E. Leclerc consolidates lead in French grocery market: Kantar
French retail market leader E. Leclerc has reported a 0.4 percentage point increase in market share in the period from September 5 to October 2, new data from Kantar has found. The data for the P10 period has E. Leclerc on 22.8% market share, thanks to a growth in traffic in its physical store network (+0.5 percentage points) and an additional 280,000 consumers shopping with the banner in September.
Source: esmmagazine.com
Philippines: SM Markets focuses expansion to help more communities in the regions
SM Markets is focusing its strategic expansion to help more Filipinos in the regions. SM Markets, the SM Group's umbrella brand for SM Supermarket, SM Hypermarket and Savemore, is adding seven more stores in Air Residences Makati, DECA Marilao, Tanza, EB Town Center in San Jose Del Monte, Sorsogon, Tuguegarao and Taytay all slated for the rest of the year. As of October 2022, SM Markets has a total store count of 330 all over the Philippines.
Source: prnewswire.com
Romania: CTP opens Sezamo warehouse
CTP has completed the development of a warehouse for online grocery retailer Sezamo in CTPark Bucharest North. The 12,000 sqm facility features ambient storage and temperature-controlled units for storing products in the best possible conditions at reduced energy costs. Sezamo, forms part of Czech retail group Rohlik, which has recently launched its e-groceries services in Bucharest and part of Ilfov County following an investment of EUR6mln.
Source: eurobuildcee.com
Google fined $162mln by India antitrust watchdog for abuse of Android platform
India’s competition regulator ordered Alphabet Inc’s Google to change its approach to its Android platform and fined the U.S. tech company 13.38bln Indian rupees ($161.95mln) for anticompetitive practices.
Source: reuters.com
Subway launches new healthy Kids' Pack with seeds you can grow at home
Subway is introducing a new Kids’ Pack that encourages children to sow the seeds of change when it comes to eating salad and vegetables. The new Kids’ Pack meal is brought to life by six Salad Squad themed characters and a complementary pack of seeds, designed to get kids excited about eating a variety of colourful vegetables and salads.
Source: essexlive.news
Kenya: Naivas to open four more branches in next one month
Naivas Supermarket is set to open four more outlets in the next four weeks as it steps up its expansion drive and battle for market share growth against its closest rivals in the country. The first outlet will be launched at Greenwood City Mall in Meru - which has been constructed partly with funding from private equity firm Fusion Capital - on October 31.
Source: businessdailyafrica.com
Brits waste £245 worth of fruit a year, new research finds
Brits throw out £245 worth of fruit a year because they didn’t eat it in time, according to research. According to the findings by Discarded Spirits, over half of Brits (56%) throw out fruit, with a further third (35%) admitting they chuck out fruit “all the time”. In fact, fruit is the number one food item which is left to rot in fridges and bowls across the UK, according to a whopping 36% of the nation, with bananas (57%) and punnets of strawberries (42%) the most likely candidates to be binned. Other fruits that get wasted are apples (30%), boxes of raspberries (19 %), bags of oranges (19 %) and pears (18 %).
Source: circularonline.co.uk
Serious Smoothies launches in South Korea after business success
A local food company is launching its smoothie products in South Korea. Seriously Healthy is launching its Serious Smoothie products, which have been available in food service retailers since 2016, into South Korea after success in Australia and Fiji. The brand sells organic fruit bites, frozen and dried fruits, while Serious Smoothies is a range of frozen single-serve pouches of real frozen fruit pieces.
Source: stuff.co.nz
Grocery deal could have European interloper
Good luck to Kroger and Albertsons - U.S. lawmakers are already getting concerned about a deal. Late last week, the former said that it would purchase the latter for $25bln, and U.S. Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar and Republican Senator Mike Lee were quick to say that they would hold a hearing to discuss the merger. A European interloper could make deal plans even harder. Frans Muller, Chief Executive of Stop & Shop owner Ahold Delhaize, has made no secret of his desire to consolidate U.S. grocers. The Netherlands-based firm is already the fourth largest grocery chain. If it managed to cobble together a better offer than Kroger’s bid for Albertsons, it would become the second largest supermarket. Plane spotters tracked two Albertsons jets next to Ahold Delhaize’s U.S. base in Massachusetts in early August. Ahold declined to comment.
Source: reuters.com
Canada: Walmart opens its first new store in Alberta since 2015
Walmart Canada opened its new Edmonton Kingsway Walmart Supercentre Thursday (Oct. 20) – its first new store in Alberta since 2015. Sprawling 149,000 sq. ft., the store replaces the Edmonton Westmount Store and will offer Walmart’s grocery pick up and delivery.
Source: canadiangrocer.com
US: unMEAT launches fish-free tuna in Harris Teeter Supermarkets
unMEAT, a disruptive plant-based protein brand, announces the availability of its fish-free canned tuna at Harris Teeter Supermarkets throughout the Southeastern U.S. unMEAT’s fish-free tuna, introduced in the U.S. earlier this year, is a tasty, healthier alternative for consumers, whether they’re meat lovers looking to try plant-based products, vegans wanting to diversify their diet or the flexitarians in between.
Source: businesswire.com
Podcast: UNFI’s Dorn Wenninger aims to ‘give back days of freshness’
The quality of fresh food, especially produce, plays a big role in consumer decision-making on where to shop for groceries. Retailers that consistently serve up a strong offering of fruit and vegetables at a high level of freshness will consistently draw customers and earn their loyalty. United Natural Foods Inc. (UNFI) knows this as well as anyone in the industry and, to that end, launched initiatives in which it leveraged new technology to ensure produce reaches retailer partners faster and fresher.
Source: supermarketnews.com
Food waste & AI: How this online grocery service is changing the way we consume food
Gary Drenik reported: "I recently spoke with Ben McKean, CEO & founder of Hungryroot, the only grocery and recipe delivery service designed to make healthy eating easy, personal, and sustainable. Ben and I discussed how AI is at the center of what Hungryroot does - from helping to reduce food waste, to impacting the way consumers eat".
Source: www.forbes.com
FEMSA's fintech arm eyes 10mln users in Mexico by 2023
Spin by Oxxo, the financial technology initiative launched by Mexican bottler and retailer Femsa, is set to reach 10mln users by 2023, up from 4mln currently, Spin's Director General Asensio Carrion told Reuters.
Source: reuters.com
Walmart's net profit rises 10% in Mexico, even as expenses climb
Walmart's Mexico unit posted a 10% jump in third-quarter net profit, tracking analyst estimates, while expenses grew faster than revenue due to higher e-commerce and labor costs, the company said. Walmart de Mexico, the biggest retailer in Mexico, posted a net profit of 12.15bln pesos ($603.8mln), or 0.70 pesos a share, compared with the Refinitiv estimate of 0.69 pesos.
Source: reuters.com