It is a pity that no Italian company has had the scale, but above all the vision, to take on the world in the way these giants have done. In Italy, everyone thought: e-commerce must be self-sustaining. This was the case for Esselunga at home until it had no rivals, but Amazon and Walmart disprove this view. E-commerce is underpinned by other, more profitable sources of revenue
Written on 17 April, updated on 24 June 2026 This article focuses mainly on non-food products, but whilst writing about…
The fact that many discount brands feature at the top of the rankings – Eurospin is number one in 11 regions and ranks second or third in a further six – suggests that its range of fruit and vegetables meets its customers’ expectations better than that of supermarkets, which tend to emulate discounters but charge higher prices
David (Bonneval) versus Goliath (Nestlé) in a context where the presence of a bottle no longer guarantees that the water is not contaminated
Walmart is not only becoming a threat to Amazon and all American supermarkets, but also to fast food and home delivery companies, such as UberEats or DoorDash
“… 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
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
Demand for alternative energy to oil, fertiliser demand and financial speculation threaten to exacerbate the storm unleashed by the war against Iran
Substitute foods are a mature segment that responds to environmental, health, ethical and economic needs. Food technology has made extraordinary progress in replicating flavours and textures
For years, cocoa was treated as a commodity: present in hundreds of references, manageable with seasonal contracts, relatively stable. Between 2024 and 2025 this approach was staravolta
The supermarket idea turned out to be a move for which there were no answers, and in the long run one of the moves that led the US to win the cultural and economic game they played with us on the chessboard of Europe
