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Auchan Portugal Introduces Autonomous Robot To Improve Services

Auchan Portugal Introduces Autonomous Robot To Improve Services

Auchan Retail Portugal is testing an autonomous robot capable of identifying out of stock items and detecting problems in the price labels of products in store shelves, according to a report in Jornal Econom...

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Unilever increases profit, puts teas up for sale

Unilever increases profit, puts teas up for sale

Unilever has exceeded expectations last semester: profit grew even during the height of the Covid-19 crisis. Still, the company decided to divest (most of) its tea segment.   Despite the global ...

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Lidl Plus launches in Ireland

Lidl Plus launches in Ireland

The Republic of Ireland has become the tenth country where Lidl has launched its loyalty app, Lidl Plus.   What is it? The Lidl Plus app offers the following features:   Wee...

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PepsiCo sells more snacks, fewer soft drinks

PepsiCo sells more snacks, fewer soft drinks

PepsiCo saw its turnover drop 3.1 % in the three months until 13 June, but took heart from the encouraging sales growth of its cereals.   PepsiCo's quarterly turnover went down to 15.95 billion ...

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Carrefour hopes to save loss-making hypermarkets with technology

Carrefour hopes to save loss-making hypermarkets with technology

More than half of the French Carrefour hypermarkets are loss-making. The supermarket group is investing in mobile payment options and an Amazon Go variant to make shopping as easy as possible.   ...

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Britain wants to ban promotions on junk food

Britain wants to ban promotions on junk food

British Prime Minister Boris Johnsons launches an assault on obesity: he wants to ban promotions for unhealthy food in supermarkets. The corona crisis has strengthened his conviction, he says.   ...

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Latest rapid delivery developments

Latest rapid delivery developments

Asda is partnering with Uber Eats to offer grocery delivery in 30 minutes. Meanwhile, Uber is also launching an on-demand delivery service in Latin America and Canada. Asda trial Asda is launching a ...

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Carrefour France marketplace sees low-key launch

Carrefour France marketplace sees low-key launch

Carrefour France has launched an online marketplace for third party vendors to sell products via its main carrefour.fr portal. Sellers will be subject to continuous evaluation in order to meet the Marketplac...

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Mercadona pursues sale and leaseback on 27 stores

Mercadona pursues sale and leaseback on 27 stores

While Mercadona owns majority of the store properties it operates, but has decided to enhance its liquidity by putting up 36 assets in March 2020 for sale. The Spanish supermarket giant is now in talks ...

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German retailers to pass VAT cut on to shoppers

German retailers to pass VAT cut on to shoppers

Germany’s federal government has decided to lower VAT as part of a post-pandemic economic stimulus package. Leading retailers Aldi Nord and Süd, Lidl, Kaufland, Edeka and Rewe and other operators have all an...

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