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Picnic Raises €600m From Investors, Gates Foundation

Picnic, an online grocery service based in the Netherlands, has raised €600 million ($706 million) in funding to speed up its expansion, the company s...

DEEN Acquisition Completed, Store Conversion Process Underway

The sale of DEEN Supermarkets to Ahold Delhaize, DekaMarkt and Vomar Voordeelmarkt has formally been completed. Under the terms of the transaction, some...

FrieslandCampina Brings Friso Back On The Dutch Market

Dutch dairy giant FrieslandCampina has announced that its infant nutrition brand Friso will be available in the Netherlands again through on...

Plus, Coop Team Up To Create Third Largest Grocery Chain In Netherlands

Dutch retail cooperatives Plus and Coop have announce that they are to join forces, merging together to form the third largest grocery chain in the Netherl...

Ahold Delhaize Announces Changes To bol.com Management

Ahold Delhaize has announced a management change at its bol.com e-commerce arm, with the appointment of Margaret Versteden - van Duijn as brand president a...

Plus Adds Nutri-Score Label To Own-Brand Range

Dutch retailer Plus has launched a new pilot project that will see the introduction of the Nutri-Score labelling system to 3,000 private-label SKUs. As...

Ahold Delhaize 'In A Strategically Stronger Position' Than Before Pandemic, Says CEO

Ahold Delhaize is in a "strategically stronger position" than it was prior to the pandemic, its CEO Frans Muller has said, particularly due to in...

All Own-Brand Yoghurts At Plus Are Now Organic

Dutch retailer Plus has announced that it has moved its entire private-label yoghurt range to organic. In the spring of this year, the retailer switched...