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Groceries

Consumer & Healthcare

Kroger lays off 1,000 corporate workers in cost-cutting move

Carrefour owns nearly 70 per cent of Atacadao, also known as Carrefour Brasil.
Consumer & Healthcare

Carrefour proposes buyout of Brazilian grocery unit Atacadao

DFI Retail Group has begun its strategic turn towards the higher-end of the retail grocery market, focusing on its CS Fresh labels.
Property

FairPrice, Sheng Siong in fine fettle even as Giant shrinks footprint

Instacart’s results come on the heels of big earnings beats by other delivery companies in recent days.
Startups

Instacart posts sales beat, issues strong earnings outlook

Supermarkets, manufacturers and fast-food chains are stepping up promotions to entice customers to buy more.
Opinion & Features

Goodbye grocery greedflation and shrinkflation; hello deals

Despite its size and distance from China’s most important cities, Pangdonglai’s influence has percolated through the industry, with smaller chains adopting its model.
Consumer & Healthcare

China’s mega-grocers turn to an upstart to win back shoppers

The deal adds heft to Zepto’s balance sheet as it competes with Blinkit and Swiggy’s Instamart in a highly competitive market marred by high investments and thin margins
Startups

Zepto raises US$665 million in second funding round in a year

The number of major oil spills worldwide has halved every decade on average between the 1970s and 2010s.
ESG Insights
ESG Insights

Issue 105: Sustainable marine fuel’s safety risks; Asia’s protein inertia is a governance problem

Sendo recruits households to become its pickup stations, where customers collect their groceries after placing an order online on Sendo Farm.
International

Vietnam e-commerce platform Sendo shoots for profits from online grocery amid stiff competition

CDH is best known for its dealmaking in traditional industries such as consumption and manufacturing in the early years.
ASEAN Business

China’s CDH buys minority interest in Vietnam grocery chain Bach Hoa Xanh

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