The SPAR Austria Group saw its food businesses, which operate in Austria, Croatia, Hungary, northern Italy, and Slovenia, grow sales by 4%, to €15.09 bn. SPAR Group noted its performance across all its operates had been significantly impacted by the on-going effects of the pandemic. Positive performance in its home market SPAR Austria reported its food retail business enjoyed sales growth o...

As Gopuff launches price matching for the UK’s largest convenience retailer and partners with Morrisons, Amazon rolls out Deliveroo Plus as a Prime benefit in Italy, I round up the latest developments within quick commerce. I also round up some of the latest activation I’ve seen from quick commerce pure plays Jiffy, Zapp and Gorillas, including a focus on events. Gopuff price matches Tesc...

Carrefour achieved like-for-like sales growth of 2.3% in 2021, following on from a 7.8% improvement in 2020, taking its sales including VAT to €81.2 bn. The retailer said the results underlined ‘ the continuous improvement in the Group’s model and reflects solid momentum of market share gains in all key countries ’. In terms of market share gains, Carrefour called out France, Spain, and Brazil. ...