Supermarket managers in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are
cutting corners and risking consumer health by selling out-of-date
produce to achieve strict targets.
Ahold's acquisition of 56 stores in the Czech Republic is part of
the company's plans to expand its position in central Europe
following its complete withdrawal from the Spanish and Asian
markets.
Grain overproduction across Eastern Europe has brought down prices
and still threatens to disrupt European markets after the first
round of EU intervention bargaining brings little relief for the
Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland,...
Prague's Institute of Chemical Technology is home to one of
Europe's leading food technology departments, which has helped put
the Czech Republic at the cutting edge of food R&D, writes
Anthony Fletcher.
EU accession has been the Czech food industry's biggest challenge
since the fall of the Communist regime in 1989, bringing with it
new challenges and threats, writes Anthony Fletcher.
The Czech Republic, the first CEE country to be admitted into the
OECD, has attracted a large amount of foreign direct investment
(FDI) since 1990, making it the most successful new member state in
terms of FDI per capita, writes...
Prague's Institute of Chemical Technology is home to one of
Europe's leading food technology departments, which has helped put
the Czech Republic at the cutting edge of food R&D, writes
Anthon Fletcher.
CEE-foodindustry.com was in Prague last week to report from
a country with one of the strongest economies of all the new member
states - a position it fully intends to exploit in the coming
years, writes Anthony Fletcher.
Strong sales growth at a young, up-market coffee and sandwich chain
in Poland, Latvia and the Czech Republic reveals opportunities for
suppliers and retailers as rising economic prosperity points to a
growing eastern European 'Starbucks...
The rise of snacks as grazing food has seen the Czech Republic,
recently identified by the European Commission as having the
longest working hours in Europe, emerge as one of the region's most
dynamic savoury snacks markets,...
A young, up-market coffee and sandwich chain has used a steady
sales rise and promising economic growth in host countries Poland,
Latvia and the Czech Republic to defend its policy of working at a
loss to pursue aggressive expansion...
As central Europe sits out a cool summer, beverage manufacturers
across the region are reporting sales well down on last year - a
bumper year in which temperatures hit record highs.
Backed up by strong growth in the Czech and Slovakian markets, soft
drinks manufacturer Kofola has announced a 30 per cent increase in sales
turnover as it launches a series of new brands and extends its
reach into other markets in...
Czech brewer Ostravar says it is planning to enter into the Polish
market in the coming months. The brewer says it wants to start
exporting Ostravar beer to Poland, where it will concentrate on the
Warsaw metropolitan region from...
Just as sales of Polish meat and dairy products have boomed
following the country's accession to Europe, fruit producers are
also reporting booming sales of apples, cherries, raspberries and
strawberries to the rest of the European.
Swiss chemicals company Lonza has opened up a new facility in the
Czech Republic which adds to the company €117 million of investment
into biotechnology products for the food and pharmaceutical
industries.
Delhaize, the Belgium-based supermarket group, last week launched a
new pan-European brand which it hopes will cater for the increasing
demand for low cost, everyday products.
Food Ingredients Central and Eastern Europe is due to open its
doors next Tuesday, 25 May for a three-day event held at the German
capital's Messe Berlin exhibition hall, where Simon Pitman
will be reporting on the all the news.
Eastern European countries are starting to experience major growth
in the organic food market on the back of growing domestic demand
and exportation to western Europe. Simon Pitman spoke to the
Organic Monitor to find out more.
Hypermarkets and discount stores are likely to increase their share
of the grocery retail market in central and eastern Europe in the
years following European Union accession, according to a recent
study of shopping habits in the...
The packaging sector is becoming increasingly important in the
accession countries, according to a new report from MINEFI -
DREE elargissement. And leading the way is the agrofood and
mass retailing industry - the mainstay of the...
The growth in sales of exported Plzensky Prazdroj beer in 2003 has
meant that the group is in a good position as the Czech Republic
readies for EU accession in May. The accession will give the
company a better position in the European...
Hypermarkets may be the domain of foreign rather than domestic
retailers in the Czech Republic but this does not appear to concern
most consumers there when it comes to their weekly shop.
Czech food and cosmetics giant Setuza has said that it is gearing
up to spend a total of CZK 150 million (€4.6m) by the end of April
2004 on the reconstruction and modernisation of its plants in Usti
nad Labem and Olomouc.
Budejovicky Budvar, the Czech brewer, should be allowed the sole
rights to the Budweiser and Bud names in Austria if it can be shown
that both terms are linked inextricably with the town of Budweis,
according to a ruling by Europe's...
Tesco is to appeal against an 'incomprehensible' ruling by the
Czech courts which appears to give a Czech businessman the right to
seize its assets in payment of an alleged debt.
Ahold is to publish its audited results for 2002 on Thursday -
restated following the revelation of accounting fraud earlier in
the year. The figures are unlikely to make encouraging reading, and
shareholders and investors alike will...
Food ingredients giant Danisco invests further in Mexico, and
pectin, with the announcement this week that is to construct a DKK
40 million production plant for speciality pectin in Tecomán,
Mexico.