Coronavirus

Pandemic Drives More Finnish Consumers To Buy Food Online: Study

The number of Finnish consumers engaging in online grocery shopping is on the rise with one-fifth saying they have used the medium, a study by Kaupan Liitt...

Nomad Foods Posts Revenue Growth In Q1, Raises 2020 Guidance

Nomad Foods has posted a 10.5% year-on-year growth in revenue to €683 million in the first quarter ended 31 March driven by an ‘unprecedented&rs...

UK Consumer Confidence Near All-Time Low Amid COVID-19 Lockdown: GfK

British consumer confidence edged up in late April but remained close to its lowest levels on record as the country remained in coronavirus lockdown and on...

Coronavirus – Retail & FMCG Updates From Greece

As part of our efforts to keep you, the ESM reader, notified on the latest coronavirus-related developments in the retail and consumer goods sect...

AB Vassilopoulos Exempts Small Businesses From April Rent Payment

AB Vassilopoulos has announced that it will not collect rent for April from small businesses operating in its stores. The move is part of the company&rs...

Brazil's Ambev Profit Dives 56%, Company Braces For More COVID-19 Fallout

Brazilian beverages company Ambev SA has posted a 56% year-on-year plunge in first-quarter net profit, far below forecasts, and executives said the co...

ESM COVID-19 Update – Friday 8 May

COVID-19 Update, from ESM: European Supermarket Magazine, is a new series that examines how retailers and consumer goods firms across Europe and further af...

Soybeans Extend Gains, Hit One-Week High On Chinese Buying

Chicago soybean futures climbed for a second session to a one-week high on Friday as Chinese demand underpinned prices, although the oilseed is on course f...