The real news is that the physical channel is growing faster than e-commerce in year-on-year figures, but its share within the group drops from 3.8 per cent in 2022, to 3.2 per cent in 2024. Most probably other sectors, such as the cloud, give Amazon greater satisfaction in terms of profitability than physical distribution
In Italy, where we had prosciuttopoli, a scandal that broke out in 2019 and was never seriously tackled, absolutely nothing is happening, despite the fact that swine plague licks the borders of Langhirano (Parma), it is surprising that this is happening given that Ettore Prandini, president of Coldiretti, is a farmer. And in the USA there has been the first death of a human being
According to a survey by Datum Intelligence, 73% of Indians are willing to put their hand in their pocket for this service in a country where there are hardly any modern supermarkets like in Europe
The Nutriscore (traffic light labelling) on the cover gives a good idea: according to this system, olive oil would get a failing grade while Coca-Cola would be ‘promoted’. The system is ‘sponsored’ by food multinationals such as Coca-Cola, Mondelez (formerly Kraft), Pepsico,Unilever, Mars and Nestlé.
A study by Morgan Stanley revealed that monthly food expenditure decreased by up to 9 per cent in households with AQA1 users. More recently, major food and beverage companies have reported a marked decrease in sales of snacks and sweets
The consumption of alcohol can cause at least seven different types of cancer, even if only small amounts are consumed. The most affected areas are the mouth and throat, larynx, oesophagus, colorectum, liver and breast (in women). This was reconfirmed by the US Surgeon General in January 2025 but in Italy social pressure is put on those who do not drink
Products and distribution in Italy, investments and presence in Algeria, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Angola, Ghana, Egypt Kenya Tunisia and Ethiopia. ‘Food is not an economic issue, but a geopolitical one’ Federico Vecchioni, with the hope that agriculture in our country will not be abandoned
In essence, Spain dominates the market on both the volume and value side. There is little to rejoice about!
Given the ongoing climate change and the environmental degradation caused by the industrial management of agriculture and animal husbandry, we will have to resign ourselves to finding alternative raw materials to the current ones. This is the case, after cultivated meat and synthetic milk, of cocoa.
Ultra-processed food causes obesity, diabetes and cancer but the food industry – by recruiting complacent scientists, funding studies, pushing clever marketing messages and influencing politics – has been able to cook up a self-serving narrative that shifts the blame for the harm caused by their products
How Putin is winning the wheat and fertiliser war
The Benettons had no chance to relaunch the brand, just as we did not with our cotton mill
