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Great Britain: Soil Association gives the report 2013 on organic food
The last five years have not been easy, again 3,8% organic turnover less in 2012. The organic market is subdued on the high street but booming online and in large specialist retailers. Organic shoppers are increasingly choosing the convenience and variety offered by home delivery and specialist shops over the inconvenience and frustration of finding more limited ranges and stock at many supermarkets.The three leading [...]
Germany: Who are the major players in food-retail concerning organic food
We dont have complete figures, but we have as an indicator the sales in fresh food. The research institute AMI did an evaluation of the GfK Household-panel-data concerning fresh-food-sales of the major players in Germany. Taking together the different sales channels we see that that the Edeka group without Netto-Dicounter is ahead follwed by ALDI south and Rewe without the Penny-discounter.The interesting thing we also [...]
Migros plans to expand in Germany with the tegut…-shops to the south-west
Maybe the Stuttgart people will see this brand rather soon. In a south-west German sunday-special "Der Sonntag" Jörg Blumtschi from Migros Zurich pointed out, that Migros first has the plan to improve the performance of the tegut...supermarkets. " At the moment when this does work" Bluntschi told Kathrin Ganter, " we plan from 2015 to expand step by step also into the south-wester region of [...]
ANUGA Köln 5.to 9. October 2013 with a new impact to organic food
With new regulations to the organic part Anuga points out that organic food is a strong part of food innovation. So the fair does strengthen the organic profile. The 32nd Anuga, which takes place from 5th to 9th October 2013, will once again be the world’s largest and most important meeting place for the food and beverage sectors. About 6,700 suppliers will come together with [...]
Organic milk-production and milk-prices in Europe
Availability, offer and price of organic milk will be one of the key-points in the the organic development in Europe. For the mass-markets organic milk together with the key products out of organic fruit and vegetables is a strategic product for the development of the organic market. Bio Austria had interesting facts about that.Looking at the organic milk production in Europe we recognize that the [...]
France: More than 4,1 billion euros spent 2012 on organic products
On our meeting on BioFach Mme Mercier Directrice of the French Organic Agency gave us the last figures: 80% of the french consumers bought organic products in 2012 in super- and hypermarkets. One year before that has been only 61 %. 32 % buy organic on the markets, the before 41%, and 25% in organic specualist shops and 24 % other specialist shops - 26% [...]