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Embracing Sustainable Packaging – The Retailer And Supplier Challenge

A new study by ECR Austria, alongside the University of Applied Sciences Vienna, has found that while many major brands and retailers have set ambitious su...

Spreads and Beverages Help Boost Atlantic Grupa’s Q1 Results

Croatia based food producer and distributor Atlantic Grupa has reported Q1 2019 sales of HRK 1.2 billion (€161.8 million), up 5.1% year-on-year. EB...

Spar Installs 80th Solar Power System In Austria

Spar Austria has installed its 80th solar power system, on the roof of its Interspar Imst outlet in Tyrol, as the group continues to invest more and more i...

REWE International Appoints New Managing Director

Germany's REWE Group has named Jan-Peer Brenneke as the new managing director of REWE International AG and the divisional board for Commodity Trade Interna...

Amazon Faces Probe Into Treatment Of Sellers In Austria

Austria's competition authority has begun investigating whether Amazon is exploiting its market dominance in relation to other retailers that use its websi...

Spar Austria Removes Palm Oil From 99% Private-Label Products

Spar Austria has announced that it has removed palm oil from around 99% of its own brand food SKUs. It has been replaced with domestic sunflower oil, rapes...

Austrian Retailers File Antitrust Complaint Against Amazon

Austrian retailers have filed a complaint against Amazon with their national competition authority over the US e-commerce giant's dual role as a...

Spar Austria Introduces Consumer Initiatives To Cut Down Plastic Usage

Spar Austria has announced that customers can now bring their own boxes for purchasing cold cuts, cheese, and meat, in order to avoid plastic packaging....