Industry Developments
Israel
Israel's second-largest mass grocery retailer (MGR) by market share Blue Square has reported a 3.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in fourth quarter (three months to December 31 2009)...
2010-03-17Russia
After raising the minimum price of a half litre of low-end vodka to RUB0.89 (US$2.95) in January 2010 as part of a clampdown on an alcoholic drinks industry described by President...
2010-03-17Romania
Reflecting BMI's forecast that headline soft drinks volume sales declined by 9.31% year-on-year (y-o-y) in 2009 to 2.16bn litres, the Romania-based operations of Pepsi Americas and...
2010-03-16Turkey
Turkey-based food and drink giant Yildiz Holding, owner of the luxury chocolate company Godiva, is contemplating initial public offerings (IPOs) for some of its core units as it continues...
2010-03-15Russia
Unilever has joined a keynote list of multinational food and drink (F&D) behemoths that includes Carlsberg, Danone and PepsiCo in underlining the long-term dynamism of the Russian...
2010-03-12Latvia
German confectionery company Konditorei Junge has dipped its toe into Latvia's under-strain confectionery industry after taking up a 20% equity stake in Latvian pastry manufacturer...
2010-03-11Russia
With a market share in excess of 40%, Carlsberg's Russian operation remains immensely important to the brewer despite the Russian government's clampdown on beer. Despite a spiral...
2010-03-10Spain
In a move expected to have a significant bearing on Romania's meat processing industry, Spanish meat processor Campofrio Food Group is expected to enter into a joint venture (JV)...
2010-03-09
