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Krispy Kreme looks to Russian market

  • Friday, 17 February 2012
  • food market
The Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corporation Company from Winston-Salem, USA, is considering expansion into Russia. According to the Russian press, the company is looking for franchisees. "The situation on the market is favorable for new chains with good ma...Read more …

Auchan und Leclerc: new organic store concept

  • Thursday, 26 January 2012
  • food market
The two French retailers Auchan and Leclerc are working towards developing a new organic store concept in France that will offer both natural and fresh products. According to a local specialized magazine, LSA, Socobio – Auchan's organic subsidized ...Read more …

Burton’s Foods: from the UK to Canada

  • Tuesday, 24 January 2012
  • food market
The Burton’s Foods Limited Company from St. Albans, UK, has signed a deal to distribute its brands such as Cadbury Fingers with Loblaw, one of the largest food retailers in Canada, with over 1,400 supermarkets . From early this year, a total of 11 ...Read more …

Mercator acquires Vesna

  • Wednesday, 11 January 2012
  • food market
Slovenia’s largest retailer Poslovni sistem Mercator d.d. from Ljubljana announced that it has signed a strategic combination agreements according to which the company will become the owner of 100% shareholding in the Slovenian company Vesna, Trgov...Read more …

Ahold to enter Germany in 2012

  • Wednesday, 14 December 2011
  • food market
Ah = Abert Heijn; one can find this supermarkets’ logo everywhere in the Netherlands - and maybe soon in Germany, as the Ahold Group from Amsterdam, the Dutch retail giant, plans to move into Germany next year and open with stores similar to its do...Read more …

Stevia approved in Europe

  • Monday, 28 November 2011
  • food market
As of 11th November 2011, the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1131/2011 has approved steviol glycosides – extracted from the leaves of the Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plant - as new food additives. The EFSA (European Food Safety Authority) concluded in...Read more …

Retail: conflict in Australia

  • Wednesday, 23 November 2011
  • food market
In Australia, two large companies, Woolworth and Coles control the market. Naturally, the Australian food industry finds this kind of dependency less than appealing. However, there are major concerns now as Woolworths has announced plans to focus on ...Read more …

Goodman Fielder: 3 in 1

  • Monday, 17 October 2011
  • food market
As New Zealand’s newspapers announced, the Goodman Fielder Limited Company from Sydney, Australia’s leading food manufacturer, will merge its New Zealand baking, dairy and home ingredients businesses into one single business. The new company is l...Read more …

Korea: Shopping per smartphone

  • Thursday, 29 September 2011
  • food market
The retailer Tesco PLC from Cheshunt, UK, has offered its customers in Korea an innovative convenience concept named the "Homeplus Subway Virtual Store”: The walls of the Seonreung subway station in downtown Seoul display virtual pictures of over 5...Read more …

No honey with GMO-pollen in Germany

  • Wednesday, 7 September 2011
  • food market
Yesterday, the European high court made a remarkable decision. Honey containing traces of genetically-modified (GM) products, even if unintentional, "must always be regarded as a food produced from a GMO." An organic farmer from Bavaria whose bees co...Read more …