Barbara Wieczorek, Export Director at Maspex Group talks about company’s export history, goals and challenges; company’s development plans, new investments and most popular products sold on foreign markets. Read more »

This report on non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in the European single market has been commissioned by the Polish Federation of Food Industry (PFFI) and prepared by Dentons in collaboration with PFFI. The report analyses the current situation and identifies effective measures to counter unjustified non-tariff barriers to trade. Read more »

An interview with Hüseyin Kaptan, Founder of Damak Kebab on maintaining a competitive edge, exports achievements and importance of trade fairs around the globe. Read more »

Grzegorz Lenart, Export Director at Lotte Wedel discusses top export products, strategy concerning launching new ones and future plans for product range development. Read more »

The year 2017 saw further growth in turnover of Polish foreign trade in agri-food products. The growth rate of the value of exports was higher than of imports, which affected an increase in the positive trade balance. The growth of exports was fostered by a favourable situation on the markets of Poland’s major trade partners, as well as improved competitiveness of domestic export products. Read more »

On September 25, 2018, at the Marriott Hotel in Warsaw, the Food Export Congress was organized by the company Fischer Trading Group Sp. z o.o., the publisher of ‘Food from Poland’ and ‘Wholesale & Retail’ magazines. 180 representatives of food sector producers, government institutions and producer organizations supporting export, as well as trade counsellors of foreign embassies... Read more »

Senator Komorowski Organic Vodka and Björn received the Gold Medal in the largest in China and Hong Kong competition for wines and spirits – CWSA China Wine & Spirits Awards. Read more »

The President of the Board, Zenon Daniłowski, took part in the panel: “Problem Food Waste - how Europe deals with wasting food?” He pointed out that care for non-food waste is expressed in providing products with longer expiration dates and that appropriate packaging protects the durability of the product even after its opening. Read more »

Wedel products are gaining more and more fans abroad with perspectives to expand on new markets. Anticipating customer expectations, Wedel continues to widen portfolio, with international availability as one of the focus areas. Company already exports products to over 60 countries worldwide, but USA, Canada and UK are currently key markets. Read more »

The Regional Dairy Cooperative in Piatnica is one of the most modern and fastest growing dairy companies in Poland. OSM Piatnica is the biggest producer of cottage cheese, soured cream and mascarpone in Poland, and the leading manufacturer of cream cheese, curd cheese and micro-filtered milk. All products are made with only natural ingredients, without any preservatives, artificial flavours or... Read more »

Walmart Canada has announced that it will invest $175mn in its network of stores, in a bid to create a seamless omnichannel shopping experience. Read more »

Prices are surging in the region due to the ASF outbreaks in China and Europe. Read more »

Five restrictionary measures are asked by the Union of Small Farmers in order to keep the disease out of the country. Read more »

The United States and the European Union must quickly flesh out their aim of cutting trade barriers, German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said ahead of an EU trade meeting on Friday. Read more »

Dino Polska S.A. opened 120 new stores in Q1-Q3 2018, compared to 90 in the same period of previous year. Its network numbered 895 stores at the end of September 2018 versus 718 stores one year ago. The selling area in the Dino stores is now 343.3 thousand square meters versus 273.0 thousand square meters a year ago. Read more »

Uncertainty regarding the post-Brexit evolution of the market and an increase in pig slaughtering in the UK has put the price down by 9% from the average recorded last year. Read more »

The Chinese government may decline to participate in proposed trade talks with the United States later this month if the Trump administration moves forward with additional tariffs on imported Chinese goods, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing Chinese officials. Read more »

Maxima Grupė, which operates retail chains in the Baltics, Poland and Bulgaria, successfully placed a EUR 300 million issue of 5-year bonds. The bonds were purchased by more than 60 investors from 14 countries. Among them – one third from Baltic and Scandinavian region, rest of them – from other European countries. Demand for the securities exceeded supply. Read more »

First half of 2018 on the Polish shopping centres market belonged to the biggest agglomerations. Over 172,000 sqm of new space was delivered, which constitutes about 75% of domestic supply. At the same time, the demand for retail space was still very high, and the level of vacant buildings remained very low. Read more »

Germany-based supermarket chain Kaufland has pulled 480 products from its shelves manufactured by food giant Unilever after the Anglo-Dutch firm tried to "dramatically" increase prices. Read more »

Wholesale segment on growth path, with improved efficiency. Retail marked by acquisitions, integration of acquired stores and investment in new projects. Read more »

Profits are in the $80 per head range and big companies are making plans for expansion. Read more »

In H1 2018 Dino Polska’s consolidated revenues totaled PLN 2,709.1 million and were PLN 691 million (34.2%) higher than a year ago. Significant top line improvement is the outcome of Dino’s ongoing rapid store network roll-out to open new stores with revenues growing at a double-digit pace in the current store network (like for like, LfL). LfL sales growth in H1 2018 was 14.7% (with food... Read more »

Authorities from Belarus have imposed temporary restrictions on the import of beef from 10 regions in China after some outbreaks of foot and mouth disease hit farms in these regions. Read more »

UK's fresh and frozen pork exports went down by 7% in June compared to year-earlier levels, totaling 16,700 tonnes, according to HMRC data analyzed by the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB). Read more »

An outbreak of Salmonella Reading infections linked to raw turkey products has been detected in 26 states and sickened at least 90 people, of which 40 have been hospitalized. Read more »

Maxima Grupė is starting the process of retail chains Stokrotka and Aldik in Poland integration. Aldik, which was acquired by the company in 2012, will be integrated into Stokrotka. Earlier this year, Maxima Grupė acquired Emperia Holding S.A. that operates Polish retail chain Stokrotka. The integration of both companies is planned to be completed this autumn. Read more »

At the Farnborough International Airshow, DHL Express announced today that the world’s leading international express service provider has placed an order for 14 Boeing 777 Freighters, which also includes options and purchase rights for 7 additional aircraft. The delivery of the first four planes is expected to be completed in 2019. Read more »

Mondelēz International, Inc. will release its second quarter 2018 financial results on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 4:05 p.m. ET and will host a conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET that day. Read more »