What can buying pacts between retailers mean for food manufacturers?
With some major grocers in Europe working together on purchasing, Simon Creasey looks at the impact these tie-ups can have on suppliers.
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Wal-Mart Q1s, Aeon and Picard team up in Japan, Jet.com tests grocery delivery – retail round-up, May 2016
In May, Wal-Mart's latest financial results took the eye, although in some ways the numbers prompted as many questions as answers. In the US, there were more entrants into online grocery, notably recently-launched pure-play jet.com. Elsewhere, Japan's Aeon and France's Picard teamed up to launch the frozen food chain in the Asian market, while France's competition regulator announced plans to investigate the buying partnership between Auchan and Systeme-U.
Talking shop October 2015 – Wal-Mart, Auchan, X5
Multinational grocery retailers demonstrated a various different strategies to grow their sales and expand their consumer reach over the past month. Here is just-food's round-up of some of the major developments at your retail customers during October.
French grocers to test rival nutrition labels
French retail body, the La Fédération des Entreprises du Commerce et de la Distribution, has unveiled its own voluntary labelling scheme, which it is planning to test by the end of the year before a full roll-out in 2016.
Talking shop August 2015 – How global retailers are targeting emerging markets
Global retailers have continued to expand into emerging markets, in spite of the political and economic turbulence seen in many of these countries and the challenges to profitability.
Briefing: Emerging market e-commerce: Poland’s online grocery promise
Western Europe has been at the forefront of the development of online food retailing but the channel has taken root further east – notably in Poland, with the country seen…
Briefing: 2015 preview: Shopper trends – Finding a path to growth in 2015
2014: a gloomy year that continued in much the same way as 2013. Despite signs consumer confidence is returning with value sales rising by 3% for FMCG across Europe, manufacturers…
French retailers sign up to supplier charter
French retailers are lining up to show their support for the introduction of a national charter for responsible supplier relations. The French government has launched the charter in response to…
Food industry news of the week: United Biscuits, Dairy Crest
United Biscuits is set for a new owner - Turkey's Yildiz Holding. The UK-based snacks maker announced this week brands including McVitie's and BN would join Godiva chocolate in the…
French watchdog to probe retail buying pacts
The French competition authorities today (6 November) announced two distinct lines of inquiry into the planned purchasing partnerships between Casino and Intermarché and between Auchan and Système U. In September, Auchan and Système U…
Food industry quotes of the week: Chiquita, Unilever, SIAL 2014
A busy week in the food industry calendar, with the SIAL exhibition in Paris, ended with a shock announcement: Chiquita Brands International's shareholders rejected the company's plan to merge with…
