Intermarché wants to overtake Colruyt in Wallonia and Brussels
Spain: José Antonio Benito Díaz elected as new president of Covirán
The board of directors of the Spanish cooperative and supermarket chain Covirán has elected José Antonio Benito Díaz as its new chairman. Benito Díaz has extensive missing person experience and a long track record within Covirán.
Source: esmmagazine.com
Italy: Conad opens new store in Rome
Italian retailer Conad has opened a new store in Via Vittorino Cannavina in a suburb of Rome. In a statement, the retailer said the Lazio region will take full advantage. The supermarket will offer its customers a wide range of fruit and vegetable products from the Consortium “Ori del Lazio”, along with other local products.
Source: esmmagazine.com
Veg of Lund receives a European patent to protect the company’s plant-based potato drink
The European Patent Office has notified Veg of Lund AB that the agency intends to approve the patent “Vegan Potato Emulsion” (EP3687298), which describes the company’s plant-based unique milk alternative. This means that the previous application protection of the European market is checked, which 39 countries can expire. Veg of Lund’s patent portfolio has been strengthened by the announcement of the European Patent Office and covers the company’s substantiated drink based on a combination of potatoes, rapeseed oil and a vegetable protein in the form of an emulsion. The drink is sold under the DUG brand in several European countries.
Source: ir.dugdrinks.com
UK: Ocado Retail customers buy less per order as cost of living rises
According to British online supermarket Ocado Retail, its customers bought fewer items per order in the run-up to Christmas in response to the cost of living. The company, a 50:50 joint venture between Ocado Group and Marks & Spencer, said it reported sales up 0.3% in the fourth quarter through Nov. 27 and 15% in the five days leading up to Christmas. Ocado Retailer sales fell 3.8% to €2.5bn for the full year 2021-22. Core earnings, or EBITDA, were targeted for the full year at near break-even, in line with expectations.
Source: Reuters. com
Belgium: Intermarché wants to overtake Colruyt in Wallonia and Brussels
Mestdagh CEO Guillame Beuscart has no lack of ambition: his 86 supermarkets that have joined the Intermarché chain are well positioned to double their turnover under the new brand. This should enable the French retailer to pick up and acquire Colruyt in French-speaking Belgium.
Source: retaildetail.eu
UK: Aldi expands Plant Menu ‘Food To Go’ range with new products from just €2.03
Aldi is catering to the small number of vegans in the UK with a brand new range of plant-based sandwiches hitting stores just in time for vegans. So customers following a plant-based diet or just trying it out for the New Year will be happy with their new lunch break options. From just € 2.03, these delicious treats are now available in stores.
Source: aldipresscentre.co.uk
Germany: New buyer for Galeria stores
A new candidate has emerged to take over a “significant” number of Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof stores. A newcomer, Aachener, is interested in some of the locations currently occupied by the ailing German department store chain.
Source: retaildetail.eu
Northern Ireland: Portadown food company benefits from strategic focus on local sourcing
Yellow Door was founded by the late chef Simon Dougan, one of NI’s well-known culinary ‘stars’, and run with wife Jilly and other family members. Yellow Door now grows “a variety of lettuce leaves, somewhat tender and hardy herbs, edible flowers, rhubarb, soft fruit and has an orchard of apples, plums and pears,” said Jilly, who is also known for her horticultural presentations at the RUAS trade fair in Balmoral Park and other food and horticultural events.
Source: newsletter.nl
Italy: Unicoop Firenze will generate a turnover of €2.6 billion in 2022
Italian regional cooperative and supermarket operator Unicoop Firenze posted a turnover of €2.6 billion in its 2022 financial year, an increase of 8.6% compared to 2021.
Source: esmmagazine.com