Britain's two biggest retailers, Tesco and Asda, have each withdrawn a Halloween costume from sale and apologised to customers after being criticised for stereotyping those suffering from mental illness.
Australian supermarket group Coles has offered food manufacturer Simplot Australia a new five-year contract to supply the supermarket group’s own brand frozen vegetable and potato products.
Sainsbury’s and Morrisons each scooped three awards at last night’s Retail Industry Awards 2013, held at London’s five-star Grosvenor House hotel on Park Lane.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc, whose focus on low-cost sourcing helped to fuel the offshoring of U.S. manufacturing, has been promoting a patriotic new image in recent months.
Supermarket chains Colruyt and OKay will no longer sell endangered fish species in-store, following a review of the chains' sustainable fishing practices over the last year.
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.
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.
