Looking at the long term, there is a clear trend towards the gradual consolidation of organic produce in Italians’ shopping baskets: in 2016, it accounted for 8.4 per cent of the total volume of fruit and vegetables, whilst by 2025 this share will reach 12.2 per cent – the highest level in the series under consideration
Italian, French and British retailers have drawn inspiration and lessons from their American counterparts. And the chain that opened its first supermarket 96 years ago is still family-owned: in June, King Kullen appointed its first female president, Tracey Cullen, the founder’s great-granddaughter
Diageo and Pernod Ricard together control more than half the market and have the resources needed to weather the crisis. Independent producers are far more vulnerable; indeed, according to Duncan McFadzean of Noble & Co, up to a quarter of Scotland’s approximately 160 distilleries could end up being put up for sale
