The Estonian Brewers' Association is concerned that a requirement
to buy back empty beer cans for recycling could get out of hand
once the country joins the EU in May. Trans-border purchases of
beer, already very high, will increase...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has invested
in a number of food and drink business in central and eastern
Europe in recent weeks, but its latest move there is in fact a
disposal rather than an investment.
Kalev, Estonia's leading confectionery producers, has acquired 99.1
per cent of compatriot Jarle, a producer of sweet and savoury baked
goods, according to the Baltic News Service.
Two of Scandinavia's leading retail groups announced last week that
they were to form a new joint venture in Latvia, Lithuania and
Estonia prior to those three countries joining the EU in May next
year.
Two of the leading Nordic food retail groups, Finland's Kesko and
Sweden's Axfood, announced good results last week, helped by growth
both at home and abroad.
Estonia said on Friday it imposed a five-year ban on imports of
live cattle and beef from neighbouring Finland after tests on a
slaughtered Finnish cow suspected of having mad cow disease proved
positive.