Sector | Retail
The biggest shareholder in Sainsbury's cuts holding
Asda: Munchkin Pumpkin now on offer for 49p
Eurocash Group has created a retail purchasing group
Waitrose has partnered with Just Eat
UK: Sainsbury's begins selling "peat-free" mushrooms
Morrisons: Christmas recruitment drive
Tesco: £4mln of fruit and vegetables to 400 schools this year
Lidl Europe's leading exporter of Italian fruits and vegetables
OCU: Fruits and vegetables saw the most significant price increase in Spain
More than 70 retailers, including Tesco, Marks & Spencer and Ikea, are lobbying the chancellor
Merqato has secured fresh funding to empower fruit and vegetable companies with its AI platform
Italian supermarket adds vertical farm-grown salads to its offering
Groupe Casino will now focus on its convenience brands and also closed the sale of Codim 2
2GO partners with Bankerohan to deliver fresh Davao fruits to any part of the Philippines
US: BrightFresh Microgreens is expanding with Walmart
M&S: Festive recruitment drive to fill over 11,000 Christmas roles
Tesco: Sales growth after rise in premium shoppers
Switzerland:
Basil from local, vertical cultivation now available in over 100 Migros shops in Zurich
Salling Fondene has acquired 100% ownership of Salling Group
Solucious to acquire 100% of the shares of Délidis
US: Oishii berries to come to Chicago Whole Foods Stores
The Commerce Commission has given the proposed Foodstuffs merger a resounding no
Fresh fruits and vegetables platform Pluckk has acquired Upnourish
Aldi’s Dutch trial will soon come to an end
Acquisition of Cora by Carrefour enters a new phase
Iceland partners with Deliveroo
Morrisons has updated investors on its Q3 performance
Colruyt Group has acquired a 45.65% stake in BON
Maiora has finalised the acquisition of the Regina Group
Lidl is a major buyer of fruits and vegetables in Spain
Co-op Group reported a profit in the first half
Coles is trialling free cardboard boxes to carry fresh fruit and veg
MINISO expects to become the largest single shareholder of Yonghui
Globus announces deal with Kaufland
Colruyt will open its first Professionals store in Wallonia
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
Eroski has opened a new franchise supermarket in Gibraltar
Shoprite lifts annual profit by 7.2%
Tesco is facing potential strikes across its distribution network
Lidl Sweden will sell fruit and vegetables grown to classical music
More Manx potatoes will be stocked by Tesco
Sainsbury’s to acquire 10 Homebase stores with plans to convert them into new supermarkets
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
US: Plenty and 7-Eleven make ready-to-eat salads available to Californians
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
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!
US: Local Bounti now shipping product to Brookshire Grocery Company
HelloFresh released its financial results for Q2 2024
Covirán is eyeing potential acquisitions in Portugal
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
Japan: Low-potassium lettuce sold at triple price of ‘regular’ produce
Morrisons is extending its partnership with Too Good To Go
Instacart expands its smart Caper Carts to Europe with Aldi South Group
Japan: Collaborative network allows for more sales opportunities and less risks
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