After a 25-year profession, Bert Ruijs has stepped down from his operational management position at Lidl Netherlands.
During the last quarter-century, Ruijs has been a central determine within the grocery store chain’s growth, professionalisation, and general success.
He has chosen to pursue new alternatives exterior the corporate, the discounter famous.
Ruijs was instrumental in changing the retail trade’s speedy adjustments into robust efficiency on the retailer stage.
He established the operational basis upon which Lidl Netherlands continues to function in the present day, the corporate famous.
Peter de Roos, CEO of Lidl Netherlands, expressed his gratitude for Ruijs’s contributions.
“We’re extraordinarily grateful to Bert for his a few years of dedication to Lidl and the way in which he has formed our operational basis. Together with his sharp eye, he has turned the dynamics on the ground into success. Though we are going to miss his presence enormously, we respect his resolution to begin a brand new chapter exterior Lidl,” de Roos concluded.
Renewable Power Partnership
Italian grocery retailer Pam Panorama has commenced the implementation of a ten-year off-site Energy Buy Settlement (PPA) signed final yr with Iberdrola Italia.
The PPA foresees the provision of Pam Panorama’s total Italian gross sales community – together with Pam, Panorama, Pam native, and Pam metropolis shops – with renewable power from the lately inaugurated Iberdrola Fenix photovoltaic plant.
The settlement secures a complete of 1,000 GWh of licensed photo voltaic power, which is projected to scale back CO₂ emissions by over 38,300 tonnes yearly and is equal to the power consumption of roughly 40,300 households.
The 100% renewable provide for Pam shops originates from the Iberdrola Fenix photovoltaic plant, positioned between the provinces of Enna and Catania in Sicily.
Alessandro Riolfo, technical director of Pam Panorama, commented, “This partnership with Iberdrola permits us to combine sustainable options into our every day operations, lessening our environmental influence and contributing to the decarbonisation of the retail sector.”
Nestlé-Genpact Partnership
Nestlé Enterprise Options (NBS), Nestlé’s international shared companies division, and agentic AI and expertise companies supplier Genpact have collectively established a brand new International Functionality Centre (GCC) positioned in Hyderabad, India.
The partnership goals to speed up Nestlé’s course of transformation by integrating Genpact’s area experience, course of intelligence, and cutting-edge expertise capabilities, particularly agentic AI.
Genpact will act as a strategic companion for the brand new GCC, positioning it as an innovation hub centered on enhancing digital adoption, rising operational visibility, and guaranteeing consistency throughout Nestlé’s worldwide enterprise operations.
Located in Hyderabad, the centre will leverage AI, agentic AI, and different rising applied sciences to foster steady enchancment in enterprise processes.
Luca Fichera, head of Nestlé Enterprise Options, defined, “NBS Hyderabad represents a constructive subsequent chapter in our progress journey. This displays our dedication to constructing a extra agile, scalable and technology-enabled companies community for Nestlé.
“With Hyderabad’s robust ecosystem and Genpact’s confirmed experience, we’re nicely positioned to ship higher worth, consistency and innovation.”
Cloetta’s Q2 Outcomes
Swedish confectionery firm Cloetta reported gross sales of SEK 2.1 billion (€190.1 million) for its second quarter of 2026, representing a 0.4% progress year-on-year, whereas natural progress amounted to 0.8%.
Adjusted working revenue rose to SEK 310 million (€28.1 million), from SEK 240 million (€21.7 million), boosted by greater gross revenue and efficiencies from the brand new organisational construction.
Revenue for the interval reached SEK 218 million (€19.7 million), in comparison with SEK 116 million (€10.5 million) within the second quarter of 2025, with an improved web debt/EBITDA ratio of 0.8x.
By way of phase efficiency, branded packaged merchandise noticed 3.3% web gross sales progress to SEK 1.5 billion (€135.8 million).
Internet gross sales within the Decide & Combine phase decreased organically by 4.6% to SEK 616 million (€55.8 million), an anticipated end result as a result of earlier timing of Easter this yr.
Katarina Inform, president and CEO, commented, “Our concentrate on worthwhile progress stays intact and attaining our mid-term profitability goal of 12% on the newest in 2027 stays nicely close by already for the total yr 2026.”
Cloetta manufactures and sells native confectionery manufacturers in its most important markets: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany and the UK.
