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COVID-19 Crisis Takes Bite Out Of Swiss Chocolate Sales

Swiss chocolate sales fell 14.3% in the first eight months of the year as the COVID-19 pandemic hit travel retail and the industry's business with hotels a...

Russia's X5 Retail Group Sees LFL Sales Up 5.6% In First Nine Months

Russian retailer X5 Retail Group has posted a 5.6% increase in like-for-like retail sales in the first nine months of its financial year, driven by a 11.8%...

J M Smucker To Sell Crisco Business in $550m Cash Deal

J M Smucker will sell its Crisco business to peer B&G Foods in an all-cash deal valued at about $550 million (€465.2 million), as it focuses o...

Miss Airline Food? Finnair Selling Business Class Meals In Supermarket

Finland's national carrier Finnair has started selling its business class meals in a supermarket to prevent job cuts at its catering unit due to COVID-19....

The Pandemic Shopping List: Dolls, Detergent And Campers

Consumers have been snapping up everything from disinfectant wipes and robot vacuum cleaners to Barbie dolls and motorhomes over the last few mon...

Albert Heijn Expands Own-Brand Plant-Based Range

Dutch retailer Albert Heijn has announced plans to add around 70 SKUs to its private-label vegetarian, vegan and vegetable products range to meet increasin...

South Africa's Massmart Posts Lower Sales From COVID-19 Curbs

South African retailer Massmart posted lower nine-month sales due to COVID-19 restrictions, which included a 1.1 billion rand hit from the reintroduction o...