Retail is in the details, and never stands still – we know all about this, it’s in our blood.
Michael Mueller, CEO of Valora Group, looks back on 2020. The company’s main focus was on coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. In the interview he explains why Valora will emerge strengthened from the crisis.
Self-checkout solutions are becoming increasingly popular. In 2020, Valora pushed ahead with other digital convenience solutions in addition to the avec box.
Valora’s 16 production lines in Germany, the US and Switzerland produced around 600 million pretzel products in 2020. In particular, the cooperation between the Oranienbaum and Cincinnati production sites has been expanded.
Macrotrends such as the social change towards smaller households, more mobility and related out-of-home consumption shape the needs of Valora’s customers. Christine Schäfer, researcher at the GDI Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute, talks about current food trends.
Michael Mueller, CEO of Valora, looks back on 2019. Winning the SBB tender was one of the milestones. In the interview he explains how Valora has developed overall.
Valora is one of the world’s leading producers of pretzels and has great market-presence with strong own brands such as ok.– or Caffè Spettacolo, thereby benefitting from a well-integrated value chain. Discover how Valora decides between making or buying a product.
Ditsch pretzel bakery has not been able to avoid the pretzel for 100 years. It can be bought at every railway station in Germany and is now exported to 30 countries. In 2019, Ditsch celebrated its anniversary with Managing Director Seb Gooding and set a world record of a special kind.
With over 2,700 sales outlets, logistics poses a particular challenge for Valora. Valora supplies its formats in a variety of ways, either itself or with external partners.
As one of the leading providers of foodvenience, Valora is aware of the topic of food waste. That is why it has expanded its collaboration with “Too Good To Go” in 2019.
Michael Mueller, CEO of Valora, looks back on the successful development of Valora over the past year and explains why the company is in an excellent position to master the future.
The retail industry was shaken up by online commerce. Because of new technologies and customer needs, we are seeing a resurgence of physical retail. Here is why and how Valora is ideally prepared for this trend.
Nowadays, Valora’s retail points of sale have many functions. They are located at the interface between the analogue and digital worlds and have now become veritable service centres.
