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Mondelez invests $24 million in Turkey
Mondelez International today announced plans to invest $24 million to increase capacity of its plant in Gebze, Turkey, to support growth in the company's global confectionery business. The Gebze plant pr...
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Delhaize opens distribution centre in Serbia
Belgian retailer Delhaize has opened a distribution centre in Stara Pazova, in Serbia, investing over €50 million and creating 750 jobs. The distribution centre has an area of 70,000 m2, with the ability to ...
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Nestle to launch new factory in Poland
Global holding Nestle will open a new pet food production plant in Poland in early 2015, the company said in a press release on Wednesday. The value of the investment is some PLN 300 million. The factory, lo...
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Tesco launches private label gadgets in Central Europe
Tesco launched a low-cost tablet under its own brand op3n dott. Sales started on 5 November in Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Following the UK launch of Hudl2 in October, Tesco has introdu...
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Delhaize Group revenues in Southeastern Europe increased by 3.7% in Q3
Delhaize Group revenues in Southeastern Europe increased by 3.7% to €751 million at actual rates (+4.3% at identical exchange rates), in the third quarter of 2014. The growth was mainly the result of store e...
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HUNGARY: Government considering to ban Sunday shopping
The Hungarian government will discuss new legislation that could ban supermarkets from opening on Sundays. The Christian Democratic People’s Party (KDNP), the minor ally of the ruling Fidesz party, tabled it...
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Tesco and PKN Orlen sign partnership and test service store format
Tesco and PKN ORLEN are testing a new convenience store format. The plan is to create 10 Tesco Express at selected Orlen service stations in Warsaw, Lodz and Krakow. The test programme will last for one year...
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Heinz might expand its Polish factory
Global food processing giant Heinz is said to be planning to carry out major investments in one of its Polish production plants. Heinz, now controlled by 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway, is going through a...
Read MorePOLAND: Selgros Cash&Carry opens new warehouse
Selgros Cash&Carry has inaugurated its new facilities in Lublin, the sixteenth of twenty planned Selgros warehouses in Poland. Its construction started in April this year and has lasted for six months. T...
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X5 Retail Group increases operating revenue
For the period from January to October 2014 net retail sales of X5 Retail Group in Russia have increased by 17.8%, amounting to 451.03 million rubles against 382.9 million rubles in the same period last year...
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