All Discounters articles – Page 122
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NewsPoundstretcher owner Crown Crest posts 16% profit fall
Discount wholesaler Crown Crest, which owns Poundstretcher, has posted a double-digit fall in full-year pre-tax profits…
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NewsLidl and Aldi raise their green game
Lidl is ploughing £27m into new refrigeration in a bid to improve the green credentials of its in-store chillers…
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NewsAldi chalks up record growth as grocery middle ground shrinks
Aldi has notched up record sales growth in the latest grocery market share data from Kantar Worldpanel.
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NewsLidl to investigate Bangladesh factory claims
Lidl has launched an internal investigation following claims made by BBC’s Panorama that one of its Bangladesh suppliers abuses workers.
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NewsIceland: 'customer engagement scheme is paying off'
Iceland says customer satisfaction levels have soared since it started printing individually tailored vouchers at tills…
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NewsLidl to open £40m depot in former Northfleet power station
Lidl UK is set to open a new £40 million distribution centre to help it deal with a recent surge in fresh produce sales.
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NewsLidl UK promotes Tim Henry to operations director
Lidl UK has confirmed the appointment of Tim Henry as operations director.
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NewsDiscount sector set for rampant growth, IGD predicts
The value of food discounters will increase by 96.3% over the next five years as price-weary shoppers flock to Aldi and Lidl, according to new research by IGD.
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NewsIceland boss Walker marks 800th store with a swipe at Grimsey
Iceland boss Malcolm Walker has celebrated opening Iceland’s 800th store with a thinly veiled attack on former Iceland CEO Bill Grimsey.
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Analysis and FeaturesAre pound shops milking it?
More and more non-food discounters are stocking fresh milk. What’s behind their attraction to the white stuff, and what does it mean for dairy?
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NewsSainsbury’s grows market share as rest of big four contract
Sainsbury’s was the only supermarket among the big four to increase its market share in the past 12 weeks, according to the latest supermarket share data from Kantar Worldpanel.
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NewsIceland ad banned for denigrating Irish food safety body
A press ad for Iceland that appeared at the height of the horsemeat scandal has been banned by the Advertising Standards Authority for denigrating Ireland’s food safety watchdog the FSAI.
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NewsAldi and Lidl introduce contactless payments
Contactless payments have arrived at the discounters, with Lidl recently completing a rollout of the technology…
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Analysis and FeaturesCan EasyJet founder make a discount grocery chain fly?
In an era of discounters, Sir Stelios thinks he has found a gap in the market for a store selling only ambient grocery…
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NewsEasyJet’s Stelios to open easyFoodstore discount grocer
The founder of EasyJet Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is set to enter the grocery discounter market by launching a pilot food store in Croydon named easyFoodstore.
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NewsTK Maxx trials dedicated food sections in 20 stores
High street retailer TK Maxx is trialling dedicated food sections in its stores in a bid to grow sales in the category…
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Analysis and FeaturesLidl mixes home-grown and exotic fare this Christmas
Lidl is looking to boost its provenance credentials with more British-sourced products this Christmas. But it’s not dismissing its German roots entirely…
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NewsAsda, Iceland and Poundland revamp websites
Asda, Iceland and Poundland have all launched revamped websites this week, showing a common focus to seek out growth online.
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NewsMorrisons' sales grow again as Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose hold share
Morrisons’ sales are on the up again, as Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose held on to their market share, the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel have shown.
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NewsSubway optimistic of potential as Lidl takes first franchise
The first Subway franchise to be housed within a Lidl supermarket opened this week…