Organic, vegan, fair, gluten-free. Facts, figures and trends about healthy foo
Germany: Less growth of discount shops, some more supermarkets
16 393 discount shops in the end of 2012, 10 505 normal supermarkets and a that time only 10 064 small supermarkets, 1 010 big supermarkets und 894 department stores - all together a bit less than 39 000 shops. That are figures of the European retail institute. In these figures not mentioned: the buther shops, balkeries, organic shops and other specialists, around 50 % [...]
Germany: There a gap between organic consumption and development of production as a study reveals
Studies like those of Institut für Organischen Landbau der Universität Bonn are always in a way late, what is no reason to doubt the results: The excellent development of german organic consumption can only go on if there will be also a suitable promotion of development of organic production at the same time. That is a fact also to be seen in a lot of [...]
Germany: Bertelsmann Stiftung is pointing out the german profit out of the euro
Germany profits considerably from the Euro, as a current model calculation of Prognos AG shows that was drawn up on the order of the Bertelsmann Stiftung. "Germany's membership in the currency union reduces costs for international trade and protects it from strong exchange rate fluctuations," Aart De Geus, chairman and CEO of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, said.Even if Germany was to lose most of its claims [...]
Switzerland: Organic private label Naturaplan – a succes-story of Coop Switzerland
1993 Coop has been the first retailer in Switzerland builduíng up a strong organic private label. It has been years of passion and innovation to come from that point to the present result of more than 1 600 different organic Naturaplan products as we have today. So with every category and every essential product the customer has the choice between organic and non-organic.Naturaplan-product have a [...]
Germany: Sales or fairtrade products growing but from a low level
Also 2012 fairtrade figures seem to be enormous with a growth of 33 % but only a total turnover of 533 Million Euro and major players amoung these have been bananas and roses. Out of the traditional setup of organic and fair only bananas with 88% organic and fair and coffee with 78% organic and fair are part of the initial intention. Looking at fairtrade-rice [...]
Now also Carrefour does a test with a 100% organic supermarket in Paris
On 20 March, Carrefour opened its 1st store completely dedicated to organic products right in the heart of Paris. Based at 29 boulevard Diderot in the 12th arrondissement, Carrefour’s new organic store features a wide range of major-brand and Carrefour own-brand organic products over a 170 m2 sales area. Customers can choose from a specially tailored offering of fruit and vegetables, breads, fresh produce and [...]