Italy

BMI's food and drink Risk/Reward ratings assess a market's attractiveness to industry investors in comparison to its peers. The Reward part of the rating takes into account market size,... 2012-01-17

Italian retailer Conad has announced the acquisition of 43 Billa stores from Germany's Rewe. The purchased stores comprise 36 supermarkets and seven hypermarkets, and Conad has reported... 2012-01-03

With many countries in Western Europe facing large fiscal deficits policy makers have in some cases looked to the alcoholic drinks industry to close the gap. Alcohol duties have increased... 2011-12-13

For the major food and drink companies in Western Europe the key issue that they have contended with in recent quarters is the run up in commodity prices in late 2010 and the beginning... 2011-12-01

Sweeteners derived from the Stevia plant have finally been formally approved for use by the European Commission. The move will come into force on December 2 2011 and could pave the... 2011-11-15

Italian pasta group De Cecco has announced the acquisition of Russian pasta producer PMK in a deal worth EUR40mn. PMK currently controls around 10% of the country's pasta market, producing... 2011-10-20

BMI's food and drink team are rolling out a series of new and improved risk/reward ratings for all its regions. The new ratings, introduced here for the Western Europe region are more... 2011-10-19

Across continental Europe consumption of bottled water and soft drinks varies quite widely (see chart). Per capita consumption of bottled water is highest in Italy, but is also high... 2011-09-13

Italian bottled water firm Sorgenti Emiliane Modena (SEM) has decided to cancel a proposed initial public offering (IPO) due to poor market conditions. The firm had previously announced... 2011-07-26

BMI's Food and Drink Risk/Reward Ratings assess a market's attractiveness to industry investors in comparison to its regional and global peers. The ratings take into account market... 2011-07-14