Supermarket DC Super Heroes land at Coles with new collectable campaign to encourage Aussies to have fun and eat more fresh fruit and vegetables
Coles, in partnership with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products and DC, is bringing back its popular BUILDERS collectable program, this time featuring everyone’s favourite DC Super Heroes and Super-Villains in a campaign helping to educate and encourage Aussies to enjoy great Aussie fresh fruit and veg through the brand new Fresh Food Challenge.
Source: colesgroup.com.au
Morrisons launches new support package for British farmers to cover the costs of growing crops
Morrisons has launched a new trial to support farmers by underwriting 100% of the costs associated with growing crops. The trial will help British farmers mitigate the cost and weather pressures that come from the peaks and troughs of the season, including field rent, fertiliser cost and gives farmers greater financial security with Morrisons shouldering all the risk. Crops are currently being grown on three potato farms and one carrot farm with the first produce from these farms due to hit shelves before the end of the year and into 2024. If successful, Morrisons hopes to roll out this scheme to more farms later next year.
Source: morrisons-corporate.com
Italy: Lidl seeks to cut food waste with ‘anti-waste bag’
Lidl Italia has launched the ‘anti-waste bag’, a project that offers fruit and vegetables that do not meet aesthetic standards but are still good quality, are safe to eat, or have damaged packaging, at a discount rate. Each anti-waste bag contains four kilograms of fruit and vegetables and can be purchased for the fixed price of €3. The number of bags each store packages varies according to the daily availability of suitable produce.
Source: esmmagazine.com
Estonia: Current soaring price of vegetables likely to reverse from late summer
While the price per kilo of onions, carrots and other vegetables has risen dramatically on the supermarket shelves compared with the situation a year ago, according to one producer from Võrumaa, in the broader context of the general ongoing inflation, prices are not especially high even now, while as the summer comes to an end, a price fall is likely to follow. Meanwhile a purchasing manager at supermarket chain Rimi, says vegetable prices have already started to take a downward direction. Whereas in July last year, a kilo of carrots cost on average of €1.07 at store, by the middle of summer this year, that price had risen to €1.75. Cabbages and potatoes are also considerably costlier than a year ago, and the price of onions has saw a particularly major jump. Rimi Estonia purchasing manager Talis Raag told ERR, however, that it cannot be stated unequivocally that vegetables have become more expensive, as a rule.
Source: news.err.ee
UK: Aldi slashes prices on fruit and vegetables to pass savings onto shoppers
Aldi has cut the price on fruit and veg products as the discount grocer looks to pass savings on to its customers amid the cost-of-living crisis. Ten products are included in the price drop, including avocados, red peppers, baking potatoes and sweetcorn and is the latest price cut move after including household staples such as milk and pasta - lowering the price of almost 100 products.
Source: retailgazette.co.uk
UK: Parkside develops compostable packaging for New Forest Fruit
British packaging company Parkside has provided a new home-compostable flexible packaging solution for New Forest Fruit’s new ‘plant to packet’ dried strawberries range. The packaging of this range is made using Park2Nature, which is a patented triplex material developed by Parkside.
Source: packaging-gateway.com
Holland: Jumbo stops with plastic bags for fruit and vegetables
Jumbo says goodbye for good to the free disposable bags in the fruit and vegetable department. This saves the supermarket chain 35mln plastic bags per year. Customers can use the sustainable reusable fresh bags for unpackaged fruit and vegetables.
Source: nieuws.jumbo.com
Amazon expands Fresh grocery delivery service to non-Prime members in select U.S. cities
Amazon (AMZN), the global online retail giant, is making a significant change to its Fresh grocery delivery service. Previously, this service was exclusively available to customers with a Prime membership. However, in a strategic expansion move, Amazon is now extending the accessibility of its Fresh grocery delivery to non-Prime members as well. This development will benefit customers in a dozen U.S. cities, including Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Nashville, Phoenix, Portland, Richmond, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco.
Source: rttnews.com
US: C&S Wholesale Grocers announces CEO transition
C&S Wholesale Grocers announced that CEO Bob Palmer will retire on October 2 and that longtime company leader Eric Winn will take over the top role. Palmer will serve on the company’s board of directors following his retirement.
Source: grocerydive.com
US: Hatch Chiles are back at Kroger
The Kroger Co. shared that seasonal customer favorite, fresh Private Selection™ Hatch Chiles, are now available for a limited time at Kroger Family of Stores nationwide. Grown on local farms in the Hatch Valley of southwestern New Mexico's Rio Grande region, Hatch Chiles are picked, packed and shipped in a single day, hitting shelves in as little as 24-hours after harvest.
Source: prnewswire.com
US: Publix posts another strong quarter
Employee-owned grocer Publix Super Markets, which continues to open new stores at a brisk pace, reported another solid quarter, with net earnings up nearly 75%. Publix, which sells stock only to its current employees and members of its board, said that for the quarter ended July 1, sales totaled $14.1bln, up 8.9% from a year ago. Same-store sales during the period rose 6.2%.
Source: winsightgrocerybusiness.com
US: GrubMarket acquires London Fruit to expand further in Texas
GrubMarket announced that it has completed the acquisition of South Texas-based London Fruit, an established, family-owned wholesale distribution business that has been operating since 1981. London Fruit is a market leader in avocados, limes, mangos, and other premium tropical fruits sourced from its extensive network of producers across Mexico, Peru, and other parts of South America.
Source: prnewswire.com
US: Kroger, Albertsons dodge 'weak' consumer antitrust lawsuit
A U.S. judge dismissed a consumer lawsuit challenging Kroger's $25bln bid for rival grocer Albertsons, days after a hearing where the court criticized the private antitrust complaint as "weak".
Source: reuters.com