Top-5 reasons the grocery store is a destination for health and well-being
Here are the top five features that make the grocery store a destination for health and well-being: 1. The entire grocery store is full of choice, to include foods and beverages that match the MyPlate food groups. Customers can shop for fruit, veggies, dairy, lean meat, seafood, beans, nuts & seeds, and plant-based oils; 2. There is good nutrition in fruits and vegetables in all forms, and the grocery store makes it easier to include them more often: frozen fruits for dessert, canned veggies and beans for soups and stews, fresh produce for snacking and salads; 3. Supermarkets offer private label items for savings and quality to help customers stock the pantry, fridge and freezer with private label basics, and they continually develop new items that will help save both time and money; 4. The grocery store is a convenient place to add non-food items to support health and well-being goals, offering items like home blood glucose monitors, over-the-counter remedies, and blood pressure cuffs; 5. The grocery store also provides items that help keep food prep safe and easy at home such as food thermometers, separate cutting boards, and containers for storage and freezing.
Source: fmi.org
HelloFresh-owned meal delivery company Factor expands into Canada
U.S.-based meal delivery service Factor is launching in Canada. The company, founded in 2012, was acquired by HelloFresh in November 2020. Factor is now available in Ontario with a national roll out planned for the coming months.
Source: canadiangrocer.com
US: Fresh Express celebrates the new year with 2023 #FreshIntentions Challenge
Fresh Express®, the brand leader in value added salads, is celebrating the new year with its annual Fresh Intentions Challenge, an online and social campaign that provides inspiration, information and incentives to help consumers make healthier choices and achieve their goals in 2023. For the fourth consecutive year, Fresh Express invites consumers to commit to the 30-day challenge and encourages them to share their progress for a chance to win some green to support their intentions for the new year.
Source: prnewswire.com
US: sweetgreen launches ‘Green January’ to kickstart the new year
sweetgreen, the mission-driven restaurant brand serving healthy food at scale, announces its latest campaign, Green January, an opportunity for customers to jumpstart a healthy routine in the new year through real, fresh food.
Source: businesswire.com
Top 10 supermarket retail chains in Spain
Here's a snapshot of the top ten supermarket retail chains in Spain: 1. Mercadona turnover in 2021: €27.4bln; 2. El Corte Inglés turnover in 2021: €12.5bln; 3. Carrefour turnover in 2021: €10.47bln; 4. DIA turnover in 2021: €6.65bln; 5. Eroski turnover in 2021: €5.12bln; 6. Lidl turnover in 2021: €5.1bln; 7. Alcampo (Auchan Retail) turnover in 2021: €4.3bln; 8. Consum turnover in 2021: €3.38bln; 9. Aldi turnover in 2021: €2.1bln; 10. Ahorramas turnover in 2021: €1.85bln.
Source: esmmagazine.com
UK fresh food prices surge 15% in year to December: BRC
Fresh food prices at British supermarkets in early December were 15.0% higher than a year earlier, the biggest annual increase since at least 2005 when records started, figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) showed. Overall food price inflation rose to a record 13.3% from 12.4%, reflecting increases in the rate of inflation to 15.0% for fresh food and 11.0% for less perishable items.
Source: reuters.com
UK: Modern Milkman adds almost 1,500 new investors after crowdfunding round
Online groceries company Modern Milkman has welcomed almost 1,500 new investors after it completed its first-ever crowdfunding round. The Colne-headquartered business, which was founded by chief executive Simon Mellin, raised over £600,000 during its Crowdcube campaign, 20% ahead of its initial target. The company delivers eco-friendly produce through a subscription model such as milk, juice, eggs, butter, bread, fruit and vegetables in plastic free packaging and returnable glass bottles.
Source: business-live.co.uk
EU plans to tackle waste packaging meets mixed response from the co-op sector
The European Commission has recommended new EU-wide rules to tackle the problem of plastic pollution and waste metal from the packaging industry - meeting a mixed reaction from the co-operative sector. Copa-Cogeca claims the proposed mandatory recycled content targets for plastic packaging are unrealistic and run against the objectives of encouraging the uptake of consumption of more fruits and vegetables. The apex also complained about the proposed ban on single use packaging for less than 1.5kg of fresh fruit and vegetables, which it views as “disproportionate”, and the proposed requirement for stickers to be compostable.
Source: thenews.coop
UK grocery price inflation fuels first ever £12bln Christmas
Kantar reported: "Monthly grocery sales were a whopping £1.1bln higher in December versus last year, breaching the £12bln mark for the first time. Brussels sprouts were off the menu for some households as the proportion buying them fell to 45% from 48%".
Source: kantar.com
Holland: Jumbo sees annual turnover top €10bln for first time
Dutch retailer Jumbo reported a turnover of €10.3bln in 2022, the first time its yearly sales have topped the €10bln mark. This was an increase of 3.7% on the previous year. Its core Jumbo supermarkets business reported turnover of €10.2bln, a 3.2% increase, while its La Place foodservice business posted turnover of €107mln, in a year which saw the business return to pre-pandemic performance.
Source: esmmagazine.com
One fifth of Germans interested in vegan food, survey finds
One out of five people in Germany (20.5%) is interested in a vegan lifestyle and has eaten vegan food at least occasionally, according to a new survey by Kaufland.
Source: esmmagazine.com
Ireland: Aldi confirms plans for new stores this year
Discount grocer Aldi has confirmed plans to open new stores in Dublin this year, as well as in other locations around the country. The German chain announced it will expand its store network in Dublin with a €73mln investment in 11 new stores in the city over the next five years.
Source: irishexaminer.com
DESPAR Italia appoints Gianni Cavalieri as President
Gianni Cavalieri, CEO of DESPAR Sicilia, was appointed as President of DESPAR Italia by the Board of Directors. Since 2012, Gianni Cavalieri has been the Chairman of the national consortium. DESPAR Italia has a presence in 17 Italian regions, with a total of 1,374 DESPAR, EUROSPAR and INTERSPAR stores.
Source: spar-international.com
Alibaba’s grocery brand Hema Xiansheng breaks even as China’s Covid lockdowns boost need for online groceries shopping and deliveries
Hema Xiansheng, the grocery brand under Alibaba Group Holding’s supermarket chain Freshippo, broke even last year in China when its sales of fresh produce including vegetables, seafood and meat via online applications were boosted during the country’s Covid-19 lockdowns and quarantines. Sales of fresh foods at the chain, known in Chinese as Hema - homonyms that sound like the words for the hippopotamus - were profitable after seven years of development, according to a letter to staff by Freshippo’s chief executive Hou Yi.
Source: scmp.com