Germany’s Kaufland, a hypermarket chain operational since 1984 that offers a comprehensive range of plant-based alternatives, is expanding its brand K-take it veggie lineup to over 100 different items.

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Products & Launches

Kaufland Adds Vegan Parmesan & Salmon to Lineup, Expands Range to Over 100 Items

German hypermarket chain Kaufland announces an expansion of its brand K-Take it Veggie to offer approximately 20% more items, now reaching over 100 vegan products. The new SKUs include Parmesan cheese, salmon, and cheese sticks, adding new consumer options to support plant-based nutrition. According to Kaufland, one in five Germans is interested in a vegan diet, and more than 1.5 million people in Germany are already living a vegan lifestyle. The trend is rising, and the Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture, Cem Özdemir, is even trying to address the country’s all-time low meat consumption by suggesting new market opportunities. “With K-Take it Veggie, we want to offer our customers plant-based products that are suitable for every taste and every day, and also inspire them to …

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Kaufland Take it Veggie own range product

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Retail & E-Commerce

Another German Retailer Drops Plant-Based Prices as Kaufland Follows Lidl’s Lead

German hypermarket chain Kaufland, operational since 1984 and part of the Schwarz Gruppe which also owns Lidl, announces it is following in Lidl’s footsteps and dropping the prices of its 90+ own-brand plant-based products to that or lower than their animal counterparts. Kaufland states that its “customers can buy more than 7,000 branded and own-brand products that are permanently as cheap as at the discounters. This price promise also applies to the vegan and vegetarian substitute products of the own brand K-take it veggie”. The company says, “Wherever possible, Kaufland therefore wants to make it easier for its customers to access veggie products,” and as such it is lowering the prices of the 90 plus products in this own-brand range, introduced seven years ago, to …

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