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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...

Carrefour Saw The Biggest Increase In Private-Label Sales In France Last Year

Carrefour reported a 4.1 percentage point increase in volume sales share of private label last year, a faster level of growth than its rivals, according to...

China Cancels Some French Wheat Deals, Traders Tell FranceAgriMer

Grain market players are reporting that China has cancelled some US wheat purchases, France's farm office said, in a move that could be in respon...

Louis Dreyfus Company Launches Its Own Juice Brand

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) has launched its own juice brand, starting in France, seeking to use its orange production in Brazil to tap into demand for fre...

EU Countries To Demand Bloc Does More To Help Farmers, Draft Statement Says

European Union country leaders will urge the EU to work quickly on more measures to support farmers in response to months of protests by angry ag...

Les Mousquetaires, E.Leclerc Join France's FCD

Les Mousquetaires and E.Leclerc have joined France's Fédération du Commerce et de la Distribution (FCD), a representative group for the large...

E.Leclerc The Best Performer In France's Grocery Market In February

In what has become a near-monthly occurrence, E.Leclerc was the strongest performer in the French grocery sector in the period from 22 January to 18 Februa...