Francesco Mutti , president of Centromarca (Confindustria), would be 100% right if: 1) Italy on food labelling had not made a lot of trouble 2) we did not have ‘black sheep’ – like Petti – who have damaged Italy’s image 3) our country did not profusely exploit workers in the fields
“(…) the European Court also addresses itself to the national legislator, requiring him to introduce criminal laws proportionate to the seriousness of facts that cause damage both to the environment and to the lives of people living in a particular area. It is also crucial, according to the Court, that statutes of limitation are guaranteed to be compatible with the complexity of proceedings and that the government refrains from adopting measures, such as criminal shields, that guarantee the impunity of polluters. In the past, the absence of an effective regulatory framework was one of the causes of the failure of some well-known judicial initiatives, such as the one against Eternit owners for asbestos deaths.”
The parable of Eataly from 2020 to the present day, with the latest events concerning Verona and Bologna
“… We decide to enter into an agreement with the te-desco giant Rewe to create a chain of discount stores to be called Penny Market, controlled with 50 per cent equal shares. A decision by the board of directors is required to start the venture. I vote in favour of our father’s proposal, while his historic lawyer Alfonso Pellegatta is against it…’ Le Ossa dei Caprotti, page 169
Interesting indicative test of top brands. And in Spain, the world’s leading olive oil producer, the Andalusian cooperative Dcoop, has denounced widespread fraud in Spain over refined olive oils. Which, according to the vibrant accusation, are in some cases mixed with oils of lower value such as pomace and sunflower oils
Delivery is too expensive for those who practice it. Gorillas has been taken over and Getir has left Italy: three operators remain, with very high costs in relation to turnover. The role of dark kitchens that industrialise catering but worsen the quality of food. Western market in the hands of 4 main players
Speed of delivery, delivery – even of pre-cooked food -, subscriptions and advertising are Walmart’s weapons in a rapidly deteriorating environment
The ever-growing mass of Gazawi corpses punctuates, like a metronome, the depleting time of hostages, the future announcements of fallen Israeli soldiers, but above all it stands there to remind us what a moral abyss we have fallen into. An abyss in which the death of dozens, hundreds of human beings has become routine’. Etgar Keret
On the cover you will find a sentence found in Corriere della Sera and it is what we fear most: a loosening of quality standards in European food, with a possible invasion of ‘Made in USA’ products
The two Ferreros are travelling in parallel with the aim of doubling the firepower of the world’s third largest confectionary industrial group after Mars and Mondelez within a few years
Tesco, in a scenario that is heavily clouded – inflation in the UK is at 4% – is in a strong position in front of its rivals (traditional supermarkets and discounters).
Demand for alternative energy to oil, fertiliser demand and financial speculation threaten to exacerbate the storm unleashed by the war against Iran
