When discussing European food retail today, it's wise to use the term market with caution. Europe isn't a uniform playing field dominated by a few global giants. Instead, it's a mosaic of national quirks, local leaders, and ingrained shopping habits. This complexity makes Europe both challenging and resilient. The fragmented structure isn't inefficient; it's a reflection of closeness to customers. Nowhere else is the food trade so intertwined with culture, daily life, and tru

"The Grocer soon going to publish our next trade report (for Q3). We’re just looking at the data for the first couple of months of that. And from what we can see so far, we’re still seeing that persistent increase to the UK.” The top five product categories include fish, poultry, vegetables, confectionery and prepared foods. And some of the biggest increases are soft drinks, spirits, protein concentrates, animal fats and oils. So, why is it happening? What signs are there tha

New NielsenIQ data for PLMA’s 2025 International Private Label Market Report 𝗤𝟯 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 shows steady growth for private label across Europe. Private label share across 17 tracked countries has risen to 38.7 %, +0.28 % up vs. the same period last year. 12 of the 17 markets increased their private label share 12 markets now exceed 30% private label share 8 markets exceed 40%, with Switzerland leading more than 52.3% Top-growing markets: Spain (+1.1) | Austria (+0.7) | Ne

Discount Retail Chain Lidl's owner, Schwarz, through its IT and digital division, Digits, this week took the first step towards a billionaire investment to build its own data center. According to the announcement, the company will invest 11 billion euros to build a state-of-the-art infrastructure in Lubbenau, in Brandenburg. This will be one of the most advanced centres of its kind in Europe. The first phase of the "Schwarz Digits Data Center", consisting of three modules, is

Discount Retail Chain Lidl's parent company the Schwarz Group announced plans for a long-term partnership with Google. The strategic partnership will cover major dimensions for secure and sovereign digital transformation, including best-in-class collaboration and productivity solutions and advanced cyber security offerings in Germany and Europe. “For future viability in the digital age, it is essential to find partners who are truly willing to shape digitization together,” sa

Discount Retail Chain Lidl strengthened its profitability despite slowing sales growth. The discounter's international operations increased the net margin to 2.4% and achieved a record net profit of €2.3 billion in the 2024/2025 financial year. The increase in gross margin and the reduction in debt offset the pressure caused by higher labour and financing costs. Central and South-Eastern Europe became Lidl's most profitable region, generating almost half of the total profit.

Discount Variety Retail Chain Action, the non-food discounter, continued to deliver growth across Europe in the third quarter of 2025, despite softening consumer sentiment in Europe. Nine-month net sales grew to €11.2 billion, up 17.4% from 2024. Like-for-like sales growth was 6.3%, primarily driven by customer growth. Action stores once more delivered strong customer growth with an especially strong performance in Italy and Spain. Action’s summer season assortment, from picn

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Discount Retail Chain Action announced its sales development for 2024. Net sales grew to €13.8 billion in 2024, up 21.7% from 2023....

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