Eataly: the losses of the food park Fico Eataly World and the ‘simplified procedure’ loan
The parable of Eataly from 2020 to the present day, with the latest events concerning Verona and Bologna
Esselunga- Rewe: the Penny Market joint venture
“… 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
The best olive oil on the supermarket shelf is 100% Italian
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: between platform losses and worker exploitation
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
Walmart says customers are rationing petrol because of the impact of the war in Iran on their wallets
Speed of delivery, delivery – even of pre-cooked food -, subscriptions and advertising are Walmart’s weapons in a rapidly deteriorating environment
David Grossman: Israel is a nightmare (in Netanyahu’s personal war)
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
US-Europe relations: hormone meat, GMOs, pesticides, food safety and tariffs. The real ones
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
Not only Nutella, with a maxi-merger Giovanni Ferrero has created a new group in Belgium
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’s figures as at 28 February 2026
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).
How the Hormuz crisis drives energy crops and aggravates the food emergency
Demand for alternative energy to oil, fertiliser demand and financial speculation threaten to exacerbate the storm unleashed by the war against Iran
What the ranking of French hypermarkets tells us
In this ranking Leclerc rises and Auchan falls: Leclerc 10 years ago had only one sign in the top 25, today it is 7. Auchan had 16, today there are 7. Leclerc, the French market leader, has continued to focus on hypermarkets, with success
But is Lidl a discount store or a supermarket?
Lidl’s marketing would have us believe that it is a supermarket. It is not, and we explain why. Moreover, the slogan ‘eat fresh’ used by Lidl to Europeans is secondarily misleading and Lidl cannot be an ‘ambassador of Made in Italy’ if it sells pasta made with foreign wheat as ‘Italian’
