Food

Dutch retailer Jumbo is expanding the scope of its meal delivery service. After a successful test in Groningen, customers from Amsterdam and Utrecht can also get their meals delivered at home or at work; those in Eindhoven use the pick-up service at the train station.

Belgian supermarket group Colruyt has announced a trial of "Collect & Go Connect", a digital platform that makes it easier to do shopping for other people.

French supermarket chain Casino wants to offload its discount chain Leader Price and is now supposedly close to a deal with Aldi.

Six major food retailers have started 2020 with important discounts, including several who offer at least a 66 % discount to their Belgian customers. Albert Heijn is not the only one to offer "buy one, get two free" stunts, even though the Dutch chain received the most publicity for it.

The position of AB InBev's CFO Felipe Dutra is being questioned. A departure would herald the end of an era at the largest brewery group in the world, where Dutra has been CFO for fifteen years, and also raises questions about the future of CEO Carlos Brito.

Coca-Cola has stopped its deliveries to French chains Intermarché and Netto. The retailer accuses the drinks producer of forcing it to buy more unhealthy products, but the latter denies that. The question beckons however, what about the other members of Intermarché's purchasing alliance Agecore (Colruyt, Edeka)?

Cees van Vliet, until recently responsible for Albert Heijn's stores and distribution, now enters rival Jumbo's board of directors as the new COO. As a result, that board now consists of four people.