At the beginning of the organic movement, the choice of products was rather sparse. In the 1970s, the first organic shop in Germany and Europe only had grains, dried fruits and some macrobiotic specialties in its range. The Berlin shop called "Peace Food" has since closed and the organic movement has developed further ...
The companies in the meat industry continue to operate in an extremely difficult economic environment. A characteristic feature is the continuously shrinking demand for pork in Germany and in the EU in general. In addition, there are official regulations or informal agreements in an increasing number of EU countries that make trade within the EU more difficult ...
Customers want more and more transparency when purchasing meat, information such as: where does the animal come from, how did it live and where it was slaughtered. Now the farmers' association is also proposing a new proposal ...
(BZfE) - The Germans had to dig deeper into their pockets for food last year. In January 2018, prices were three percent higher than in the same month last year, shows the current consumer price index of the Federal Statistical Office (destatis). However, despite the upward trend, Germans are still buying much cheaper than in most of the neighboring countries. In a European comparison, the price level is particularly high in Switzerland, Norway and Denmark ...
The German meat processing industry produced less meat in 2017 than in the previous year. At over 8 million tons, production has fallen by around 2%. This is announced by the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden ...
The last negotiated minimum wage of € 8,75 expires on December 31.12.2017, 1, the new minimum wage of € 2018 applies retrospectively from January 9,00, XNUMX ...
(BZfE) - An obvious trend in the grocery trade is the shift from offline to online channels. So Sven Poguntke, independent management consultant and university lecturer for "Design Thinking and Innovation Management" at the media campus of the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. The online delivery service is still a subsidy business - but a huge market. Not only do large retail chains play a role here; small local start-ups also deliver fruit, vegetables and the like ...
From January to June 2017, Belgian meat suppliers exported 94.947 tons of beef worldwide. Compared to the same period in the previous year, this is a double-digit increase in exports of 14,1 percent. The steady upward trend in Belgian beef exports, which has persisted for years, is thus entering a new phase. This is evident from the figures that Belgian Meat Office has calculated on the basis of Eurostat data ...
Frankfurt am Main, September 25, 2017. The craft butchers in Germany once again posted positive figures in the second quarter of this year. According to the Federal Statistical Office, industry sales rose by 7,1 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year ...
(BZfE) – More than every second German plans his errands with a shopping list. When a special offer tempts, many grab it spontaneously. This is the result of a recent publication by the market research company Nielsen...
04.09.2017, Düsseldorf. More salary, better career opportunities or switching from handicraft to industry - all of these are reasons why bakers *, butchers, cooks, food technology specialists and the like dare to take the step of training to become a state-certified food technician. But does it really pay off to take the risk of quitting your job and then going back to school?