Supermarkets

Partial EU Antitrust Win For French Supermarkets Casino And Intermarché

French supermarket groups Casino and Intermarché have won a partial victory in their fight against an EU antitrust raid and demand for information i...

Greek Supermarkets See Employment Numbers Rise Due To Pandemic

Greece's food retail sector saw a 3.2% increase in employment in the first half of 2020, largely due to increased staff numbers at supermarkets due to the...

Italy's Esselunga Sees Sales Up Marginally In First Half

Italian supermarket group Esselunga has posted a 0.9% increase in sales in the first half of its financial year, to €4.06 billion. The group said t...

More Greeks Visiting Food Stores, However Traffic Remains Low Compared To Last Year

The number of Greek shoppers visiting food stores has increased by more than a third (35%) since the height of the lockdown period, however it is still dow...

UK Food And Grocery Market Set To Grow By 10% Between 2019 And 2022: IGD

The food and grocery market in the UK is set to grow by 10% or £19.1 billion (€21.3 billion) to £211 billion (€235.6 billion) between...

Britain's Supermarkets Wrestle With Coronavirus Demand Conundrum

Britain's big supermarkets fear they won't be able to supply the country's 60 million people without longer opening hours or a relaxation of social distanc...

UK Supermarket Visits Jump By 79m Before Coronavirus Lockdown, Says Nielsen

Britons made over 79 million extra grocery shopping trips in the four weeks to March 21 year-on-year as they stocked their 'pandemic pantries', driving a 2...

Austria To Make Basic Face Masks Compulsory In Supermarkets

Austria will require shoppers to wear basic face masks in supermarkets in a bid to slow the still too-rapid spread of the coronavirus, Chancellor Sebastian...