Sector | Retail
Foodstuffs signs deal with UK supermarket giant Tesco
James Lonsdale – The SPAR Group Ltd
GlobalG.A.P Changemaker award recognises rural farming project in Limpopo
ALDI’s Sandyford “Project Fresh” store has reopened its doors
Costco has surpassed €500mln in sales in Spain for the first time
The John Lewis Partnership reported a loss of £30mln
ALDI: Australia’s best supermarket for fruit and vegetables for 4th consecutive year
Campaign boosted fruit sales for Scottish retailers
Lulu Group aims to increase its food imports from India
Foodstuffs North Island has partnered with Tesco’s e-commerce consultancy business
Aldi reported a 16% rise in sales in Britain and Ireland
Aldi has announced its largest ever package of annual investment
Tesco is launching a new ecommerce initiative to compete with Ocado
Kaufland has opened the virtual doors of its marketplace in Austria
Seven & i rejects Couche-Tard's takeover offer
Just Eat and HelloFresh partner up
SPAR has sold its loss-making business in Poland
UEFA deal for Lidl
Just Eat has announced a nationwide partnership with REWE Group
Last attempt to preserve the wholesale centre fails to gain majority - wholesaler launch petition
Cologne wholesale market to be closed in 2025
Eroski has opened a new franchise supermarket in Gibraltar
Shoprite lifts annual profit by 7.2%
Australia:
Supermarkets cash despite cost of living
Tesco is facing potential strikes across its distribution network
Lidl Sweden will sell fruit and vegetables grown to classical music
Morrisons: Broccoli, potatoes still the same price or lower than those offered by Aldi and Lidl
Aldi Nord has announced the launch of a new campaign
Ocado and Coles: Launch of Australian CFCs
Sales of the healthy seasonal swede have soared 23% this year at Tesco
Majid Al Futtaim: Half year financial results
Coles: Robust rise in annual profit to $1.1bln
Waitrose is getting its mojo back
Dino Polska: 40.3% revenue from sales of fresh products, especially fruit and vegetables
Lidl Netherlands to permanently reduce prices on plant-based meat and dairy substitutes
ALDI: Australia’s best-rated supermarket for 7th consecutive year
Umall Asian Supermarket: Acquisition of Delish Deliveries
Landmark milestone for SPAR Kosova: 10th supermarket opens
Waitrose plans to open up to 100 convenience shops across UK over the next 5 years
Walmart has sold its entire JD.com stake to focus on its own China operations
Dutch business Koppert Cress gears up to promote its range to London chefs and consumers
Kiwi is reducing the prices of around 25 best-selling vegetables
Biedronka has announced the locations of its first 5 stores in Slovakia
Delhaize’s operating result went down
Norway guidelines advise that all meals should include fruits and vegetables
Alibaba Group: June quarter 2024 results
JD.com beats profit forecasts in second quarter
Morrisons is extending its partnership with Deliveroo
METRO continues to grow in all channels in the third quarter of 2023/24
Waitrose: New store concept at North London supermarket
Asda: Juicy deals ahead of August Bank Holiday Weekend!
HelloFresh released its financial results for Q2 2024
Covirán is eyeing potential acquisitions in Portugal
National Retail Report - Specialty Crops
Total US ad numbers this week were 285,699, a 3% decrease from last week
Wincanton has been awarded a five-year contract extension by Co-op
Tesco: Demand for blueberries has soared by 27% this year
Profit milestone for Deliveroo
Asda: 5.3% drop in Q2 like-for-like sales
The Wellington High Court has penalised Foodstuffs North Island
Coupang Inc swung to a net loss in the second quarter
Morrisons is extending its partnership with Too Good To Go
Instacart expands its smart Caper Carts to Europe with Aldi South Group
M&S: Food hall expansion
SGF’s HLP and Snappy Shopper: Free bananas every Wednesday throughout August
Bonus Nectar points to be collected by shopping for fruit and veg at Sainsbury’s
Tesco has bought an extra few hundred tons of British grown strawberries
Get out of the way!
Lidl's shipping line has grown its fleet
Jumbo saw its sales rise 1% to 6bln euros
Aldi has been named as Britain’s most popular supermarket
Lotte Mart will introduce peaches selected by artificial intelligence (AI)
Frischezentrum Frankfurt:
"Cucumber prices have roughly doubled within a week"
The Co-op Group launched one of its biggest ever campaigns
Sainsbury’s will donate 25p to Comic Relief for every purchase of selected fruit and veg
Morrisons: Customers can get a portion of free fruit alongside their breakfast
Studenac has agreed to acquire Slovenia’s Kea
No country in the world has as many internet users shopping online as the Netherlands - Report
End of an era for one of Australia’s oldest family groceries
Caprabo has set itself the target of reaching revenue of €900mln by 2026
GCA: Amazon could face probe over treatment of UK grocery suppliers
Tomato retail price expected to go down soon in the Philippines
Aldi’s first ever Crisp Taster
Pepco Group reported a worse-than-expected 4.3% fall in Q3 underlying revenue
Groupe Casino has renewed its partnership with the Sherpa Cooperative
Co-op has inked a new franchise agreement with EG On The Move
Aldi is set to open more than 10 new stores across the UK in the coming months
Ocado boosted Aeon's partnership with plans to build a third robotic warehouse
Asda scraps plans for ‘four-day week of 44 hours’ after staff left exhausted
In the last four years, the chain has increased its vegetable sales by 34.2%
In Spain, 85% of Aldi's vegetables are of domestic origin
International expansion pushes Aldi to record sales
Whole Foods isn't a 'whole paycheck' anymore, its cofounder says
Is sustainability still a choice, or is it becoming a purchasing condition?
National Retail Report - Specialty Crops
With 4th of July approaching, the number of advertisements has increased this week
'Shrinkflation' stickers come into force in French supermarkets
Sainsbury's reported a 3% rise in first-quarter underlying sales
Carrefour has finalized the acquisition of the Cora and Match banners in France
Asda: Record online grocery sales in 2023
Aldi is trialling the sale of crownless pineapples
