Switzerland

Nestlé Q1 Sales Beat Estimates As Consumers Hoard Pet Food, Coffee

Nestlé reported a 4.3% rise in organic sales growth for the first quarter, the food giant said on Friday, as consumers filled cupboards with Purina...

Swiss Consumer Sentiment Plunges As Coronavirus Wreaks Havoc

Swiss consumer sentiment in April collapsed to a historic low, the government has said, with participants in the latest study expecting a severe recession...

Aldi Suisse Introduces Automated Customer Counting System

Aldi Suisse has introduced a digital customer counting system at the entrance to its branches, to maintain social distancing in the wake of the corona...

Spar Switzerland Introduces Free Home Delivery For High-Risk Groups

Spar Switzerland has launched a free home delivery service for vulnerable customers in light of an outbreak of COVID-19 in the country. The retailer has...

Lindt & Sprüngli Scraps 2020 Targets As Epidemic Hits Business

Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli said its original goal to grow organic sales by 5% to 7% this year was no longer valid as the coronavir...

Nestlé Staff To Get Full Salary For Three Months As COVID-19 Halts Work

Nestlé, the world's biggest food company, said it would pay full salaries to employees affected by work stoppages for a minimum of three months, to...

Migros Sees Boost From Organic Product Sales Despite 'Challenging' Year

Switzerland's Migros Group recorded more than CHF 1 billion (€940 million) worth of organic product sales for the first time in 2019, despite the over...

Barry Callebaut Starts Construction of Chocolate Factory In Serbia

Chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has started construction work on a production facility in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, about 90 kilometres northwest of Be...