The world’s first ‘start-up supermarket’ KaDeTe will open in Berlin next month. But what exactly does this mean and what will it bring to the market? FoodNavigator speaks to founders Franziska Schetter and Ola Klöckner to find out more.
The UAE’s LuLu Group is investing US$400m in a food processing plant, a logistics and processing unit for fruit and vegetable produce, and a mega shopping mall in India’s state of Telangana.
Enterprise Ireland invited executives from major US retailers to stay an extra day following the Navy-Notre Dame football game in Dublin on Sunday to meet with Irish consumer goods companies that have potential to expand their presence in the US market.
Independent High Street shops could be eradicated by 2015 unless
leading supermarkets limit their expansion into the convenience
sector, according to the Forum for Private Businesses (FPB).
Although Russia's food retail market is set to become the largest
on the continent, it will be a tough market for western European
food processors to crack.
Food makers and their suppliers will be wise to continue their
drive into Asian markets, with a new report revealing the region
will grow to achieve a 41 per cent slice of the global food retail
market in 2020, a leap from 33 per...
Migros, the Swiss co-operative food retail group, is to carry out a
review of head office functions with a view to cutting costs by up
to 15 per cent. The Swiss retail market has been hit by recession
this year, and cost reduction...
The dominance of the multiple retailers in the UK has had a
devastating effect on the specialist retail sector there, with the
massive buying power of the major chains allowing them to undercut
independent operators at the same time...
The dominance of the multiple retailers in the UK has had a
devastating effect on the specialist retail sector there, with the
massive buying power of the major chains allowing them to undercut
independent operators at the same time...
Further predicted growth in the Russian retail sector, driven in
part by the arrival of foreign groups such as Metro, has prompted
one local player to take out a major loan to help it play its part
in the expansion.
The acquisition by Carrefour of the outstanding shares in its
Spanish unit, Centros Commerciales Carrefour, will not include the
8 per cent held by Guyenne & Gascogne, long-time franchise
partner of the French retail giant.
