http://www.foodinternational.net Elsevier Food International articles on News en-gb http://www.foodinternational.net http://www.foodinternational.net/images/logo_rss.gif 34 144 Food International: Tomorrow's food industrie in perspective http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1391/alternative-gas-retailers-killing-c-stores.html Fewer shoppers filling their tanks at convenience stores mean fewer shoppers filling their stomachs with higher-margin goods inside the store. Additionally, alternative gasoline retailers, including supercenters, supermarkets, and warehouse clubs, are chipping away at the convenience store industry’s gasoline shopper base. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:47:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1391/alternative-gas-retailers-killing-c-stores.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1390/private-label-organic-foods-lead-in-german-market.html New Nielsen data shows that German consumers have doubled the number of organic food items they have purchased in the past two years, and retailer brands have gained a larger share of the organic market than brand names. This is especially true for hard discounters such as Aldi. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:55:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1390/private-label-organic-foods-lead-in-german-market.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1388/food-lion-to-share-demand-data-with-suppliers.html Food Lion LLC, a subsidiary of Delhaize America operating more than 1,300 stores in the US, will start sharing point-of-sale (POS) by store, by day and by SKU with its suppliers. Suppliers get access to near real-time data that is automatically converted to their own format, item master and hierarchies. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:25:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1388/food-lion-to-share-demand-data-with-suppliers.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1386/pricer-to-implement-esl-in-casino-stores.html A typical supermarket chain manually changes thousands of paper labels each week, which can cost 15 to 20 man-hours per week in labour costs in each store. The Casino Group has selected the Swedish company, Pricer, to be the sole supplier provider of electronic shelf labels (ESL) and support services for the next two years. ESL tags save... Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:19:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1386/pricer-to-implement-esl-in-casino-stores.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1385/aldi-enters-greece.html Aldi Süd is planning to open its first stores in the country in late October this year. The discount operator has already started the process of training its Greek management to take over responsibility for the new outlets, of which... Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:34:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1385/aldi-enters-greece.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1384/roundys-partners-with-bp.html Roundy’s (US) has launched a pilot fuel discount programme at select outlets, called Fuelperks! The programme offers shoppers US$0.10 off per gallon of fuel at nearby BP stations for every US$50 they spend in qualified purchases at Pick 'n Save stores. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:49:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1384/roundys-partners-with-bp.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1383/wal-marts-new-marketside-goes-up-against-tesco.html Wal-Mart, the largest US retailer, will be opening the first of its new Marketside small grocery stores in the fall, with four stores in the Phoenix area that will be competing directly with the Tesco's Fresh & Easy chain. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:14:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1383/wal-marts-new-marketside-goes-up-against-tesco.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1382/online-shopping-growing-especially-for-discounters.html The latest figures from the Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index reveal that online spending is still at a record high, despite reports of falling consumer confidence and the tightening of debt markets. It seems that shoppers are buying more groceries online because... Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:47:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1382/online-shopping-growing-especially-for-discounters.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1381/whole-foods-and-wal-mart-do-battle-on-a-green-field.html In recent years, low-price giant Wal- Mart, has stepped up efforts to become a more sustainable company. Whole Foods, the biggest organic and natural foods grocery chain in the US, is now struggling to provide the highest quality natural or organic product, from sustainable sources and remain competitive price-wise. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 12:24:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1381/whole-foods-and-wal-mart-do-battle-on-a-green-field.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1375/lidl-bid-for-new-uk-location-rejected.html Lidl had hoped to build a 1,093 square metre store at the new Ropemaker Park development in Hailsham (UK) near Brighton, but the town has rejected the hard discount retailer's bid. The reason given was that the location was too far from the town centre. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:12:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1375/lidl-bid-for-new-uk-location-rejected.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1368/tengelmann-reaps-rewards-of-store-conversions.html Tengelmann plans to do a complete make-over of all its 700 stores in Germany following the successful conversion of the first 75 to new livery and interior design and its focus on fresh produce. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:10:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1368/tengelmann-reaps-rewards-of-store-conversions.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1367/vietnam-replaces-india-as-top-retail-location.html Vietnam has emerged as the number one destination for retail investment, kicking India out of its three-year hold on this position. Vietnamese consumers, among the youngest in Asia, with 79 million below the age of 65, increased their consumer spending by more than 75% between 2000 and 2007. Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:03:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1367/vietnam-replaces-india-as-top-retail-location.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1366/tescos-mixed-first-quarter-morrisons-market-outperformance.html With international sales continuing to gather momentum, Tesco's first quarter results for the 13 weeks to May 24, 2008 revealed like-for-like sales growth of 3.5% in the UK... Morrison’s has continued its recent sales growth and is still outperforming its competitors... Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:30:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1366/tescos-mixed-first-quarter-morrisons-market-outperformance.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1362/ahold-tests-paying-with-fingertip.html Ahold's Albert Heijn store in Breukelen (the Netherlands) will begin testing a new fingertip payment method for the next six months. The retailer has partnered with Equens, makers of the Tip2Pay system. Ahold, as well as other retailers... Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:11:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1362/ahold-tests-paying-with-fingertip.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1365/delhaize-leaves-emd-for-ams-buying-alliance-.html The Belgian international food retailer, Delhaize Group has announced that as of January 1, 2009 it will become a member of AMS, one of the largest buying alliances in Europe for private label products. The AMS partnership currently includes 11 European retailers. Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:37:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1365/delhaize-leaves-emd-for-ams-buying-alliance-.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1360/cash-carry-to-invest-%80146-million-in-egypt.html German-based Metro Cash & Carry, will be adding Egypt to the list of 29 countries in which it operates. Metro CEO Frans Muller, said that the Egyptian market is an important one: “By entering the Egyptian market we are pursuing our international expansion strategy and making an important step into the very promising high-growth region of the Middle East and North Africa.” Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:01:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1360/cash-carry-to-invest-%80146-million-in-egypt.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1361/delta-to-open-33-new-stores-in-serbia.html Delta Holding's retail unit, Delta Maxi, is set to expand in the country and abroad. By the end of the year Serbian Delta Maxi plans to open 10 new supermarkets in Bulgaria, as part of its regional expansion campaign, The group also plans open 10 new commercial sites in Serbia, eight in Montenegro and five in Bosnia and Herzegovina Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:49:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1361/delta-to-open-33-new-stores-in-serbia.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1357/lotte-to-open-300-stores-in-china-.html Lotte Shopping Co., South Korea's biggest department store operator, will open its first Lotte Mart store in Beijing this month. Lotte also announced plans to open 300 hypermarkets in China within the next 10 years. Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:50:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1357/lotte-to-open-300-stores-in-china-.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1356/us-retail-sales-better-than-predicted.html Retail sales in the US increased twice as much in May than forecasted. Purchases climbed 1%, the most in six months, following a 0.4% April gain that was previously reported as a drop, according to the US Commerce Department in Washington. Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:24:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1356/us-retail-sales-better-than-predicted.html http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1355/meal-solutions-make-big-profits.html Meal solution displays are becoming a more common site in supermarkets, simply because they're profitable. A breakfast solutions stand such as the one from from Minute Maid (pictured below) increased Minute Maid volume by 25% and retail profit by 32%. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:23:00 GMT http://www.foodinternational.net/articles/news/1355/meal-solutions-make-big-profits.html