Published: Sep 13, 2013

A sharp rise in sales at high-end food retailer Waitrose helped John Lewis to post better than expected first-half profits.

Published: Sep 13, 2013

Kroger Co (KR.N), the biggest U.S. supermarket operator, on Thursday reported a 14 percent jump in second-quarter profit as it capped costs and drove sales higher with programs for loyal shoppers, sending shares up almost 2 percent.

Published: Sep 13, 2013

Portugal's biggest retailer Sonae plans to open five food hypermarkets in Angola in partnership with Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the country's president, with the first scheduled for 2015, a company board member said on Thursday.

Published: Sep 13, 2013

Shoppers Drug Mart Corp (SC.TO) shareholders on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favor of Loblaw Co Ltd's (L.TO) C$12.4 billion ($12.02 billion) bid to buy Canada's largest pharmacy chain.

Published: Sep 13, 2013

Russia's third-largest food retailer Dixy Group posted on Thursday a 24.1 percent year-on-year increase in August sales after a 21.1 percent increase in the previous month.

Published: Sep 12, 2013

Carrefour is to offer wine shoppers a 'new plugged-in shopping experience' when it takes over a square in front of La Défense with a temporary wine fair.

Published: Sep 11, 2013

Walmart Stores Inc is mulling to pull out of its six-year-old wholesale joint venture with Bharti Group amid speculation that the world’s largest superstore chain has begun talks with other companies for its front-end retail foray in India.

Published: Sep 11, 2013

Four potential buyers are left in the running for ParknShop including a Japanese retail group and an Australian supermarket chain operator that many locals favor.

Published: Sep 11, 2013

Shinsegae Department Store is looking for ways to hand over its premium food businesses to Shinsegae Food.

Published: Sep 11, 2013

Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market here said Tuesday it plans to shut down approximately 50 stores over the next two week.

Published: Sep 11, 2013

Morrisons is reducing its wine range by 15% in an effort to reposition itself in the wine category following a year-long review.

Published: Sep 11, 2013

Ahold USA has announced the departure of Anthony Hucker as division president of Giant Landover, effective September 13, 2013.

Published: Sep 11, 2013

German retailer Edeka's revamped 3000 sq. m Hohenasperg store will officially reopen on 17 September, after a €4.5 million investment.

Published: Sep 11, 2013

Tesco is set to dispose of its loss-making U.S. operation to billionaire Ron Burkle's Yucaipa investment company, marking the end of its failed attempt to crack the American market.

Published: Sep 11, 2013

Unilever will keep investing in emerging markets like India even though growth is slowing, Chief Financial Officer Jean-Marc Huet said, pointing to the group's increased stake in Hindustan Unilever as a long-term bet.

Published: Sep 11, 2013

Russian food retailer Magnit (MGNT.MM) (MGNTq.L) said on Tuesday its sales rose by 29.2 percent in August, year-on-year, to stand at 48.9 billion roubles ($1.48 billion), after a rise of around 30 percent in July.

Published: Sep 10, 2013

RMT Robotics®, part of the Cimcorp Group, has announced the sale of an automated storage and picking system for crates to the USA's The Kroger Co., one of the world's largest retailers.

Published: Sep 10, 2013

Grocery retailer Safeway, Inc. will pay $600,000 and has agreed to a nationwide reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from refrigeration equipment at its 659 US stores under terms of a settlement released Wednesday.

Published: Sep 10, 2013

Sainsbury's has announced that it is to trial the world's first naturally refrigerated truck, in a move that could eventually help to cut the supermarket giant's carbon footprint by up to 10,000 tonnes a year.

Published: Sep 10, 2013

The retailer announced earlier this year that it was putting 70,000 associates through a produce training program, including giving them quality guides to help identify the important characteristics.