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Esselunga Opens Its Fourth Supermarket In Rome

Esselunga has opened a new supermarket in Rome, taking the total number of stores in the capital city to four.

Pick n Pay Founder Raymond Ackerman Passes Away Aged 92

Raymond Ackerman, who founded Pick n Pay from just four stores 56 years ago and turned them into one of South Africa's leading grocery retailers,...

Irish Grocery Spending Up By 13% In 2023, Says HelloFresh

The average weekly grocery spend in Ireland has increased by 13%, from €91.38 in 2022 to €105.85 in 2023, a new survey from HelloFresh has found.

Coop Denmark To Close The Last Irma Store Next Year

Coop Denmark's high-end retail chain Irma is to close its last store in the spring of 2024, according to media reports.

Asda Trials Food-To-Go Counters In Two Stores

UK retailer Asda is testing a food-to-go concept at its Leicester and Dagenham outlets with a concession at the front of stores offering barista style coff...

Aldi UK Launches New Round Of Price Cuts

Aldi UK has reduced the prices of over 30 household grocery staples, it said, adding to a body of evidence that a surge in UK food inflation is on the wane...

South Africa's Shoprite Sees Sales Up 16.9% In Full Year

South African supermarket group Shoprite has reported sales growth of 16.9% to R215.0 billion (€11.1 billion) in its full financial year ended 2 July...

Brussels Supermarkets Required To Donate Unsold Food

From 2024, all supermarkets in Brussels with a sales area of more than 1,000 square metres will be required to donate unsold food that is still edible.