Retail

Colruyt Group To Open All OKay Stores On Sunday Mornings In Belgium

Colruyt Group has announced plans to open all Okay stores on Sunday mornings in Belgium to meet consumer demand for seven-day-a-week shopping.

Couche-Tard Rejects Seven & i's Antitrust Concerns Over $47-bn Takeover Bid

Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard is confident there is a 'clear path' to overcome US regulatory hurdles in its proposed $47-billion (€43.3 billion) a...

Greece Rolls Out New Rules For Price Transparency In Supermarkets

Greece has introduced a new code of conduct for supermarkets this March aimed at increasing price transparency for consumers.

UK's FSA Launches Regulatory Programme For Cell-Cultivated Products

UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has launched a two-year programme to evaluate the safety of cell-cultivated products (CCPs) before they are rolled out for...

Irish Shoppers Hold On To Pandemic Shopping Behaviour, Kantar Says

Irish shoppers continue to hold on to the shopping habits they developed during the pandemic, nearly five years after the first COVID-19 lockdown, accordin...

Co-op UK, John Lewis Partnership To Hike Wages

UK retailers Co-op and John Lewis Partnership have announced investments in wage hikes to support their workforce.

Hungary Calls On Retailers To Lower Food Prices

Hungary's ministry for the national economy has urged retailers to lower food prices within a week or face government intervention, according to media repo...