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S Group Names New Director Of Marketing, Communications And Responsibility

Finland's S Group (SOK) has announced the appointment of Päivi Anttikoski as its new director of marketing, communications and responsibility. She...

Raisio Updates Strategy For Its 'Good Food Plan'

Raisio has announced an updated strategy and new targets for its Good Food Plan responsibility programme for 2022–2025. The group said i...

Finland's Valio Hails 'Flexible' Strategy As Full-Year Sales Rise

Finnish dairy company Valio Group has said that its 'flexible production capacity', which enabled it to shift its packaging operations from HoReCa to consu...

Stora Enso To Plant Over 48m Saplings In Nordic Forests

Packaging firm Stora Enso has announced that it plans to plant more than 48 million saplings in the Nordic forests in 2021. The saplings will be planted...

The Private Label Issue – Kesko

As part of ESM's annual Private Label Issue, we spoke to Elina Suuriniemi, planning manager at Finnish retailer Kesko, about how the prolonged closure of t...

Finland's R-kioski Expands Food Home Delivery With Foodora

Finnish convenience retailer R-kioski has announced that it has expanded its food home delivery services through a collaboration with Foodora. In the be...

Finland's Kesko Sees Comparable Sales Up In April

Finland's Kesko Group has reported an 11.7% year-on-year growth in comparable sales to €969.1 million in April. The company's grocery trade divisio...