This research project with the title “Future Perspectives of Food Retail in Germany” dealt with current trends and digitization techniques that are relevant for future developments of the food retail in Germany. Intensive desk research was used to create the theoretical framework, which included an overview …

Wine tourism suffers from decreasing number of tourists during the low season which is a problem when wineries’ profits mostly come from tourists’ purchases. Focus of this research was on small wineries as they do not benefit from the same renown as big historic wineries. Moreover, wine business is not …

To summarize, this report submits and analyses the way how an agency can improve its chances to introduce wines within Quebec’s alcohol monopoly: Société des Alcools du Québec’s stores (SAQ), the monopoly in charge of importation, distribution and sales of all alcoholic beverages in the province of Quebec. …

The Netherlands has an active wine production with the production of circa 1,250,000 bottles of wines. Although Dutch wines compete in national and international competitions and win many awards, the export is very small and mainly focused on local on-trade. The main research question is: How is the …

With the growing demand of organic food, the food industry needs to answer to the consumer demand. However, according to various statistics on the EU level there is a gap between the growth of organic market demand and growth of organic farmland. Therefore, the need to secure organic raw material is …

Recently a lot of research has been conducted on subjects concerning the training of the horse, animal welfare and on training methods themselves. However, the implementation of science into practise has not been sufficient. This paradox: the abundancy of information but lack of implementation into practice. …

Technology is widely available and there are many systems ready to be implemented into a company-specific production environment. In food production, digitization of data registration is an option, meaning that record keeping activities no longer have to be performed on paper. It is important to know …

Much research has been done on mergers and acquisitions, their implementation and impact. However, there still are questions to ask, especially when looking at specific industries or departments. For that reason, the objective of this report is to provide a methodology that helps planning departments …

In recent years there have been several developments in the field of food safety. As a food producer, it is vital to ensure the production of safe food products. Producers can achieve this by implementing food safety management systems. There are several FSMSs food producers can implement, such as BRC, …

The growing interest of consumers and the constant pressure from customers to meet the demand, has increased the need to search for a strategy that creates the ability to stay competitive while being profitable and meeting the changing demands. Poultry processing companies need the ability to react quickly …