US: Food Lion expands home delivery availability in two states
Ahead of the holidays, Food Lion is making it easier for more neighbors in Georgia and South Carolina to have fresh and affordable groceries delivered right to their door.
Source: globenewswire.com
Clevon completes first North American autonomous delivery in Fort Worth
Clevon, a global autonomous delivery innovator founded in Estonia, performed its first U.S. autonomous delivery with CLEVON 1, the company’s flagship multi-platform all-electric robot courier at the AllianceTexas Mobility Innovation Zone (MIZ) in Fort Worth.
Source: businesswire.com
The 2022 Uber Eats Cravings Report
Uber Eats reported: "As 2022 comes to an end, we’re rounding out the year with our fourth annual Uber Eats Cravings Report: a snapshot of the most popular, unusual and unique delivery requests. Most popular grocery delivery x days of the week: On Mondays we see a spike in oranges. On Tuesdays people are all about the carbs: they’re buying falafel and fresh hero bread. On Wednesdays, customers crave a mid-week health kick with a spike in people buying celery juice. On Thursdays, people are ordering veggie samosas to-go. On Fridays, people are celebrating the start of the weekend with spikes in cannoli orders. And on Saturdays and Sundays, it's bananas with people ordering over 3,000 bananas last month alone."
Source: uber.com
ICA Sweden to cut 200 jobs as part of 'efficiency improvement programme'
ICA Sweden has announced plans to launch an efficiency improvement programme, which will see the retailer eliminate approximately 200 positions, mainly involving salaried employees. The company has also instituted a consultant and hiring freeze.
Source: esmmagazine.com
Portugal: Sonae's MC arm reports 16% increase in sales in third quarter
Portuguese conglomerate Sonae's MC business, which includes its supermarket and hypermarket operations, reported a 16% increase in sales in the third quarter of its financial year, to €1.6bln. Like-for-like sales at the business, which incorporates the Continente banner, were up 13.3% for the quarter, with a positive performance reported in both food and non-food formats, the group said.
Source: esmmagazine.com
New Zealand: Marlborough fruit snack brand Annies to close next year
A Marlborough brand famous for its fruit leather snacks will close next year. Blenheim-based Annies, owned by food and beverage business Kono NZ, will be shutting its doors for good in February next year as part of a wider strategic reset of the business, Kono NZ has announced.
Source: stuff.co.nz
Reitan Retail buys 114 Danish stores from Germany's Aldi
Norway's Reitan Retail said it had agreed to buy 114 Danish grocery stores and three distribution centres from German rival Aldi for an undisclosed amount, boosting the Norwegian group's chain of Rema 1000 discount stores. "This will significantly lift our Danish revenue and should make Rema 1000 the largest chain of grocery stores in Denmark", Reitan Retail Chief Executive Ole Robert Reitan told Reuters. Before the transaction, Rema 1000 had around 330 grocery stores in Denmark.
Source: reuters.com
Senegal: Fruitales gets financial boost
Senegalese food company Fruitales has received 300mln FCFA (€457,000) in funding from the investment company Teranga Capital. The investment will enable the firm, created in 2005, to capitalise on its experience in agribusiness to scale up quickly and efficiently. Fruitales is aiming to make a strong commitment to producers to strengthen the local fruit and vegetable value chain and expand in Senegal, in the sub-region and worldwide.
Source: esmmagazine.com
Tesco to kick off search for successor to long-serving chairman Allan
Tesco is to kick off a formal hunt to identify its next chairman early in 2023 as John Allan prepares to retire from the helm of Britain’s biggest retailer, Sky News learns.
Source: news.sky.com
Onions on the outer: Uber’s Cravings report reveals how Australians were eating and drinking in 2022Uber Eats, Australia reported: "Despite rising interest rates smashed avo continued to soar nationally - with the humble Hass avocado in the top three most popular grocery items nationally on Uber Eats but bested by the perennial favourite - the Cavendish banana. At a state level in supermarkets on our app South Aussies were most keen on croissants, Victorians pined after milk, New South Wales placed white bread on the top of their shopping list, West Aussies went big on potatoes, as Queenslanders soaked in bottled H20."
Source: uber.com
Jumbo ends 2022 with 27 Belgian stores
Jumbo opened its 27th Belgian store in Sint-Truiden. Jumbo’s Sint-Truiden supermarket is its seventh in the Belgian province of Limburg, and means that the supermarket chain managed to open ten new shops in Belgium in 2022, lifting its total number to 27.
Source: retaildetail.eu
Britain's Morrisons in 220mln stg logistics sale and leaseback deal
Morrisons has completed a 220mln pounds ($269mln) sale and leaseback deal for seven logistics properties with asset manager ICG, the British supermarket group said. It said it will lease the properties back for up to 25 years, adding that the transaction will help finance further investment in the business, including five new supermarkets next year.
Source: reuters.com
New Zealand: Teddy hits the Garden City 
Rapid grocery delivery company Teddy has officially launched in Christchurch and to celebrate, the team has shared some of the most popular grocery items they have delivered. Duck Island’s S’mores Ice Cream Sandwich currently sits in first place, followed closely by Snackachangi Salt and Vinegar Kettle Fried chips. Boring Oat Milk, bananas, Parrotdog Birdseye beer, Duck Island Fairy Bread Ice Cream Sandwich, Ploughman's bread, tomatoes, Anchor Blue milk and Purex toilet paper all follow in the top ten. “We’re not gonna judge - when you need a snack, you need a snack, and we have more than a few people using Teddy while isolating with the “‘Vid”. They obviously need something delish to take the edge off being stuck at home protecting their community. But we’re also getting plenty of orders for fresh fruit and veg. It just goes to show New Zealanders are getting their vitamins in all the right ways, as they should,” said Chaz Savage, Teddy Co-Founder.
Source: supermarketnews.co.nz
UK: 'Tesco Tetris' takes trucks off the road to deliver greener ChristmasTesco has announced it is partnering with 15 of its major suppliers to decrease the number of trucks on the road this Christmas. The Big 4 grocer’s road traffic control’ team has reviewed which suppliers deliver to the same locations, and has now been able to consolidate and streamline the routes suppliers use when delivering to distribution centres. As a result, favourites such as trifle, parsnips, broccoli and carrots are all being moved together by combining load, the supermarket giant claims it can “stop trucks criss-crossing the country” as products make their way onto shelves.
Source: grocerygazette.co.uk
UK: Lancaster student’s start-up launches Christmas wonky veg box for charities
Now in light of the cost of living crisis in the UK, James Eid’s food waste-fighting brand is rolling out a one-off purchase bumper Christmas Veg Box full of traditional vegetables to help the most vulnerable at this time of year. The Earth & Wheat box, which is priced at £19.99 including next day delivery, will include large potatoes, parsnips, red cabbage, carrots, broccoli, leeks, onions, garlic, herbs - and, of course, festive favourite sprouts.
Source: lancasterguardian.co.uk