COVID-19

Nestlé Buys Lily's Kitchen Pet Food, Sees Some Coronavirus Stockpiling

Nestlé has acquired the London-based premium dog and cat food brand Lily's Kitchen as it bulks up in pet food, its fastest-growing product cate...

Ukraine's Silpo Allocates Funds For The Purchase Of Medical Equipment

Ukrainian retailer Silpo has announced the allocation of UAH 100 million (€3.3 million) towards the purchase of hospital equipment and medical supplie...

Ukraine Grain Firm Says Has 100,000 Tonnes Of Wheat For Domestic Needs

State-run Ukrainian grain firm DPZKU has around 100,000 tonnes of wheat in stock and is ready to ensure domestic needs for flour are met amid a surge in de...

Stock Spirits Commences Production Of Hand Sanitisers

Stock Spirits Group has announced that it has started manufacturing hand sanitisers at its production facility in Pilsen, Czech Republic. The initi...

Tesco Ireland Unable To Increase Limit For Contactless Transactions

Tesco Ireland has notified the BPFI (Banking & Payments Federation Ireland) that it will not be able to increase the upper limit for contactless tr...

Panic Buying Makes Serbians Spend More On Grocery, Household Goods

Serbian households spent RSD 2 billion (€17 million) more on food, drink, personal care and household cleaning items in the three weeks to 15 March co...

Conagra Raises Forecast On Heightened Food Demand During Pandemic

Conagra Brands Inc raised its financial expectations for 2020 as consumers swarm stores to pick shelves clean of food items and essentials because of the l...

Woolworths To Close All Country Road Stores In Australia Amid Coronavirus

South Africa's Woolworths Holdings has temporarily closed all Country Road Group stores in Australia for four weeks and will stand down 5,000 employees the...