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Carrefour France Launches Personalised Nutritional Assessment Service

Carrefour France has launched a new personalised nutritional assessment service for customers in association with the start-up company INNIT. The INNIT...

French Household Spend Starts To Slow, While E. Leclerc Still Leads The Way

French household spend was up by 3.9% in September, a lower increase than in recent months, while e-commerce continues to gain market share, rising by 1.7...

Italian Olive Oil Production Down By More Than A Quarter: Study

Italian olive oil production is set to drop by 26% this year compared to 2019, according to Confagricultura, a group that represents Italy's agricultu...

Danone Board Working On Plan To Adapt To New Challenges

The board of French food group Danone is looking at ways it can adapt to the new environment and new challenges in the sector, a company spokesma...

French Foie Gras Makers Count On Christmas To Bolster Sales

French producers of foie gras are urging customers to eat the delicacy for Christmas to make up for a slump in demand from restaurants because of COVID-19...

France Cuts Nearly All 2020 Crop Estimates

France's farm ministry has lowered virtually all its estimates for cereal, oilseed and sugar beet crops this year after adverse weather throughout the seas...

Carrefour Boosts Organic Proposition With Bioazur Acquisition

Carrefour has increased its presence in the organic products category with the acquisition of Bioazur by its subsidiary So.bio. Bioazur is a network of...

French Cereal Sowing Underway, Market Weighs Risk Of Another Washout

Wheat and barley sowing is underway in France, with farmers facing frequent showers that have raised concern about a repeat of last year's campaign that sa...