Belgian retailer Delhaize Group Thursday reported a net loss of €87 million in the third quarter, compared to a €189 million net profit in the year-ago period.
Saudi Arabia's market watchdog has approved share sales by two companies based in the kingdom that will take place before the end of the year, the first such listings since May.
Tesco and the technology company behind plans for face-scanning software to target adverts has hit back at claims the system will breach customers' privacy.
Jerónimo Martins has recorded a net profit of €280 million in the first nine months of the year, which has led to a growth of 3% over the same period in 2012
Empire Company Limited and its wholly-owned subsidiary Sobeys Inc. today announced that Sobeys has completed its purchase of substantially all of the assets of Canada Safeway.
Harris Teeter Supermarkets on Thursday reported sales increases for the fourth quarter and fiscal year, but said costs associated with its pending merger with Kroger led to a decline in earnings.
The Anti-Dumping Commission has released its preliminary report and has indicated that the imposition of additional tariffs on dumped processed tomatoes is warranted.
Poundland, the biggest single price store chain in the UK, is set to launch an initial public offering on the London stock market next year, expected to value the company at between £700 million and £800 million.
Dutch retailer RFS Holland Holding, which owns the wehkamp.nl online store, is to build what it says will be the world's largest automated online distribution centre, able to deliver 80,000 packages a day.
The National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC) reported on Friday that supermarket sales in September increased by 16.9% over the same period last year, on a seasonally adjusted measurement.
Jeronimo Martins saw its third-quarter net profit drop by a surprise 3.8% to €115m, a result it blamed on a tough trading environment in the key market of Poland.
Vegetable prices in China are expected to rise in the coming months, putting pressure on the country's consumer inflation, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said Saturday.
The world's largest yoghurt maker Danone signed a deal on last Friday to co-fund the construction of several Russian dairy farms to try to secure long-term milk supplies in the fast-growing Russian market.
French Minister, Nicole Bricq, stressed that a new trade and cooperation phase with Mexico to develop agreed policies was starting, as food and foreign trade were priorities for the French government.
Nestle Nigeria shares soared 4.66 percent to a new record high on Thursday, after the food manufacturer posted strong profits in the nine-months to September.
