Superunie news

Netherlands-based Sligro has announced sales for the first six months of its financial year, while PLUS and Hoogvliet launch initiatives to differentiate themselves from the competition. Sligro’s EMTE supermarket banner suffers LFL contraction At Sligro’s EMTE supermarket banner like-for-like sales contracted by 0.8%, with the retailer’s chief executive, Koen Slippens, saying that ‘ althoug...

With the closure of innovative online solution provider Superdirect.com’s only site and a growing focus on fresh produce and meat at Hoogvliet and PLUS respectively, we round-up news from the market. Hoogvliet to open new fresh focused format Hoogvliet has announced that it is going to open a new store format under the Hoogvliet Fresh Market banner. The fascia will focus on fresh products, le...

As price comparison comes to the Netherlands, Superunie gets a new chairman and the Detailresult Groep investigates cutting prices, we round-up news from the market. Online price comparison arrives in the Netherlands With the beta launch of the SupermarktX.nl website, price comparison has arrived in the Netherlands, providing pricing transparency for shoppers initially on a select range of go...

Netherlands-based Sligro Food has announced first quarter results saying sales rose 0.6% to €592 million. The company’s results were driven by its foodservice subsidiary, with Sligro noting that its food retail division was operating in an increasingly competitive marketplace. External issues affect sales performance at retail arm Sligro said that its sales performance had been affected by a ...

As a new retailer enters the e-commerce arena in the Netherlands, we look at how others are responding, Sligro’s recent acquisitions and how Detailresult’s CEO, René van Klooster, sees the company advancing in 2014. Online retailing gets more crowded in the Netherlands A new retailer has entered the increasingly competitive online arena, under the name Pickupandgo.nl. Operating Pick Up Points...

Netherlands-based Coop Supermarkten and Sligro have announced results for 2013, with both being aided by acquisitions. Coop Supermarkten enjoys strong growth Coop Supermarkten said that it had seen revenues grow by 7.5% to €975 million in 2013, boosted by the acquisition of 54 C1000 supermarkets from Jumbo. The retailer opened 15 stores and converted 27 of the C1000 stores to its own banner d...

Netherlands-based Sligro, part of the Superunie buying group, has announced third quarter results with total sales rising to €620 million, from €605 million in the same period in 2012. Food retailing continues to perform positively Sligro said that sales through its EMTÉ supermarket chain rose by 1.3% during the third quarter, versus 1.8% for the nine month period, with like-for-like sales up...

Retail Detail reports that Sligro-backed Superdirect.com is set to open its first Pick Up Point in the Netherlands, a development set to help support online growth in the market. Point to open in Eindhoven Superdirect has said that the Pick Up Point is fully automated and so can be open 24 hours a day. A further benefit comes from the fact that as there are no staff at the site, it does not r...

Netherlands-based Sligro, part of the Superunie buying group, has said that during the first half of its financial year, ending June 2013, that total sales rose by 1.5% to €1.23 billion, driven by its shopper-focused chain EMTÉ. EMTÉ driving growth Sligro said that total sales growth for the first six months had been driven by the performance at its EMTÉ supermarket chain, where like-for-li...

Superunie, a Netherlands-based buying group, has announced that it will begin selling a new entry level private label range under the brand name ‘OK €’. Range to cover 200 staple products Superunie said that the range would cover 200 staple products to meet shoppers’ everyday needs. The company said that ‘OK €’ would sit alongside members’ existing entry level private label ranges, but en...