Slovenia

Slovenian mass grocery retail (MGR) operator Mercator has reported a slight 1% rise in net profit for the first nine months of the year to EUR36.4mn (US$52.3mn). Group net sales were... 2008-11-13

Despite the current global financial turmoil and high food price inflation, Slovenian mass grocery retail (MGR) operator Mercator has made a public statement saying that its long-term... 2008-10-17

The sale of a 23% share in Mercator, Slovenia's leading mass grocery retail (MGR) operator, has been blocked by the country's competition authority. In June of this year, Slovenian... 2008-07-30

Slovenia remains placed second in the revised BMI's Business Environment Rankings for Q208, boasting a well-developed food and drinks, as well as retail sectors. The mature industry... 2008-04-24

Droga Kolinska Slovenia's biggest food producer has announced that it will sell off some of its less profitable brands and will lay off 300 workers. This news follows the announcement... 2008-04-11

However, despite this high level of maturity, BMI predicts that Slovenia's overall MGR sales will increase almost three-fold, from an estimated US$7.7bn in 2006 to US$23.8bn in 2012.... 2007-12-21

In 2005 frozen fruits and vegetables were the most commonly purchased frozen foods in many CEE markets. Since then, however, the prominence of Western-style products, including pizzas,... 2007-10-16

Slovenia's leading retailer Mercator has acquired Croatian food retailer Presoflex in its bid to gain dominance in South East Europe's mass grocery retail (MGR) industry. This move... 2007-05-25

German discounter Lidl has made its Slovenian market entry, opening 15 stores across the country, with plans to open another 10 stores in the short term. Lidl is now the sixth discount... 2007-04-02

Pivovarna Lasko, Slovenia's leading brewer, has reportedly shown an interest in buying stakes in Serbian beer maker Pivara MB. 'Pivovarna Lasko is interested in a tie-up with MB brewery,... 2006-04-24