Filed under: Business Taste | Tags: beer, financial crisis, groceries, Netto, Paderborner, Radeberger, Warsteiner
For ages, Germany has been associated with beer. Still, this didn’t save its industry from the financial crisis. Many traditional brewers in Germany are currently struggling and fight fiercely for market shares. It seems like nothing can hold them back anymore: They even flog their products at give-away prices at discount grocery stores. For the industry this has dramatic consequences.
Filed under: Close To The Consumer | Tags: ASDA, Christmas, groceries, price cuts, Tesco
Food magically becomes more expensive right before Christmas. Or at least, that’s what most of us feel year, after year, after year. Now, Britain’s two largest grocers ASDA and Tesco are up for a price war as ASDA releases plans to make significant price cuts throughout the month of January. Are we customers finally in for some pleasant surprise? First reactions show scepticism.
