Grocery

Edeka-Owned Marktkauf Celebrates 50th Birthday

Marktkauf, a subsidiary of Edeka, is celebrating 50 years of being in business this year. The retailer is set to surprise customers with...

British Grocery Sales Fall On Anniversary Of Start Of Pandemic

British grocery sales fell 3% year-on-year in the four weeks to 21 March as supermarkets annualised the period just before the country's first COVID-19 loc...

Only 8% Of UK Convenience Stores Offer Home Delivery, Study Finds

Only 8% of convenience stores in the UK, or fewer than one in 10 stores, currently offer a home delivery service, a new report by Lumina Intelligence has r...

Lidl Belgium Begins Construction Of Logistics Centre In La Louvière

Lidl Belgium has announced that it has commenced the construction of a new distribution centre in La Louvière. This new project, located in the h...

Finland's Kesko Strengthens Market Share In Grocery Trade

Finnish retailer Kesko saw its market share in the grocery trade increase by 0.4 percentage points to 36.9% in 2020, according to data from Grocery Store R...

Ocado Retail Sees Revenue Growth Accelerates In First Quarter

British online supermarket Ocado Retail said revenue rose 39.7% in its first quarter to February 28, an acceleration from the previous quarter, driven by s...

Finland's Kesko Sees Comparable Sales Rise In February

Finnish retailer Kesko Group has reported a 3.0% growth in comparable sales amounting to €797.9 million in February 2021. The group operates variou...

Jumbo Supermarkten Opens New E-Fulfilment Centre

Dutch retailer Jumbo Supermarkten has opened a new e-fulfilment centre (EFC) in Bleiswijk to deliver groceries ordered online. The EFC will fulfil order...