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Why the organic community should fall in love with true prices – Interview with Adrian de Groot Ruiz
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20.11.2018 Rebecca SandbichlerThe economist Adrian de Groot Ruiz reveals how he calculates the true prices of our food. Read about the advantages he sees for organic trade - and where he would first look for hidden social and economic costs.
New method for egg production: When male chicks do not even hatch
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20.11.2018 EditorGender determination in the egg provides the possibility to only breed laying hens. The first eggs produced in this way are now available in conventional retail.
France: Trends and tendencies in the organic specialist trade
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13.11.2018 Kai KreuzerIn 2017, France generated organic sales of around 8.3 bn euros. However, as conventional retailers are pushing their organic growth, the specialist trade is being threatened. But new trends also create new opportunities.
Unpacked: Glass instead of plastic silos
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30.10.2018 Horst FiedlerFor all those who want to offer unpacked goods in their shop, grain mill manufacturer Hawos has developed glass silos. They offer advantages over frequently used plastic silos.
Italy: Organic sector shows impressive growth
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28.08.2018Data collected by Nielsen confirm a positive trend in the Italian organic market. The numbers presented at the shareholders' meeting of AssoBio, show that organic food sales within large-scale retail exceeded 1.5 bn euros.
German organic market: Whole food shops back on course for growth
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01.05.2018 EditorThe first three months of 2018 are the second consecutive quarter of positive sales developments on the German organic market: On a like-for-like basis, the average daily turnover of the companies surveyed for the turnover barometer rose by 10.3%.
The Green Path Project: an Indian flagship model
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17.04.2018The South Indian social entrepreneur Mr H.R. Jayaram started his organic journey two decades ago. His visionary ideas and his passion for organic farming and ecological solutions made him start an organic farm, an organic shop, an eco hotel, an eco retreat and an eco experience center with a big organic store and restaurant. He is convinced: „Organic is essential for the world today." Watch the video of Sukrishi organic farm and the interview with Jayaram. Learn more about the Organic Experience Center "Organic State" in Bangalore.
Bio Company, German champion in sustainability and regionality
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03.04.2018Once again, Berlin-based Bio Company experienced growth in 2017 and it sees itself well positioned for the future. The company's first stores were launched in Berlin almost 20 years ago. For Georg Kaiser, co-founder and CEO at Bio Company, merely selling organic products was not enough. So, he insisted on offering products from the metropolitan region of Berlin-Brandenburg and built up a network of regional suppliers. For this CO₂ saving measure as an important part of the sustainability strategy, the company has been rewarded.
UK: organic market worth £2.2 billion
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20.02.2018 EditorLast week, Soil Association launched its 2018 Organic Market Report. The report shows that the UK organic market has grown by 6% to over £2.2 billion in 2017.
Dennree: 5% sales plus in 2017 to 974 million euros
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19.02.2018 EditorThe German Dennree group closed the financial year 2017 with sales of 974 million euros. As specifically forecast, the company was able to increase its sales by a further 5% compared with the previous year.
Germany: sales in the specialised organic retail grows to 3.29 billion euros
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14.02.2018 EditorThe organic food trade achieved sales of 3.29 billion euros in 2017, which corresponds to an increase of around 2.5 percent.
German organic market: sales barometer shows trend reversal
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26.01.2018 EditorThe development of sales in the German organic food specialist trade in the last four months shows a glimmer of hope for a turnaround: The specialist trade achieved for the year 2017 a modest increase of 1.4% in daily turnover.
Germany: upswing in Berlin-Brandenburg organic sector
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25.01.2018 Daniela NickelWith around 150,000 hectares of ecologically managed land, Berlin-Brandenburg is one of Germany's most important regions for organic farming. The importance of the metropolitan region continued to grow in 2017, as evidenced by the sales curve of the Berlin-Brandenburg organic sector.
Netherlands: plus 10 % in organic sales 2016
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21.12.2017 EditorOrganic food sales in the Netherlands increased by 10% in 2016 to € 1.4 billion. In the last ten years, sales have tripled. The winners are mainly the supermarkets.
An Indian organic journey: Namu & Misha´s reunion
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03.10.2017 EditorWhen old school friends Namu Kini and Misha Gill reunited as young mothers in their 30s, both decided to chuck up their corporate jobs and embark on an organic journey together. They took the decision to quit their high powered careers to dive into their true passion - creating an organic food company which would offer people healthy, tasty and pure food. Thus was happyhealthyme (HHM) conceived.
Today’s Millennial - tomorrow’s organic parent
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20.09.2017 EditorMillennial parents use digital sources of information to learn about new products – online product reviews, blog posts and mobile apps - more frequently than older parents who prefer traditional information sources.
Amazon-Whole Foods: alliance is perfect - massive price cuts
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31.08.2017 EditorSince 28 August, Amazon is the owner of Whole Foods. Several media report about massive price reductions on the first day of the new ownership and that this could strain the organic supply chain.
France: Naturalia opens vegan stores
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25.07.2017 EditorThe French organic chain Naturalia, a company belonging to the Monoprix corporation, has opened three small outlets with a range of around 2000 vegan products.
Germany: BioCompany cooperates with Allyouneedfresh
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21.07.2017 EditorThe Berlin organic supermarket chain BioCompany has launched its online business. All its roughly 150 own-brand products and BioCompany's trade brands are now available from the online supermarket allyouneedfresh.de.
Record organic sales in Italy
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12.07.2017 EditorThe AssoBio organic association recently presented Nielsen data on the trend of organic food sales in Italian supermarkets.
The Amazon - Whole Foods deal: searching for the Holy Grail
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04.07.2017 Jochen BettziecheThe internet giant Amazon has made a takeover bid for the American retail food chain Whole Foods Market. This constitutes a direct attack on the established retail food corporations. Looking at the deal from a European and German perspective, it is unlikely that the reaction will be takeover bids for German organic supermarkets.
France: organic retail continues to expand
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06.06.2017 Kai KreuzerAs last year, France is excelling with high growth rates in the organic sector. In terms of both land area and turnover, the increase is impressive. The expansion of the specialist wholefood trade in France continues unabated. In the first four months of 2017 (middle of December 2016 to middle of April 2017) 61 specialist organic stores and organic supermarkets were opened. The average retail area measured 335 m². Total turnover of the organic industry, including catering, is around 7 billion euros.
Japan: organic supermarket "Bio c’bon" has opened in Tokyo
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21.03.2017 Editor"Bio c'Bon" is an organic supermarket from France. The first store in central Tokyo opened on the 8th of December. The shop offers fresh foods such as fruit vegetables and meat, mainly domestic organic JAS certified agricultural products, processed foods and beverages, such as wine and cheese, seasonings and confectionery as well as natural/organic non-food products, among them body care, cosmetics and supplies for babies and children are offered. The French chain plans to expand in Japan.
Germany's best organic shops have been chosen
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01.03.2017 EditorAt BioFach international trade fair this year's winners of the award "Best Organic Shop" were announce. They were selected by the readers of the magazine Schrot&Korn, that is available in more than 2,000 organic shops and organic supermarkets in Germany.
Germany: The Good Food sells waste food only
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28.02.2017 Editor"The Good Food" offers waste food in two shops and on the market in Cologne. These are the first shops in Germany that sell only products that would otherwise have been destroyed as waste.
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