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The negotiations between Colruyt Group and its suppliers are rather tough but always respectful, stresses operations manager Marc Hofman. "We sometimes see inexplicable differences between producers."
After strikes broke out earlier this year in Belgium at Lidl, Aldi and Carrefour Groupe Mestdagh, some Delhaize and Albert Heijn stores also remained closed on Monday. The high workload and the impact of corona lead to tensions.
Three Dutch coffee chains are joining forces: coffee and lunch formula Doppio Espresso is taking over Chocolate Company Café and Barista Café, intending to expand internationally. Chocolate Company also has a Belgian branch.
Over the past three years, Greenyard has worked hard to recover and reduce its debt. The fruit and vegetable processing company now says the time is right to invest in new products with higher profit margins. The company may also be open to making further acquisitions.
The package-free online supermarket Pieter Pot has raised 9 million euros in a new capital round. The start-up wants to use the funds to facilitate further international growth and expand its product range.
Michel Doukeris, since this year the new top executive of beer giant AB InBev, has revealed his growth strategy for the coming years. In short: e-commerce and alternatives to beer (such as hard seltzers) should boost profits and thus shrink the enormous debt mountain.
British supermarket chain Asda is trialling a new technology in Stevenage that will make it easier for blind and visually impaired customers to find their way around the store.
Carrefour is looking for new revenue models and is immediately embarking on the two trendiest: a delivery subscription service and a second-hand website. For now, these initiatives are reserved for the French home market.
For the first time, the turnover of ethical chocolate maker Tony's Chocolonely exceeded 100 million euro, but the company made a loss. A factory with a roller coaster will not be built, the focus is on international expansion.
Konzum is the first supermarket chain in Croatia to enable online payments using cryptocurrencies. The retailer plans to soon introduce the new payment method in its physical stores.
Following in the footsteps of a host of other supermarket chains, Sainsbury's has now opened its first autonomous store. The technology behind it comes from Amazon.
British Asian-inspired restaurant chain itsu is opening a new branch at Brussels Airport in partnership with Autogrill. It is the first restaurant on the European mainland.
Delhaize is continuing its expansion in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. After opening a new store in the canton of Capellen at the beginning of this month, the retailer is planning to open two more branches by 2022.
Shopping trolleys have been getting it wrong for decades. Researchers from Bayes Business School conclude that shoppers spend a quarter more when the horizontal handle get replaced with parallel handles.
Carrefour Italy has confirmed to unions that it will close 106 of its own stores. 769 people would lose their jobs. The retailer hopes to return to profitability with the restructuring.
