Food

With a new range of plant-based oat drinks, pioneer Alpro wants to convince true milk lovers. The name 'Not MLK' speaks for itself...

The Colruyt supermarkets have lost market share as a result of the corona crisis, according to the annual figures of Colruyt Group. Sales just missed the ten billion euro mark and profit expectations are very uncertain.

During the height of the Covid crisis, hard discounters Aldi and Lidl have continued to grow faster than the market in most European countries. However, they are losing ground on their home market. In the Benelux, the picture is equally mixed.

Increased consumer awareness regarding healthier living is bearing fruit for Greenyard. The Belgian fruit and vegetable giant performed beyond expectations during the Covid year and raised its profit forecast for the year ahead.

For the Belgian beer industry, the Covid year 2020 was a year to be forgotten quickly. Beer consumption at home collapsed by just under a fifth. And export, which in recent years compensated for the shrinking domestic volumes, also felt the impact of the coronavirus restrictions in the rest of the world. The result: it was the worst year for the Belgian beer industry since the Second World War.

Mere, the Siberian discount chain that wants to conquer Western Europe, recently opened its first stores in Spain. RetailDetail founder Jorg Snoeck visited one of the stores and analyses the concept, which combines features of Aldi and Action. And the prices? Well...

Walmart is rolling out a new staff app to simplify certain daily tasks and to improve service. All 740,000 store employees will receive a new Samsung smartphone for free before the end of the year.