In the Netherlands, Sligro has announced a positive set of results for the first nine months of the year, as well as for the third quarter of 2011.
The Dutch retailer reported that sales for the first nine months came in at €1.77bn, up 6 per cent on the same period last year, while organic growth was 3.1 per cent.
Meanwhile, the group said that third-quarter sales rose 5.5 per cent on 2010, while they also jumped organically, up 2.7 per cent.