Cacanska Banka in Serbia is the first bank to receive a loan under
the EBRD's latest facility supporting small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs) across western Balkan countries.
Food retailers often find themselves accused of preying on other
players the food chain - exerting undue pressure on suppliers,
destroying local community jobs by opening new stores and impacting
the environment by opening them in...
Cloetta Fazer Group, the Stockholm-listed Swedish-Finnish
confectionery group, says it is planning to tap into the huge
potential of the Poland market. According to CEO Karsten Slotte,
the company is set to play a role in the consolidation...
After several years of gains, growth in the Russian confectionery
market looks set to slow over the next six years or so, with only
premium chocolate products likely to bring big returns.
Despite a testing global economic climate, sales remained steady
and earnings before interest and taxes rose for German speciality
chemicals company Degussa in the first quarter of 2003. But guarded
optimism remains for 2003.
A new report investigating the shopping habits of consumers across
Europe finds that while eating out is still seen as a luxury, and
will be affected by recessionary consumers, food purchasing is the
last area to be included in an...
