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...
US agri-food firm Cargill will consolidate its position in raw
materials - the building blocks for a range of common ingredients
also supplied by the company - with the acquisition of Italian firm
Pagnan.
Danish ingredients giant Chr Hansen is about to launch an intensive
research and marketing campaign across Eastern Europe to learn more
about local taste preferences and beat the opposition to one of the
world's most promising...
Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa are strong growth areas
for the flavours market while in western Europe low calorie and low
carb diets will continue to spur demand, claims a new report,
writes Lindsey Partos.
Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa are strong growth areas
for the flavours market while in western Europe low calorie and low
carb diets will continue to spur demand, claims a new report.
Poland is set to become the prime international market for Heineken
as Grupa Zywiec reports booming sales and profits for the first
half of the year. A strategy focusing on one brand for each beer
segment and concerted efforts to...
Duckworth Flavours says that following its acquisition by Cargill
at the start of the year it will now be focusing on supplying
ingredients to the eastern European markets in a bid to increase
its position in the European ingredients...
Ahold's management remains stoically bullish about the Dutch
retailer's chances of recovering from the double whammy of fraud
and poor performance, but the company's latest set of results show
that the journey is likely...
US-based agro-food giant Bunge says it is readying to resume production at its
newly acquired oilseed processing facility in southern Poland.
Bunge says that, tying in with Poland's accession to the EU, the
facility represents...
Unilever, currently the world's third largest food company, has
announced flat quarterly and half yearly results in Europe. But
despite the disappointment the results highlight a number of
sectors in central and eastern Europe...
Mayr-Melhof has confirmed the acquisition of a major folding carton
plant in St. Petersburg that will serve leading consumer industries
including the food and beverage sector.
Leading German ingredients provider Stern Wywiol says that its
ability to provide ingredient blending solutions for customers in
Eastern Europe is helping to buoy its results during a challenging
time for its domestic market. Simon...
The aisles were not brimming with people at the FI-CEE exhibition,
which opened its doors in Berlin today. But the general consensus
is that the show has been well targeted and that attendees are
there to do business, reports Simon...
Polish trading company Uno Fresco Tradex has announced an
initiative that combines nine medium-sized food and beverage
companies aiming to export their products to other eastern European
markets. Simon Pitman found out how the integration...
Eight former Communist countries from central and eastern Europe
will tomorrow join the European Union, the culmination of 15 years
of rapid economic and social development since the end of Soviet
rule. But with most of the leading...
A day before the enlargement of the EU, which will see eight
central and eastern European countries join the Union, one of
Europe's biggest retail groups, Metro, has reported first quarter
growth driven by an excellent performance...
A gathering of Russian ice cream producers in Moscow this week has
revealed the latest production and sales figures for one of the
country's most important food sectors. And it seems that demand for
the comfort product is still...
The Russian dairy market has seen phenomenal growth in recent
years, driven largely by the development of Wimm-Bill-Dann and
other western dairy companies. France-based dairy equpment supplier
Erca-Formseal shares its experiences...
Tetra Pak has been a pioneering force in the central and eastern
European food and beverage packaging sector. However, with
accession just around the corner a series of new challenges are
about to present themselves. We spoke to a...
Slovakia's sole salt producer Solivary, which is based in Presov,
in eastern Slovakia, has confirmed that it is to invest Slovak
crowns 700 million (€17 mn) in a new salt plant in Zbudza, near
Michalovce in eastern Slovakia.
The economic transformation of Russia and the CEE region is still
being led by the retail sector, according to a market report. For
the food retail sector, growth has been driven by the emergence of
big supermarket and hypermarket...
One of Romania's leading and longest established chocolate makers,
Excelent, has relaunched its Kandia branded chocolate under a
multi-million dollar investment. The money has also included an
extensive revamp of its production...
The EU food and drink industry proved highly resilient in 2002,
increasing overall volume sales by 1.8 per cent at a time when the
bloc's industrial output as a whole declined.
A move by US oil processor Bunge to purchase French oil seed
company Cereol looks set to push it into the number one slot, ahead
of Cargill, as the world's largest soybean processor. Ingredients
company Central Soya, a subsidiary...
Environment issues and e-commerce came under discussion when
FoodNavigator.com spoke with Hans Berggren, President of Lyckeby
Stärkelsen Food & Fibre AB, the Scandinavian supplier of
specialist starches.
