Aldi news and analysis – Page 38
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NewsCity snapshot: Tesco Extra and Aldi store picked up for £63m by Supermarket Income REIT
Real estate investment firm Supermarket Income REIT has purchased a Tesco Extra shed and an Aldi store from British Land for £63m.
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NewsAldi claims UK supermarket first with ‘100% recyclable' freezer bag
The 99p ‘eco’ freezer bags are 95% polyethylene and 5% seafood shell waste
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NewsAldi ‘undermining own CSR commitments’ after lowering banana contract price
The discounter has been accused of not aligning its ethical aspirations with its commercial actions
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NewsAldi to give store and distribution staff 10% Christmas bonus
The discounter is to give store and distribution staff a 10% bonus for November, paid in December ahead of Christmas
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NewsAldi rolling out click & collect to 200 stores by Christmas
It means customers across the UK will be able to order online from Aldi’s full grocery range and have their shopping brought out to their car
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NewsJim Broadbent plays Santa Claus in Aldi Christmas ad
The ad picks up where Aldi’s Top Gun-style teaser ended, with Kevin the Carrot plummeting to Earth after falling out of a plane
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NewsAldi’s Kevin the Carrot back in Top Gun-style Christmas ad
Aldi has kickstarted its latest Christmas campaign with a 40-second ‘teaser’ ad, inspired by Top Gun
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NewsAldi opens 900th UK store as it pursues target of 1,200 by 2025
The Sandhurst store is Aldi’s 75th in the south east
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NewsAldi rolls out click & collect to eight more stores
Customers place their orders at groceries.aldi.co.uk where they choose their store for collection and book a one-hour delivery slot
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NewsAldi more than doubles Deliveroo delivery trial
The discounter first partnered with the courier firm in May
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NewsAldi creates ‘healthy basket’ of 49 essentials for under £45
The basket is claimed to meet proportions set in the NHS Eatwell Guide while also containing popular products as defined by the ONS
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Comment & OpinionAldi comes out the winner in Tesco’s Price Match, but it must catch up in online
Tesco is doing Aldi a favour with its price match campaign, but Aldi has its own battles in data and online, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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NewsAldi replaces plastic fruit & veg bags with reusable ones nationwide
The plastic bags will be gone from Aldi’s 900 UK stores by the end of year, the discounter said
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Comment & OpinionTesco’s ‘tricks’ and the ‘joy of six’: what we learned from Aldi chief’s results presentation
Aldi may have taken a blow to its market share, but UK & Ireland CEO Giles Hurley is confident it can weather the Tesco price war and threat of Covid restrictions at Christmas
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NewsMedia Bites 29 September: Asda, Aldi, Tesco, Reckitt Benckiser
The billionaire brothers behind EG Group have moved into pole position in the race to takeover Asda.
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NewsAldi opens £22m warehouse in Scotland
The 180,000 sq ft facility was officially opened on Friday (25 September) as Aldi announced plans to increase its number of Scottish-sourced products
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NewsAldi chief takes swipe at Tesco’s ‘marketing tricks and gimmicks’
Giles Hurley claimed: ‘More expensive supermarkets can only imitate, not replicate, what we do’
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NewsAldi plans 4,000 new jobs as it invests £1.3bn in new stores and upgrades
It has pledged to invest the money into new and upgraded stores, distribution centres and further innovations across its business
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NewsAldi launches click & collect service at Loughborough store
Customers can place their orders at groceries.aldi.co.uk, the discounter’s first UK grocery e-commerce site
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NewsAldi chief appeals directly to customers not to stockpile
In an email to customers, Aldi UK & Ireland CEO Giles Hurley has assured them there is no need for them to buy more than they need