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Cloetta Confirms Refinancing For Up To Four Years

Swedish confectionery firm Cloetta has announced that it has secured refinancing for up to four years through its existing banking group. The company ha...

Oatly To Open UK Factory To Meet Growing Oat Milk Demand

Oatly, backed by Oprah Winfrey and rapper Jay-Z, plans to open its first plant-based dairy in the UK, producing up to 300 million litres of oat milk per ye...

Cloetta Posts 14.9% Net Sales Decline In Q4

Swedish confectionery firm Cloetta AB has reported a 14.9% decline in net sales, to SEK 1.5 billion (€150 million), in the fourth quarter of its finan...

Tissue Maker Essity Hit By Stay-At-Home Trend, Invests In Digital

Swedish hygiene products group Essity's sales suffered again in the third quarter from the stay-at-home trend sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as...

Sweden’s Cloetta To Close Nut Processing Facility In Helsingborg

Swedish confectionery group Cloetta has announced that it is to close its nut processing facility in Helsingborg and outsource production to a third-party...

Drinks Sales In Norway Receive A Boost Due To Closed Swedish Border: Report

A new study has found that drinks sales in Norway received a boost due to the closed border with Sweden, as a result of the coronavirus crisis. The repo...

Coronavirus – Retail & FMCG Updates From Sweden

As part of our efforts to keep you, the ESM reader, notified on the latest coronavirus-related developments in the retail and consumer goods sect...

Blackstone-Led Group Invests In Swedish Oat-Milk Company Oatly: Report

A group led by private-equity giant Blackstone Group Inc. has agreed to invest $200 million in Swedish oat-milk company Oatly, according to a report in The...