First it was ractopamine residues, lately it’s refrigerators that have Russia balking at allowing US pork imports from two subsidiaries of Smithfield Foods, Inc., according to Russian news reports.
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture is seeking to buy a total of 111,779 tonnes of food quality wheat from the United States and Canada in a regular tender that closes late on Thursday.
One of Scandinavia's leading retailer's, Dansk Supermarked, published their full year financial results last week, showing a sales rise of 1.3 billion kroner.
First it was ‘Down Down’, now Australian supermarket group Coles will deliver what it is calling ‘Deeper Down Down’ by cutting the price of popular Australian household brands even further, with savings up to 34 per cent off the original price.
UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has promoted Jon Rudoe, director of the company’s online, digital and cross-channel operations, to its operating board.
Spar said this week that its full-year revenue grew by 2.9% in 2013 to €12.9 billion, while sales excluding its SPAR European Shopping Centres unit rose by 2.9% to €11.2 billion.
Britain's largest supermarket chain Tesco came in for some criticism this week from the National Farmer's Union over the amount of home-produced beef it bought last year.
The Labour Party has accused upmarket grocer Waitrose of stealing custom from high street stores by handing out a million free coffees and newspapers to in-store shoppers each week.
UK-based discounters are now attracting shoppers well beyond their traditional target markets, according to a new study by retail marketing firm Savvy Marketing.
Growers of banana, avocado and citrus in Africa are set to resume exports to the lucrative markets in Europe, South Africa and Middle East after the removal of quarantine restrictions for such produce
COFCO Corp is in advanced talks to buy a stake in Dutch grain trader Nidera, at least two people familiar with the matter said on Thursday, in a move allowing China to take further steps in securing food supplies.
Tesco has declared carrots and cucumbers the latest battleground in the fight between Britain’s supermarkets by saying it will invest £200m into lowering the price of everyday food.
Shoprite Holdings Ltd. said first-half profit increased 7.4 percent after weaker consumer spending in its core South Africa market led to a tougher trading environment.
