UK food sales by value dropped the most in at least 5 1/2 years in the three months through July because of price cuts by supermarkets, the British Retail Consortium said.
A campaign has been launched in the UK by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) imploring the government to tighten a legal loophole which allows pubs to be knocked down and replaced by supermarkets without planning permission.
The Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Service (VPSS) has announced the removal of suspension on importing seafood into Russia from seven Vietnamese companies.
BWG Group, which manages the Spar franchise in Ireland, announced that SPAR South Africa is to invest €55 million in a joint venture with the its management team to acquire the BWG group of companies.
Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd., an operator of supermarkets and retail stores, is buying a 20-per-cent stake in Yonghui Superstores Co. for 5.69 billion yuan ($925 million) as it seeks to tap China’s growing market.
The agri-food import sanctions against EU countries, which were recently announced by the Russian Government, will obviously impact on the European food and drink processing industry.
Six international suppliers are likely to bid for state contracts to ship up to 500,000 tonnes of rice to the Philippines in a tender later this month, the country's grains procurement agency said on Monday.
Morrisons has introduced a new charge to suppliers to cover the expense of approving its own-label products and thus make certain that it is in line with EU and UK law.
The Co-Operative Group Ltd., the British customer-owned retailer, plans to the number of board members in half in an overhaul of its corporate governance after posting a £2.5 billion ($4.2 billion) loss in 2013.
Metro has agreed to sell 19 Vietnamese stores to a Thai distributor as the German retailer withdraws from the country, part of its strategy to sharpen its focus and invest in improving performance elsewhere.
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, grew 2.3 percent year on year in July, the same pace as a month earlier, official data showed on Saturday.
Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb said on Friday that Finland is among the countries hardest hit by Russian food embargo, among the most affected sectors is the diary industry.
The European Commission has promised compensation for Polish farmers affected by the latest Russian embargo on food imports from Europe, local media reported Friday.
Chinese regulators are investigating a Wal-Mart store in the southern city of Shenzhen for food safety violations, the official Xinhua news service reported, based on videos it said were taken by a Wal-Mart employee at one branch.
Russia may negotiate a price control agreement with domestic food producers to prevent speculative price hikes that would affect inflation after it banned half its agricultural imports from the West
