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Sector | Retail

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Conad: Turnover of 4.5% increase compared to the previous year

Coupang plans to more than double the purchase of strawberries this season

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Farmery launches fresh fruits & vegetables range

Choppies supermarkets will be rebranded as Sai Mart in the coming weeks

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Lidl and Aldi have substantially expanded in Spain over the past five years - Report

Tesco: 2,000 more stores than in 2023 giving away free carrots for Rudolph this Christmas

Aldi study: Gen Z and Millennials are turning their back on Brussels sprouts and chestnuts

Aldi planning to invest £650mln expansion in the UK next year

Gopuff is launching ‘Santa Hours’

Tesco is reducing the price of carrots and parsnips to 15p a bag for Clubcard holders

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Carrefour’s bid to acquire parent company of BM Supermercados chain has been rejected

Asda will be reducing the prices of key Christmas veg lines to just 15p

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Sainsbury’s first ever shop to be located at an airport

Lidl to slash price of Christmas veg to 15p

Applegreen is bringing partnership with M&S Food to Northern Ireland

Carrefour’s first 24/7 express delivery service in Dubai

NIQ: Marks & Spencer's food business has entered Christmas trading with momentum

Increased competition in the Belgian food market continues to hamper Colruyt Group

Spar Hungary: Milestone opening of 300th independent retailer operated store

Monoprix plans to make its debut in Egypt next year

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Lidl has opened six state-of-the-art stores nationwide

Woolworths New Zealand: 100th store

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Gruppo Selex achieved a turnover of €21.1bln in 2024

Aldi will slash prices on its festive veg staples to just 15p

Snappy Shopper has announced a major expansion of its partnership with One Stop

Brussels sprouts, carrots, parsnips, white potatoes, swede, white cabbages and red cabbages just 15p at Sainsbury’s

Ramon Oudhaarlem - DeliNova (Curaçao)

"The Netherlands remains our preferred source for fresh produce imports despite the distance"

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Migros Zürich has set its German subsidiary Tegut a deadline until the end of 2026

A new Enterprise Agreement at Woolworths Group’s HCFDC has been agreed by the team

Tesco Ireland has opened its 180th store

Just Eat Takeaway.com will proceed with its intention to cease operations in France

Shoppers are more likely to pick up an individual banana if there is an appeal to empathy - Study

Greenfood: First time the group is establishing its fruit and vegetable offering in Norway

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Tesco Christmas centrepieces "that really do make vegetables the star of the show"

In the festive month, Colruyt sells an average of 400 tons of fresh mushrooms

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Allplants is seeking a rescue deal after calling in administrators

ALDI Nord is offering an exclusive apple variety

Demand up for organic lettuce ahead of Thanksgiving

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Tesco is planning another 150 Express stores in the next three years

Aldi Ireland has reported higher sales figures

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M&S Food opens its first-ever store in Northern Ireland

Just Eat Food Trends Report: Sales of Co-op salad tomatoes have soared by 103%

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

Aldi is trialling 12 new loose fruit and vegetable lines

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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

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

Lidl Hungary plans to increase the number of its stores

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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”

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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

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Transgourmet expands in the city of Murcia: Six Suma supermarkets

Asda has announced its results for Q3

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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

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Casino posted lower third quarter sales

Poundland: New £1 fresh produce stands

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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

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

ARD Discount opened its first store in Malta

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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

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

Consum has acquired nine supermarkets

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Aldi has opened a new store, featuring its new concept

Shwapno has decided to purchase vegetables directly from farmers

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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

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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

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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

US: BrightFresh Microgreens is expanding with Walmart

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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

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

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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

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The Commerce Commission has given the proposed Foodstuffs merger a resounding no

Fresh fruits and vegetables platform Pluckk has acquired Upnourish