Two million meals worth of food donations have been made by Tesco customers to the retailer’s Winter Food Collection for FareShare and the Trussell Trust, the retailer has revealed. read more

European supermarkets are increasingly using AI to monitor stock levels and sell-by dates. Automated systems will adjust prices on digital tags as products near expiration; this process might mean less reliance on the well-known yellow stickers. Stores across are now using smart price tags, to
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Lidl has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with CIRAD and AZ France (Gruppo Orsero) for a pilot banana farm project in Colombia. read more

During the winter season, pointed cabbage is a regular product for Ursem-Zuurbier, an open ground vegetable grower from the Dutch municipality of Heerhugowaard. According to Niels Zuurbier, there is not too much demand at the moment, "but there's some pressure ahead of Christmas mainly due to
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NielsenIQ (NIQ) in "The State of FMCG in Italy" analyses the consumption trends and purchasing habits of Italian households for November 2023, taking a snapshot of the scenario of large-scale retailing (GDO) in our country. 9.8 billion is the
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In response to rising thefts, supermarkets are increasing security measures, including sealing grape bags to prevent customers from sampling before purchasing. This change has sparked frustration among some customers, as highlighted by an Australian TikToker, @breakfastshirts, who shared his
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“We are planning to expand the company by opening new vertical farms, adding new products, and entering various organic supermarket chains in the area. Additionally, it’s a dream to cross borders and open new Farmbrots facilities in other countries, and potentially continents,” says Oscar
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In recent months, the anti-inflation trolley has been one of the leading initiatives of the large-scale retail trade (click here to read more) but fruit and vegetables have almost always remained among the big losers; read more

ALDI Italia, part of the ALDI SÜD Group, a leading multinational in the large-scale retail trade, consolidates its presence in Lombardy, Piedmont and Veneto with the inauguration of three new points of sale, ready to welcome customers from Thursday 21 December.With
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On December 18th, Casino, Intermarché and Auchan announced that they have entered into exclusive negotiations for the “sale by the Casino group of almost all Casino hypermarkets and supermarkets to Groupement Les Mousquetaires and Auchan Retail, based on a fixed enterprise value of 1.35
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UK: Asda reveals higher finance costs as boss defends debt structure read more

Christmas time is herb time: in week 51 in particular, weekly markets, restaurants and supermarkets are trying to stock up on fresh cut herbs from all over the world, says Ahmed Bouklata, Managing Director of Kräuter Express and herb trader at Cologne's wholesale market. "It was still
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Conad is for the fifth year in a row the number one player in the Italian large-scale retail sector, according to the presentation of preliminary results for 2023, with the brand recording a total turnover of around EUR 20.2 billion, up 9.1% on 2022; read more

Asda has opened 81 new Express stores in December, the most it has ever completed in a month. read more

Last year, high energy prices meant there was little supply from those countries' greenhouses, so supermarkets had to switch to imports from Southern Europe. How are things looking this year? We approached Jumbo Netherlands for more insight into their supplies and strategies for the upcoming
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Morrisons: CEO warns business needs urgent overhaul to survive read more

At a time when growers are describing this year as one of the most challenging for a long time, with drought, rain, storms and more storms leading to waterlogged fields and crop being left in the ground, combined with increasing costs and little, if any increase in returns how can we be seeing a
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Nadorcott Protection (NCP) has escalated its action to protect the rights of the Nadorcott variety of mandarin, issuing its second wave of letters warning nine major UK supermarket retailers of the risks of selling Tango/Tang Gold mandarins. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, consumers in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan enjoy record low prices for popular citrus fruits as if this was some kind of a compensation for the record high prices for grapes due to abnormal frosts in January 2023. read more

Amazon wins $270mln tax fight with the EU read more