In a first for France, Carrefour is using blockchain technology to guarantee its consumers authentic Auvergne chicken,
the supermarket chain announced on Tuesday.
The Co-op
supermarket chain announced the addition of a family law branch to the legal services it offers, which will evidently include fixed tariff family law and face to face advice, from over 1,000 locations.
In 2011,
the supermarket chain announced profits of # 3.4 billion.
Not exact matches
In big box retail, Alibaba recently
announced a $ 2.9 billion investment in China's second - largest hypermarket, Sun Art Retail; in the medium - sized sector, Alibaba has invested in the Sanjiang
supermarket chain; and in small retail, Alibaba is aligning with Lianhua's Quik convenience stores.
Amazon has recently
announced plans to acquire the
supermarket chain Whole Foods for $ 13.7 billion.
For example, Perthshire butcher Simon Howie chose St Andrew's Day to
announce that the big four UK
supermarket chains will stock the world's first widely - available gluten free haggis ahead of Burns Night.
Looking ahead to 2017, Rosati Ice, America's oldest Italian ice company, will be expanding its
supermarket presence by growing partnerships with Acme, Whole Foods, Weis Markets, and others; and is about to
announce a couple of new major
supermarket chains as well.
British
supermarket chain Sainsbury's has
announced it will start selling touch - free plastic packaging for their chicken range, in a bid to encourage millennials to cook at home more often.
All eggs from caged hens will be removed from the shelves of Woolworths over five years as the
supermarket responds to growing consumer demand to address animal welfare, the
supermarket chain will
announce on Friday.
At the same time Woolworths
announced its intentions to sell or close its hardware stores, its competitor, Wesfarmers (owner of Coles
supermarkets and Bunnings hardware stores) publicly stated it had acquired the UK's Homebase home improvement
chain for AUD $ 705 million.
Ahold USA, the parent company of Stop & Shop New England, Stop & Shop New York Metro, Giant Carlisle and Giant Landover with nearly 770
supermarkets in 13 states, along with Peapod, the nation's leading online grocery shopping and delivery service,
announced it is eliminating the lifelong confinement of pigs in cages from its supply
chain.
Harris Teeter
Supermarkets has
announced new commitments to improve animal welfare in its supply
chain, including the elimination of gestation crates from its pork supply.
Since February, McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Cracker Barrel, and Denny's have
announced that they will eliminate gestation crates from their supply
chains, as have Kroger and Safeway, the nation's top two
supermarket chains, and Compass Group, the world's largest food service company.
Since February, McDonald's, Burger King, Wendy's, Cracker Barrel, Denny's and Sonic have
announced that they will eliminate gestation crates from their supply
chains, as have Kroger and Safeway, the nation's top two
supermarket chains, and Compass Group, the world's largest foodservice company.
The Retail Council of Canada
announced that all eight of the largest Canadian
supermarket chains — Walmart Canada, Costco Canada, Metro, Loblaw, Safeway Canada, Federated Co-operatives, Sobeys and Co-op Atlantic — will move away from gestation crate confinement of pigs in their supply systems over the next nine years.
The British
supermarket chain Iceland, for example,
announced that its store - brand frozen foods will be sold in plastic - free packaging within five years.
The stock price of Whole Foods, the much - ballyhooed natural
supermarket chain, took a big hit after the company
announced that its quarterly sales grew by a measly $ 300 million to $ 3.3 billion.
A British
supermarket chain called Co-op Food has
announced that all of its store - brand bottles of water will soon be packaged in 50 percent recycled plastic.
Well, in the last day or so the World Bank has withdrawn a loan to one of Brazil's cattle giants; and Brazil's three - largest
supermarket chains (one of which is Wal - Mart) have
announced that they will suspend contracts with cattle companies associated with deforestation: Up to $ 90 Million in Funding Pulled The action by the World Bank comes via its private lending arm, the International Finance Corporation, and pulls the last $ 30 million of $ 90 million loan from Brazilian cattle firm Bertin.
U.K.
supermarket chain Tesco
announced three new hires for its forthcoming digital entertainment offerings Monday.
Monoprix, one of France's top
supermarket and household item
chains, has
announced it will start selling some of its...