Mar 24, 20234 min read

Romania: Auchan launches a new hyper discount store concept

Hypermarkets Auchan Ploiesti (from March 23) and Auchan Timisoara Calea Șagului (from March 28) become Auchan Discount and offer...

Portugal: Lidl exported 27,000 tonnes of fruit and vegetables in 2022

Mar 24, 20231 min read

Europe

Portugal: Lidl exported 27,000 tonnes of fruit and vegetables in 2022

Discount Retail Chain Lidl Portugal announced that the results of its joint export campaign with Portugal Fresh represent a 23% increase...

Poland: Biedronka will open 130 stores in 2023

Mar 23, 20232 min read

Europe

Poland: Biedronka will open 130 stores in 2023

The Jeronimo Martins Group, owner of discount retail chain Biedronka, showed its results for 2022. The Group's revenues amounted to EUR...

Spain: Action opens its first store in the Valencia region and ninth in Spain

Mar 23, 20232 min read

Europe

Spain: Action opens its first store in the Valencia region and ninth in Spain

Discount Variety Retail Chain Action (owned by PE 3i Group) expands its presence in Spain with a new store in Villarreal, in the province...

Mar 23, 20232 min read

Europe

Spain: Aldi reaches 400 stores

Discount Retail Chain Aldi Spain opens its 400th store in Spain. Located in the city of Valencia. The discounter has more than 1,200 m2of...

Sweden: Lidl lowers and freezes the prices

Mar 23, 20232 min read

Europe

Sweden: Lidl lowers and freezes the prices

Discount Retail Chain Lidl freezes the price of over a hundred commodities to curb inflation. "These measures will cost money, but we are...

Portugal: Jerónimo Martins sees inflation boost profits

Mar 23, 20232 min read

Europe

Portugal: Jerónimo Martins sees inflation boost profits

Portugal's second-largest retailer, Jerónimo Martins (owner of discount retail chains Biedronka in Poland and Ara in Colombia), has...

Netherlands: Discount chain Action makes more than billion euros in profit

Mar 23, 20231 min read

Europe

Netherlands: Discount chain Action makes more than billion euros in profit

Discount Variety Retail Chain Action (owned by 3i Group) posted an operating profit (EBITDA) of €1.2 billion in 2022. This is 45% higher...

Research: Dairy brands caught cold by price

Mar 21, 20233 min read

Europe

Research: Dairy brands caught cold by price

Dairy products are among the best-selling items in food retailing in Germany. But this is exactly where you can currently see best how...

Thailand: MR. D.I.Y. donates funds and essential items to home for Handicapped Animals Foundation

Mar 21, 20233 min read

Asia

Thailand: MR. D.I.Y. donates funds and essential items to home for Handicapped Animals Foundation

Discount Variety Retail Chain MR. D.I.Y. Thailand (owned by Malaysia based PE firm Creador) sends love and care to disabled cats and...

UK: Iceland partners with Just Eat for rapid grocery delivery

Mar 21, 20232 min read

Europe

UK: Iceland partners with Just Eat for rapid grocery delivery

Discount Frozen Food Retail Chain Iceland has teamed up with Just Eat to offer shoppers a rapid grocery delivery service from over 200...

UK: How does the Plus App work and what do you get with it?

Mar 21, 20231 min read

Europe

UK: How does the Plus App work and what do you get with it?

Discount Retail Chain Lidl (owned by the German Schwarz Group) unveiled its Lidl Plus app back in 2020, but if you’re not already a...

Netherlands: Lidl ceases private label Delicieux and prolongs Deluxe

Mar 21, 20232 min read

Europe

Netherlands: Lidl ceases private label Delicieux and prolongs Deluxe

Discount Retail Chain Lidl (owned by the German Schwarz Group) puts an end to the name Delicieux and from now on sells its luxury private...

Research: USA Grocery Chains With the Best Frozen Foods

Mar 18, 20235 min read

Americas

Research: USA Grocery Chains With the Best Frozen Foods

Americans love frozen food and that appetite is on the rise. In fact, sales of frozen foods increased over 8% since 2018 to a whopping...

USA: Dollar General customers are buying groceries but skipping non-essentials

Mar 18, 20233 min read

Americas

USA: Dollar General customers are buying groceries but skipping non-essentials

Discount Variety Retail Chain Dollar General (listed NYSE: DG) gets more customers that are shopping for cheap groceries, but it's not...

Mar 18, 20237 min read

Research

Research: A-brands, in the face of the own private label brand tsunami

From time to time Promarca convenes an event where it denounces the scarce access that Spanish consumers have to the "manufacturer...

Netherlands: Wibra expands recycling program to more stores

Mar 17, 20231 min read

Europe

Netherlands: Wibra expands recycling program to more stores

Discount Textile Retail Chain Wibra and Impackt are expanding their pilot to more branches. The two companies have been conducting a...

Mar 16, 20231 min read

Europe

Turkey: BIM increased its net profit

Discount Retail Chain BİM (listed BİST: BIMAS) increased its net profit to 8.157 billion TL last year (€ 406 mio). BİM announced its...

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