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Rewe investing in online
Rewe is expanding its online service as well as investing in improving its logistics capabilities. Rewe's pick up service for online grocery orders will be expanded and it aims to offer it in every Germa...
Read MoreUnilever posts first-quarter sales growth amid spreads sell-off
Unilever has reported first-quarter turnover of 13.3 billion euros– up 6.1% – just two weeks after confirming that it would sell its spreads business. The company confirmed at the start of the month tha...
Read MoreMondelēz invests 75 million pounds in four new production lines
Mondelēz International has unveiled four new production lines at its Bournville chocolate factory in the UK – the result of 75 million pounds worth of investment. Two of the new lines will be dedicated t...
Read MoreMakro Cash & Carry to build semi-automated DC in Prague
Czech developer CTP Invest has signed a lease agreement with Makro Cash & Carry, for about 53,000 sqm of warehouse and office space at the strategically located CTPark Prague North. The transaction ranks...
Read MoreAuchan deploys My Auchan store format in Portugal
Auchan has opened its first convenience store in Portugal, located in Lisbon. With a total area of 430 square metres, the store consists of three distinct zones: market, fast food and high consumption produc...
Read MoreWestern European FMCG market grew by 4.3 billion euros in 2016: Nielsen
Consumers in Western Europe last year spent an extra 4.3 billion euros on FMCG in the grocery retail channel, an increase of 0.9% compared to 2015. The data, from Nielsen’s Strategic Planner, ...
Read MoreReckitt Benckiser reviewing options for food business
British consumer goods producer Reckitt Benckiser is reviewing strategic options for its small food business, it said on Monday, as it seeks to pay down debt following its planned 16.6 billion dollars purcha...
Read MoreBilla Austria launches eBike delivery service in Vienna
Supermarket chain Billa has launched the first eBike home-delivery service in Vienna, in collaboration with an Austrian start-up company, ‘gleam technologies GmbH’. The electronic motor-assisted cargo-bike c...
Read MoreHeineken invests 9.3 million euros in expansion in France
Heineken will invest 9.3 million euros in a new packaging line at its brewery near Strasbourg, in France. The site at Schiltigheim – in the eastern region of Alsace – will benefit from an expansion to its ex...
Read MoreLidl announces CEO exit over strategy differences
Lidl has replaced its CEO for the second time in three years. Sven Siedel, who replaced Karl-Heinz Holland in 2014 after "unbridgeable" future strategy differences, has left the business. When Seidel was app...
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