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🛒Discount retailer Pepco Group on Wednesday signed a preliminary deal to sell its Dealz Poland chain to a newly incorporated company established by a specialist European retail investor for a nominal price.

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🍫Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut expects its recurring operating profit to grow by a mid- to high-single-digit percentage in local currencies over the medium term, it said on Tuesday as part of the first strategy under CEO Hein Schumacher.

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☕BWG Group has today announced that it completed the acquisition of O’Briens Café, Abrakebabra, and Bagel Factory.

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💛 Lidl Ireland has launched its Heart of Gold campaign for 2026, calling on shoppers across the country to support Family Carers Ireland (FCI) this June.

The campaign launch comes as a Lidl Plus survey of shoppers who identify as family carers highlighted the hidden pressures facing people who provide care.

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🥇Dunnes Stores held the market share lead for May with Tesco Ireland hot on its heels as summer spending kicked off, according to Worldpanel by Numerator.

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🌸 Bord Bia Bloom has concluded for the year, celebrating 20 years of award-winning gardens, inspired visitors, and important conversations about sustainability, wellbeing and the future of urban living.

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💻 British supermarket group Asda has struck a partnership with technology firm Ocado to overhaul its online business across the UK as it seeks to stem market share losses, the companies said on Friday.

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📣 Aldi Ireland has announced the reopening date for its Fermoy store, following a refurbishment worth €4.2 million.

🔗 Find out the date and read more about the refurbishment here: https://t.co/qzUICNy9V7

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🍫 Tony’s Chocolonely launched its first-ever Free Chocolate Experience at Fade Street Studios in Dublin this week, attracting hundreds of chocolate fans.

With the sun shining over the capital on Thursday 28 May, hundreds of people gathered to queue at the pop up from 10am, a full two hours before doors opened.

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🏳️‍🌈 Barefoot Wine has announced the return of ‘Barefoot on The Lawn’ to Mother Pride 2026, with the festival expanding to a two-day event.

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🧀 The Cheese and Dairy Products Fair and Gourmet Selection will be held jointly at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Centre (Halls 7.1 and 7.2) in Paris, France, from Sunday 7 to Tuesday 9 June, 2026.

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Lidl Ireland has officially opened the doors of its new €10 million state-of-the-art store in Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow.

Located at Weaver’s Square, this major investment marks the retailer’s sixth store in the county, and it is also a huge milestone for the locality, having received support from over 1,500 residents who campaigned for a Lidl store in the town.

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🇬🇧 Amazon invested over £15 billion (€17.3 billion) in Britain in 2025, keeping the e-commerce giant on track to deliver its planned £40 billion (€46 billion) investment in the three years to the end of 2027, it said on Wednesday.

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.@amazon invested over £15 billion (€17.3 billion) in Britain in 2025.

https://t.co/pkqoLyoTd9 #Amazon #ecommerce #TechNews #UK #retail

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🍃 Convenience food leader Greencore has delivered a robust set of half-year results for fiscal 2026, lifted by the ongoing integration of UK competitor Bakkavor.

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🥶 Aldi Ireland is launching a limited-edition cooler coat, made from ‘real cooler bag material’, in time for summer.

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🧊☕ Nescafé is stepping into the world of ready-to-drink iced coffee with the launch of Nescafé Iced Latte, which will be available in 250ml cans in Ireland and the UK.

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🥶 Aldi Ireland is launching a limited-edition cooler coat, made from ‘real cooler bag material’, in time for summer.

🔗 https://t.co/oopHBpoOHo

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🥤 Galway-based drinks brand All About is launching a new 'live' soda range in Dunnes Stores with the aim of shaking up the soft drinks category and offering an alternative to standard fizzy drinks.

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🐄 Tesco has introduced a new range of lower-carbon Irish beef products to its shelves in-store and online. The product carbon footprint of the Bright Meat Company range, which was developed in partnership with Kepak, has been verified by the Carbon Trust, an independent global climate consultancy.

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