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Maxima Sees Strong Demand For Fruit and Vegetables In 2019

Lithuanian retailer Maxima has reported a 15% year-on-year growth in the sales of vegetables in 2019, while fruit and berries saw a 33% growth. The reta...

X5 Added More Than 1,200 Suppliers To Its Network In 2019

X5 Retail Group has announced that it added around 1,245 new partners to its network of suppliers in Russia in 2019. The retail giant aims to build long...

Lidl Denmark To Introduce Animal Welfare Label For Fresh Chicken

Lidl Denmark has announced that it is to introduce an animal welfare label to its fresh chicken offering from the beginning of March. All fresh chicken...

Eroski Purchased More Than 3,000 Tonnes Of Sustainable Fish Last Year

Spanish retailer Eroski has announced that it purchased around 3,144 tonnes of fish with sustainability certification in 2019. Out of the total, the ret...

French Agency Warns Of Virus Threatening Tomatoes, Peppers

A particularly devastating virus is threatening tomatoes, peppers and chilli plants in France after affecting six countries in Europe as well as Turkey, th...

Norway Raises Output Quotas For Salmon Farmers

Norway will allow fish farming companies to raise their salmon and trout output capacity in nine of the country's 13 ocean farming regions, its fisheries m...

Rewe Group Introduces Avocado Coating To Extend Shelf Life

Rewe Group has announced it is testing a new fructose-based coating on its avocados, which it says can increase the shelf life of said products by eight da...

Aldi Suisse Launches Organic Beef Project

Aldi Suisse has launched an organic project for grazing beef cattle, 'Aldi Bio Weide Rind', which is says is a first for the retail sector in Switzerland....