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France Lets Farmers Use More Pesticides To Protect Sugar Output

French farmers will be allowed to apply more pesticides on their sugar beet fields this year due to a high risk of attacks from an insect carrying a diseas...

Carrefour-PepsiCo Dispute Sheds Light On Key Role Of Retailers' Ad Business

Carrefour and PepsiCo's just resolved three-month price dispute has shed light on a new aspect of such negotiations which is changing the relationship betw...

French Preliminary Annual Inflation Eases To 2.4% In March

French consumer prices rose by a smaller than expected 2.4% year-on-year in March, preliminary data from statistics agency INSEE showed on Friday.

EU Envoys Strike New Deal On Ukraine Food Imports

Ambassadors from European Union countries reached a revised deal to extend tariff-free food imports from Ukraine - with restrictions - after some states co...

French Retailer Casino Changes Leadership Team As Boss Naouri's Era Ends

Food retailer Casino said on Thursday it had completed its financial restructuring and a new leadership team formed around Czech billionaire Daniel Kretins...

Shares In Groupe Casino Suspended As New Leadership Team Takes The Helm

Shares in Casino will be suspended on Wednesday (27 March) as a new leadership team formed around Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky takes control an...

France, Poland Push For Greater Ukraine Food Import Curbs

France and Poland have pressed for greater curbs on imports of food products from Ukraine to prevent what they called the destabilisation of EU agricultura...