Presented in the winery L’Astemia Pentita, the tale of the family that changed Italians. A big thank you to Sandra Vezza for insisting that I talk about Le Ossa dei Caprotti in her winery and to Marcello Pasquero with whom I had a very pleasant conversation
The supermarket and discount segment with sales of between 801 and 1,500 square metres achieved a turnover of EUR 40 billion. A value that is not only significantly higher than the other formats, but which unequivocally confirms that it is precisely in this size range that the most important game within the large-scale retail trade is being played out
Quality is not just a question of price and brand. What do you think? Was Lidl right in the end to ‘pass itself off’ as a supermarket? It would seem so
The Russian project for the United States also directly affects Europe, as NATO is, albeit informally, disbanding. Only a part of the Italians seems not to realise this
Confirmations of 2025 come from Area 1 where discount stores and supermarkets win. Hypermarkets and superstores fail
From rampant shrinkinflation to junk food from Nestlé and McDonald’s, to PFAS, to the ubiquitous inflation-fuelled discountability. Some diseases are worrying
This sounds like a ‘merketing’ or sociological topic. In reality, as the Tik Tok case in Romania has shown, as well as things to know in order to devise a marketing strategy, it is now also about geopolitics
What is happening in retail? It turns out that “In the last year, 20% of households have changed their opinion on the store with the best price/quality ratio… the local competitive scenario counts, as does the quality of the products and departments. Of the latter, fruit and vegetables remains the most important (57% of households) …
In France, Perrier mineral water risks being downgraded to potable, the problem of PFAS in water, even tap water
A survey by friends of friends is enough to ‘solve’ everything’?
This measure was requested in particular by France, which proposed at the end of April to impose ‘handling fees’ on every small parcel entering Europe. In France alone, 800 million of these small parcels were delivered last year
For financier Raffaele Mincione – former partner of Conad – 5 years and 6 months, plus 8,000 euro fine and perpetual disqualification from public office. I met Mauro Suttora in 2009. He told me that the publisher who had commissioned this article did not want to publish it. The affair ends with the investigation into the top management for corruption (2025), which could end ‘in tar and feathers’
