Trade group SPAR had another successful fiscal year in Austria for 2013, continuing the multiple year positive development: an increase in turnover of 2.9% was made both at home and abroad.
Leading Dubai retail developer Majid Al-Futtaim (MAF) will expand its investments in Egypt by around LE16.5 billion ($2.3 billion) over the next five years, the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Trade, Industry and Investment said on Sunday.
Overall rice stocks in the Philippines fell to their lowest in four months in February, data showed on Monday, increasing pressure on Manila to import more of the national staple.
Retail giant Ahold is investing in its US-based Peapod online grocery operations with the aim of accelerating growth in the New England and north-eastern regions.
Palm oil on the European vegetable oils market continued to rise on Thursday on concerns that dry weather in Asia could reduce output and because of gains in rival soyaoil.
India's palm oil imports are set to drop 6 percent in the year to October 2014, with buyers opting for rival soybean oil as the price spread between the two narrows, traders said on Monday.
Albertsons, an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management L.P., has entered into an agreement to acquire retailer Safeway, Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., for an estimated total purchase price of $9 billion.
Vietnam shipped abroad 637,756 tons of rice, worth 274.62 million U.S. dollars in the first two months of this year, state-run Vietnam News Agency quoted the Vietnam Food Association (VFA) as reporting on Wednesday.
China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, increased 2 percent year on year in February, marking easing inflationary pressure since the end of last year, official data showed on Sunday.
In the same week that Tesco slashed the price the price of its milk, fears over a price-war ensuing between Britain's largest supermarkets has begun after Sainsbury's and the Co-op followed suit with similar cuts.
German hypermarket chain Metro plans to launch an initial-public-offering of its Russian unit has been thrown into doubt due to the fallout of the current situation in Ukraine.
World-leading Paradise Fruits group of companies has recently unveiled a radical, dynamic and modern new look for its expert fruit ingredients business
Marks & Spencer (M&S) has become the first retailer to receive the triple award of certification for achievements in carbon, water and waste reduction from the Carbon Trust.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations said the F.A.O. Food Price Index was 208.1 in February, up 5.2 points, or 2.6%, from January, marking its sharpest increase since mid-2012.
