail Portugal Rolls Out New Customer Loyalty Programme
Date: 2022-10-21 09:53:20
Auchan Retail Portugal has rolled out Clube Auchan, a new loyalty programme designed to strengthen the relationship between the brand and its customers, the retailer said. According to the group,...
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A supermarket offers dried and seasoned crickets
Date: 2022-08-05 12:11:55
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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Portugal To Extend Subsidy To Help Poorest With Food Inflation
Date: 2022-06-24 10:00:20
Portugal will extend until September a subsidy of €60 a month to help the poorest families cope with food inflation, Prime Minister Antonio Costa has said. Speaking in parliament, Costa...
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Auchan Retail strengthens ties with food producers in Portugal
Date: 2022-05-02 09:28:40
Auchan Retail Portugal is offering small regional producers the opportunity to sell their products directly to customers, in a dedicated space in its stores. The first project has already started:...
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