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On the Money: Carrefour details revitalisation plans

By: Petah Marian | 1 September 2010

Carrefour CEO Lars Olofsson has revealed more of the company's plans to revitalise the hypermarket format and revive flagging sales in its French home market and across the rest of Europe.

On the money: Heinz plans "aggresive" emerging market spend

By: Michelle Russell | 1 September 2010

HJ Heinz said it will continue to invest "aggressively" in emerging markets as it eyes possible M&A opportunities.

Best Bits: Carrefour swings back into profit

By: Petah Marian | 31 August 2010

Carrefour's reinvention attempts took on new vigour as it launched two Carrefour 'Planet' stores in France last week. The company said the test stores have been redesigned and adapted to customers' needs in a bid to deliver "a new experience of shopping comfort, ease and pleasure".

US: Government set to unveil children's advertising guidelines

By: Ben Cooper | 27 August 2010

The official publication of proposed voluntary US government guidelines for advertising food to children has been delayed but is now expected to happen next month. Food industry representatives were critical of the draft guidelines released in December, Ben Cooper writes, and may find the final proposals no more to their liking.

Analysis: Confectionery industry weathers difficult Russian market

By: Michelle Russell | 27 August 2010

Rising raw material prices and the downturn in the economy has resulted in weak growth in the Russian chocolate market and a loss of consumer confidence.

just the facts: Egyptian grocery retailing

By: just-food.com | 26 August 2010

Marks & Spencer plans to open its first store in Egypt later this year with franchise partner Al Futtaim. just-food takes this opportunity to take a deeper look at the Egyptian super and hypermarket sectors with the help of research partner Euromonitor.

Thailand: PTT interested in Carrefour assets

By: just-food.com | 20 August 2010

Thailand's biggest energy company PTT has said it is interested in bidding on Carrefour's Thai assets.

Editor's choice: the highlights on just-food this week

By: just-food.com | 20 August 2010

Wal-Mart posted its second quarter results this week, and to the relief of many manufacturers it announced it is looking to return a number of products that were delisted as part of its Project Impact initiative.

US food brands must learn to live with private label

By: Ben Cooper | 18 August 2010

Private label sales have been growing in the US for a number of years and have been further boosted by the recession. Branded manufacturers have to fight back, but how? Ben Cooper went in search of some answers.

On the money: Wal-Mart in U-turn on Project Impact initiatives

By: Petah Marian | 17 August 2010

Wal-Mart announced today (17 August) that it would be reversing a number of the changes it made as part of its "Project Impact" plan, which saw it reformat many of its US stores.