Retailer Tesco is treading new ground as food manufacturer for its
US chain of grocery stores Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market,
launched last month in California.
Germany-based retailer Metro has taken Kellogg's products off
its shelves after the cereal company attempted to pass on
higher commodity costs through price hikes.
UK supermarket ASDA has declared that it will swallow some of the
costs associated with rising food prices. Where increases are
unavoidable it will balance these out in the shopping basket by
keeping non-commodity-linked foods as...
A little piece of Fairtrade Fortnight touched the UK dairy industry
this week as the head of the Sainsbury's supermarket told farmers
he was willing to pay more for their milk.
The battle of wills between the UK food watchdog and industry
heavyweights over nutrition labelling threatens to destabilise the
balance of power between industry and government.
Until recently China was the favourite destination for foreign
retailers, but the country has slipped to fifth place as market
saturation has made trading more difficult. Meanwhile the stakes
have been raised in Vietnam thanks to...
UK retail giant Tesco is today playing down rumours of a
multi-billion pound deal to acquire 49 per cent of leading American
grocery chain Meijer, amid growing concern that the company's
domestic dominance is damaging British...
