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Private Label Penetration Remains High Despite Pandemic, Says PLMA

Private label market share remained above 30% last year in all but two of the 18 European countries surveyed by Nielsen for PLMA's latest International Pri...

Czech Lawmakers Reject Quotas On Domestic Goods In Supermarkets To Avert EU Clash

Czech lawmakers have rejected plans to require supermarkets to sell mainly domestically produced food, removing the measure from a bill on food quality to...

Russia's Ozon Acquires Oney Bank To Boost Financial Services

Russian e-commerce operator Ozon has announced that it has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire 100% of Oney Bank LLC, boosting its financ...

Massimo Zanetti Acquires Ecuador’s Hoja Verde Gourmet Hovgo

Italy’s Massimo Zanetti Beverage Group (MZBG) has acquired Ecuadorian cocoa and coffee producer Hoja Verde Gourmet Hovgo. Hoja Verde Gourmet...

Union Leader Slams Planned Reorganisation At Dutch Retailer Jumbo

A leading trade union representative has described the planned store reorganisation strategy at Dutch retailer Jumbo as "ridiculous", according t...

Russia's X5 Enters Dark Kitchen Segment With Mnogo Lososya

Russia's X5 Retail Group, which operates the Pyaterochka, Perekrestok, and Karusel retail chains, has acquired food tech company Mnogo Lososya for an undis...

Finland's S Group Renovates Stores Amid Pandemic

Finnish retailer S Group has announced that it has renovated around 300 stores to an even higher-quality, customer-oriented and energy-efficient format....

PDO, PGI Products Should Be 'Left Out' Of Nutri-Score Labelling, Says MEP

Products with PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) and PGI (Protected Geographical Indication) status, including many Mediterranean products, should not b...