Retail Intelligence

Weekly Roundup... 13 October, 2020

Russian wheat export prices rose last week due to high demand from exporters and limited supply from farmers concerned about dry weather in several regions...

Plastic Pandemic: COVID-19 Trashed The Recycling Dream

The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a rush for plastic. From Wuhan to New York, demand for face shields, gloves, takeaway food containers and bubble wrap...

BWG Foods’ Joanne Mellon Honoured As A 'True Industry Hero'

Joanne Mellon, BWG Foods’ logistics director, was one of a very exclusive group of honourees at the annual Fleet Transport Awards 2021 recently. Thi...

Did You Know?... 06 October, 2020

Did you know?... Lidl Ireland’s customers have donated more than 15,000 meals through FoodCloud’s Food for Ireland nationwi...

Weekly Round Up... 06 October, 2020

Abu Dhabi plans to combine two food and beverage companies to create a new national champion in the sector, as part of consolidation efforts in the oil-ric...

Hovis Gets Bid Approach From Italy's Newlat Food

Milan-listed Newlat Food said on Monday it had made a non-binding offer for Hovis, the 134-year old British bread maker, which is owned by P...

End Of An Era As Unilever UK Shareholders Back Unification Plan

Shareholders in Unilever Plc have approved the company's plan to end its 90-year-old dual-headed structure in favour of a single London-based ent...

Fall In UK Shoppers Slows As Consumers Adapt To New COVID-19 Curbs

The number of shoppers at British retail outlets fell only marginally last week as people got used to new measures to curb COVID-19 including a 10 p.m. clo...