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Applegreen Posts Strong Revenue Growth In First Half

Forecourt retailer Applegreen has posted a 73% year-on-year growth in group revenue to €1.5 billion in the first half of its financial year. Its gr...

ESM: European Supermarket Magazine Celebrates Tenth Anniversary

ESM: European Supermarket Magazine has marked its tenth anniversary with the publication of a bumper edition tracking the highs and lows of the past decade...

Aldi 'Playing It Safe' With UK Convenience Offering, Says Analyst

Discounter Aldi's plans to expand more into the convenience market in the UK makes sense, but the retailer is still 'playing it safe' when it comes to choo...

Ocado Retail Third-Quarter Statement – What The Analysts Said

Ocado Retail, the newly-formed joint venture between Ocado and Marks & Spencer, has posted 11.4% growth in retail revenue in the third quarter of i...

UK Grocery Market Returns To Growth, But 'Big Four' Still Down

The UK grocery market posted a 0.5% increase in sales in the the 12 weeks to 8 September, according to the latest market share figures from Kantar, however...

UK's Morrisons Says Talk Of Firm As Takeover Target "Pure Speculation"

Suggestions that Morrisons, Britain's No. 4 grocer, could be subject to a takeover bid is "pure speculation", its chief executive David Potts sai...

Carrefour Denies Weighing Bid For French Retail Rival Casino

Carrefour denied on Wednesday it was examining a potential bid for debt-laden Casino, after BFM TV reported the French retailer was weighing up an all-shar...

Stockpiles Of Tomatoes? UK Retailers Bristle At Demands Of No-Deal Brexit

British demand for supermarkets to prepare for a potentially chaotic no-deal Brexit by stockpiling food is stoking anger in the industry, with bosses sayin...