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Sector | Retail

Dreamstime
Globus Group closed its 2023/24 financial year with a ‘positive earnings performance’

Aldi is trialling 12 new loose fruit and vegetable lines

Musgrave Group reports record turnover in FY 2023

Lidl GB saw particularly strong category growth across its fresh produce

Continente further consolidated its market share

GVH has approved the sale of Auchan Hungary

Largest Checkers Hyper supermarket in South Africa has large fresh fruit and vegetable section

Lidl Hungary plans to increase the number of its stores

Dreamstime
Migros Zurich plans to restructure its German subsidiary tegut

Alibaba Group: September quarter 2024 results

Scandinavia visits:

“Retailers greatly appreciate the convenience of our extended shelf-life products”

Dreamstime
First store in Ghent to operate under the new name ‘Okay City’

JD.com: Third quarter 2024 results

El Corte Inglés reported double-digit growth in EBITDA

Coop Amba members form new company

More than a dozen Central Co-Op branches will shut their doors soon

Spar Hungary was awarded the title of 'Supermarket Chain of the Year 2024'

Dino Polska: Sales of fresh products generated 39.7% of revenue, including fruit and vegetables

Morrisons plans to open an additional 15 stores across Jersey, Guernsey and Alderney

Transgourmet expands in the city of Murcia: Six Suma supermarkets

Asda has announced its results for Q3

Iceland is closing its 10 stores across the Channel Islands

Lidl Cyprus: New initiative includes fruit and vegetables

Sainsbury’s claimed to be making “the biggest market share gains in the industry”

Sklavenitis Cyprus has finalised its acquisition of Papantoniou Supermarkets

US: BrightFresh announces new, Costco exclusive product

Deliveroo: Cucumber and Caesar salads making the UK’s top list

Ahold Delhaize reports third quarter results

"Pre-cut fruit will become more important than ready-to-eat fruit"

Bama wants to significantly increase the share of Norwegian fruit and vegetables in the coming years

Auchan is planning to cut more than 2,000 jobs: Media reports say

Carrefour ceases operations in Jordan

Sainsbury’s to add vertically farmed salads to its UK stores

Photo Report: Fresh produce department, Coop and Rema 1000 Norway

Grupo DIA reported gross sales of €1.8bln in Q3

Morrisons continues to stand shoulder to shoulder with UK farmers

Casino posted lower third quarter sales

Poundland: New £1 fresh produce stands

SPAR Gran Canaria sells approximately 2mln kilos of Canarian bananas per year

Jeronimo Martins posted a 7.1% drop in Q3 net profit

Grønt Fra Nord, Norway:

“Despite our ability to offer stable supply, we are following prices of imported lettuce”

Colruyt Group: New Okay City concept

Nabt raises $1.5mln seed for its B2B fresh produce marketplace

US: Sensei Farms announces partnership with Weis Markets

Asda’s ‘Buy UK’ page includes fruit and vegetables

ARD Discount opened its first store in Malta

HelloFresh raised the lower end of its guidance on adjusted core profit

Pick n Pay will exit Nigeria

Caprabo is 'making progress' on its expansion plans for 2024

Alcampo has unveiled its Customer Fulfillment Centre operated by Ocado

FairPrice Group announced a milestone

Carrefour: Shoppers are buying more organic and branded products in Q3

Amazon: Same-Day Delivery expands to over 80 towns and cities in the UK

Aldi plans to open around 20 new stores in Spain in Q4

METRO: Positive sales growth in Q4 2023/24

Consum is confident of achieving a new record year in terms of sales and profits

Lulu Retail kicked off one of UAE's largest IPOs this year

Consum has acquired nine supermarkets

Aldi has opened a new store, featuring its new concept

Shwapno has decided to purchase vegetables directly from farmers

METRO celebrates 60th anniversary

Lidl Denmark: VAT reduction increases sales of fruit and vegetables significantly

Co-op to add vertically farmed salad to its UK stores

Just Eat Takeaway missed expectations for Q3 gross transaction value

Morrisons expands Uber Eats partnership, adding more than 400 supermarkets to platform

Gujarat’s first cooperative supermarket opened in Ahmedabad

Spencer’s Retail exclusively offering Pluckk’s premium produce

SPAR Croatia opened its new logistics centre

Sainsbury’s Lab store in Cobham offers more fruit and vegetables

Global agreement to develop certified compostable Price Look Up (PLU) stickers for fresh produce

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

Dreamstime
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