UK retailer M&S is replacing Spanish melons with a British-grown variety from Staffordshire, after the uncharacteristic hot summer weather triggered a bumper crop of the fruit.
Starting 24 September 2013, celebrations will be held in Carrefour stores across France to mark 50 years since the first hypermarket opened in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois.
Aldi and Lidl, the German discount chains, both saw strong double-digit sales growth over the past three months, according to the latest figures published by Kantar Worldpanel.
This week, UK-headquartered retailer Waitrose will expand its global reach by selling its food and drink in Switzerland through a deal with upmarket department store chain, Manor.
The Almerian company, Agrieco, dedicated to, for the most part, tomatoes and watermelons and head quartered in Pendant, ceased doing business last July.
The Egyptian government may set official prices for fruit and vegetables because of the number of complaints the state’s ministry of supply has been receiving about price hikes.
Doug Rauch, the former president of Trader Joe's, is determined to repurpose the perfectly edible produce slightly past its sell-by date that ends up in the trash.
Waitrose has announced the winners of its of second ‘Waitrose Way Awards’, which celebrate suppliers' 'outstanding initiatives to enhance the sustainability of their businesses.
Hypermarket operator Tesco Malaysia is set to invest RM2.3 million to reduce prices on 18 essential fresh food items throughout its 47 stores nationwide, beginning today until Dec 1.
Allegations that trainees at discount supermarket Aldi were wrapped in clingfilm, chained to posts and had their faces scrawled on with permanent marker, 'represents the truth' according to company spokesperson.
Spanish retailer Dia is celebrating two decades in the Portugese market with a major charity push, which has been launched under the slogan '20 good years, 20 good causes'.
China is to buy 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) of Ukrainian farmland, media said on Sunday, which would make Ukraine China's largest overseas farming centre as it strives to keep pace with rising food demand.
France has cleared the use of frozen Syrian bank assets to fund the export of food to the country as part of a European Union system that allows such funds to be used for humanitarian ends, a spokeswoman at the French trade ministry said.