New voluntary screening and voluntary 'No GMO!' labelling is
driving up food prices in Moscow, according to reports, with food
manufacturers complaining that the voluntary certification is
becoming mandatory for companies...
Finnish bakery group Fazer has bought its way in to Moscow to take
advantage of the growing demand among restaurants for bake-off
bread products and frozen dough, reports Chris Mercer.
Perfetti Van Melle (PVM), the Dutch-Italian confectionery producer,
is to open a new production facility in the Moscow region as it
seeks to exploit market growth and narrow the gap with rival
producers already established there,...
Russian market research company Market Advice has conducted an
extensive study into sauce preferences in the country's capital.
The study reveals that mayonnaise remains a firm number one, with
leading condiment maker Unilever...
Russian retailer Ramenka has announced plans to increase
investments in its Ramstore supermarket chain for 2004 by
approximately 30 per cent to $130 million.
Market Advice has carried out an in-depth analysis of the Moscow
sausage market. The organisation interviewed the sales and
marketing departments of the top 20 largest traders of sausages
& related products in the region.
A dispute over the rights to one of Russia's best-known brands,
Stolichnaya, has spread to Germany where the vodka and other brands
owned by the SPI Group have been banned from sale.
Andreas Schlapfer, head of Nestle Russia, is to leave to head
Nestle France. When he arrived in 1995 Nestle carried just two
products in Russia, in contrast...