Portugal: Auchan to begin selling Waitrose products
Waitrose and Auchan have signed an agreement which will see the French-based retail group begin to sell Waitrose brand products in six Auchan stores across Portugal, Talking Retail reports. The agreement will see over 100 private label Waitrose groceries and chilled products made available in six stores in Lisbon and across the Portuguese region of […]
France: Groupe Casino Q2 sales boosted by international performance
French supermarket group Groupe Casino has released its financial results for the second quarter of 2014, with headline sales at €11.4 billion ($15.5 billion) across the group. Organic growth was reportedly up 6.5% compared to the same period of 2013. While sales were essentially flat in Casino’s domestic market, the group posted stronger growth in […]
UK: Unilever divests Slim-Fast brand
Unilever has announced that it has sold its weight-loss brand range Slim-Fast to the private equity firm Kainos Capital for an undisclosed sum. The transaction, which includes the Slim-Fast trademark and the global Slim-Fast business portfolio, will see Unilever retain a minority stake in the business, the company announced in a statement. The brand is […]
Germany: Archer Daniels Midland acquires Wild Flavors
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), a food processing and commodity-trading business based in the USA, has purchased the German flavour and fragrance company Wild Flavors. Announcing the acquisition in a statement, ADM said that the deal was an all-cash transaction valued at approximately €2.3 billion ($3.1 billion) enterprise value, including the assumption of €0.1 billion ($0.14 billion) […]
UK: Quintessential Brands acquires Marblehead
Quintessential Brands reports that is has acquired Marblehead, the brand development and distribution company. Both companies had been operating in partnership since 2013. Ypioca Cachaca, Don Papa Rum and Domaine de Canton Ginger Liqueur are among brands recently added to the Marblehead portfolio. Marblehead also distributes the Quintessential gin brands Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin and […]
UK: Boots launches personalised app
UK health & beauty retailer Boots has recently launched a digital app which personalises deals for consumers based on their shopping habits. According to Retail Gazette, the app works in conjunction with the company’s advantage card and will offer customers an alternative to paper coupons within the My Offer feature. Ruth Spencer, Boots Loyalty and […]
France: Intermarche develops private label fruit and vegetable brand
French supermarket giant Intermarche has announced that it is expanding its own brand of fruit and vegetables called Mon Marche Plaisir (“My Market of Pleasure”). According to Fresh Plaza, the retailer is targeting an increase of turnover in the category to €170 million ($231 million), in order to reach 15% market share by 2015 and […]
Finland: Fazer Group to close two factories
Finnish bakery company Fazer Group is to close two of its production facilities in response to falling bread consumption in the country, Yle reports. The firm, which concluded its co-determination negotiations at the end of June, is planning to shut its facilites at Ulvila and Hyvinkaa in the south of Finland. The move will affect […]
Turkey: Ferrero buys nut producer Oltan Gida
Oltan Gida, the largest hazelnut company in Turkey, has been acquired by Italian confectionery firm Ferrero, according to reports. Oltan Gida has been the largest hazelnut exporter in Turkey since 2002, and in 2013 achieved sales of $500 million and total exports of 68,000 tonnes. Earlier this year the company invested TL 100 million in […]
UK: Peter’s Foods Services enters retail frozen food
Pastry manufacturer Peter’s Food Services has extended its reach into retail frozen products for the first time with the launch of pork sausages exclusively in Tesco stores. Although widely available in foodservice for many years, the Tesco launch is the first time Peter’s sausages will be available for the public to purchase and cook at […]