French competition watchdog to review retail alliances Aura, Concordis
France’s competition watchdog is reviewing a pair of retailer purchasing alliances – Aura and Concordis – formed in the past…
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French retailers Casino Group and Teract ditch supply-chain tie-up talks
Exclusive supply-chain tie-up talks between French retail groups Casino and Teract have been abandoned following four months of discussions. Debt-laden…
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France’s Groupement Les Mousquetaires in talks to join Casino Group, Teract in supply-chain tie-up
French food manufacturer and retailer Groupement Les Mousquetaires has joined exclusive supply-chain tie-up talks between domestic retail groups Casino and Teract.…
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New products – UK baby food brand Piccolo moves into infant formula; Unilever launches vegan stock pots under Knorr brand; UK’s Signature Flatbreads launches Brioche Style Wraps
This week's batch of new products includes a nut mix range from Intersnack-owned UK crisps brand Tyrrells and Lizi's branching…
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France’s LDC to buy chicken facility from local retail giant Casino
LDC, the French poultry supplier, has inked a deal to buy a production facility from the Casino Group, one of the…
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French retailer Casino opens up transparency with animal-welfare labelling
French retailer Casino Group has partnered with three independent bodies to provide animal-welfare labelling on its products, offering more transparency…
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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…
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Listeria scare triggers recall of French private label packaged ham
Several French supermarkets, including Carrefour, Casino and the local arm of Germany's Lidl, have issued a recall of their own…
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Food businesses face French legal action over ‘undeclared nanoparticles’
Mars and McCormick & Co. are among the food groups potentially facing court action in France over allegations of undeclared…
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Issues at Asda, Couche-Tard M&A spree continues, Aeon eyes Myanmar – August retail round-up
August saw the announcement of an eighth consecutive quarter of declining sales at Asda, the UK arm of Wal-Mart. Across…
