Supply Chain

ECR Europe Rebranded As ECR Community

Retailer and supplier group ECR Europe has been relaunched as ECR Community, in a move that it hopes will foster greater collaboration. The group, which...

Groupe Avril Subsidiary Signs ‘Participation’ Deal With Ferti-Mauges

Groupe Avril’s subsidiary Terrial, which specialises in organic fertilisation, has signed a participation agreement with the organic-soil conditioner...

Italian Cheesemakers Join Forces To Target CEE

Italian producers of Asiago, Parmigiano Reggiano and Gorgonzola cheese have formed an alliance to conquer Central and Eastern European markets. The Cons...

Food Commodities Trader Olam Sees Low Grain Prices Into 2017

Olam International Ltd., one of the world’s largest food commodities traders, forecasts that grain prices will remain low into 2017 as oversupply and...

X5 Retail Group Announces Opening Of New DC In St Petersburg

Russia’s X5 Retail Group has announced changes to its logistics infrastructure in the north west of the country, with the opening of a new distributi...

No End For Wheat Rout With Stockpiles Ballooning To Record

Hedge funds are betting that the rout that took wheat prices to the lowest in a decade is far from over. World inventories of the grain are forecast to...

Podravka Seeks International Growth With EBRD Loan

Croatian food, beverages and pharmaceutical producer Podravka has signed a six-year €123 million syndicated loan with the EBRD and four business banks...