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Controlling prices? Great choice… for being less competitive. This was the headline of an editorial a few months ago by the Director of IFN Roberto Della Casa, observing the Spanish distribution landscape: Carrefour and Alcampo, by limiting increases, lost ground, while Mercadona, Lidl, and Hipercor, focusing on value and increasing prices, continued to grow. The message is clear: today it is not just the price that determines success, but the ability to offer assortment, quality, and a shopping experience capable of retaining customers (Click here to learn more). This was confirmed by a recent international analysis by AlixPartners on the supermarket market — based on over 13,000 consumers interviewed between September and November 2025 in Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, and other global markets. According to the analysis — reports Grocery Dive — traditional supermarkets still rely too much on promotions to attract customers. However, this "high-low" ...

Australian bread wheat displaces the USA from the market in South Korea after Australia adapted its varieties to Asian tastes.

The Association of Producers and Suppliers of Ready-Made Food (APPGE) has appealed to the Chairman of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Volodin, with a request to refine the draft law of the party "Fair Russia," which provides for a ban on the preparation of ready-made food in retail outlets and equates it to cooking. This was reported by "Vedomosti" with reference to a letter from the association. As noted by the President of APPGE, Sergey Belyakov, equating ready-made food to cooking will lead to the application of the same regulatory requirements to products that are produced and packaged in factory kitchens, and to products prepared in food service establishments. At the same time, ready-made food requires compliance with specific storage and transportation conditions, as well as adherence to the temperature regime to maintain quality. The draft law of the ...