BULGARIAN NEWS

The Bulgarian Food Bank collected 10 tonnes of food during the second charity campaign “1 kg of kindness”. It took place for two days in November in three retail chains – Carrefour, Piccadilly and Fantastico.“We not only reached, but surpassed our goal,” Tsanka Milanova, executive director of the food bank said. According to her, in this year's campaign took four...

Billa's newest store opened right next to the Business Park in Sofia. The store is 870 sq/m, of which 550 sq/m is retail space.The new supermarket offers a fresh meat counter, grill, fresh salad bar, bakery and a deli counter.The assortment of the new store includes more than 4000 selected products.The new Billa supermarket is environmentally friendly and is focusing on...

Slovenian market leader, Mercator, has announced that it is targeting sales of EUR 2.85bn, an increase of 6.94% versus 2014, aiming for positive growth after three years. The retailer also expects to generate EUR 60m in profit next year, a massive increase compared to the EUR 11.9m planned for this year.Also bearing a positive impact on profitability are the agreement on...

Seven non-binding bids have been submitted for the recapitalisation of Slovenian mineral water and beer producer Pivovarna Laško. According to local daily “Vecer”, the company management rejected one of the bids, so breweries Heineken and Carlsberg, as well as private equity investors KKR, Mid Europa Partners, CVC Capital Partners and Bain Capital are still...

Unilever has launched its first direct-to-consumer website. The site allows consumers to purchase products from the Maille mustard brand not available in shops. Marketingweek.com reports that Mark Smith, Unilever’s chief enterprise and technology officer, said during a Unilever investors’ meeting that this was one of a series of steps meant to integrate e-commerce...

The inventor of Click and Collect in France, Chronodrive, has announced that they will “close or give up 14 sites”. They will reorganise services in the company by "reducing staff in some areas”. In a press release, Chronodrive, a subsidiary of Auchan, estimated that the stores were “unprofitable since their opening.” They explained that...

Heinz is reported to be selling its frozen food ready meals manufacturing site in Dundalk, Ireland. The Authentic Food Company is planning on buying the factory, which employs 155 people. The deal includes a three-year co-pack arrangement for The Authentic Food Company to continue to make Heinz for Weight Watchers, Ross and Heinz Big frozen meals, according to the Grocer. The...