COVID-19

Home Care, Frozen Food Sales Remain Elevated, IRI Consumer Tracker Finds

Sales of home care and frozen food products remain 'elevated' in most geographies, however other food and non-food categories have shown lower like-for-lik...

Bonduelle's Third-Quarter Revenue Boosted By COVID-19 Stockpiling

Bonduelle has posted a sharp rise in third-quarter revenue as Europeans rushed to shops to stockpile longer-lasting food products before the start of COVID...

Eroski To Donate Eight Tonnes Of Food To Spanish Food Banks

Eroski has announced plans to donate eight tonnes of food to the food banks of Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa and Álava in Spain. This initiative will be unde...

ESM COVID-19 Update – Monday 4 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...

Molson Coors Sees Sales Down In Q1, Warns Of ‘Significant Adverse Impact’

Brewer Molson Coors has reported an 8.7% year-on-year decline in net sales to $2.1 billion in the first quarter ended 31 March 2020, impacted by the corona...

ESM COVID-19 Update – Friday 1 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...

Morrisons Rolls Out Seafood And ‘Restaurant-Style’ Steaks At Half Price

UK retailer Morrisons has introduced restaurant-quality steaks, fish and shellfish for half price in its new summer steak and seafood bars. The move aim...

Kraft Heinz Cautious On Back Half After Q1 Tops Estimates

US food producer Kraft Heinz Co struck a cautious tone about its 2020 performance following a better-than-expected start due to coronavirus-related stockpi...