All Discounters articles – Page 14
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NewsLidl doubles paid maternity leave as part of ‘family-focused’ benefits update
Lidl said it hoped the new family-focused update could set a ’benchmark’ for the wider sector
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NewsAldi creates new ‘centralised’ real estate team to spearhead store expansion
The new team will help Aldi open up to 500 new stores
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Analysis & FeaturesChristmas dinner wars: this year’s deals unpacked
Retailers have been battling for the Christmas dinner table by putting their best deals forward for the festive feast, ranging from £14 to £220
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NewsLidl latest supermarket to let customers use ‘sniff test’ for milk and yoghurt
The discounter is swapping use by for best before dates on all own-brand milk and yoghurt, in a bid to reduce unnecessary food waste
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NewsAldi to become first supermarket paying all warehouse and store workers at least £12 an hour
It follows two rises for Aldi workers last year, in January and July, as it competes with Lidl to be the UK’s highest-paying supermarket
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Comment & OpinionHow is Aldi selling a côtes du rhône wine for £3.49?
Aldi’s award-winning red barely covers the cost of the VAT and duty. So what’s behind the move? And is it irresponsible?
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NewsAldi promising Christmas dinner for six for under £14
It’s £1 cheaper than Heron Foods’ – and that deal was for four people
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NewsLidl and Aldi decide not to project new store numbers for 2024
After publicly targeting about 50 annually since 2017, both have already slowed estate expansion in 2023
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NewsFormer M&S Food head of finance Tristan Phillips appointed Poundstretcher CEO
Phillips has been at Poundstretcher for just over a year, having moved from M&S to become the variety discounter’s finance director in autumn 2022
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NewsLidl renames loaf of bread following ‘sourfaux’ complaint
The product has been renamed from Sourdough Rye Crusty Bloomer to Crusty Wheat & Rye Bloomer after a customer complained it was made with 56% wheat flour
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NewsHeron Foods offering ‘market leading’ £15 Christmas dinner for second year
The frozen Christmas dinner deal, which works out at £3.75 a person, includes a turkey joint with all the trimmings
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NewsRegulators should ‘explore every option to claw back’ Wilko dividends, says MP
Liam Byrne made the call in the House of Commons on Thursday, after former Wilko chair Lisa Wilkinson was grilled by Business and Trade Committee earlier in the week
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NewsWilko back on UK high streets as first new stores open
The stores, in Plymouth and Exeter, are the first two of five planned by CDS Superstores, which bought the brand from administrators in September
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NewsAldi investing £12m in lowering prices for Christmas
Over 180 Christmas products will be lowered in price by an average 20%, according to the discounter
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NewsAldi on ‘sticky wicket’ in Thatchers copycat battle
‘If Thatchers can get home on it then the floodgates will open because other brands can get home on it as well,’ said Stobbs head of litigation Geoff Steward
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NewsFormer Wilko chair accused of ‘burgling a failing business’ in MP grilling
‘What is especially stark is that as the business plunged into deeper trouble, the dividends went up,’ said Business and Trade Committee chair Liam Byrne
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NewsThe Original Factory Shop opens its 200th store
The variety discounter is on track to have opened 25 stores in the course of 2023
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NewsWilko bosses to be grilled by MPs over chain’s collapse
Lisa Wilkinson, granddaughter of Wilko founder James Kemsey Wilkinson and former chair of the retailer, is among those to be questioned by the Commons’ Business and Trade Committee
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Analysis & FeaturesWill daring to be different pay off for advertisers this Christmas?
As the Christmas ad tradition took off, supermarkets’ efforts became homogenised. This year, they’re taking risks on quirky creatives
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NewsAldi vs Thatchers copycat battle reaches High Court
Thatchers is also gunning for Aldi’s product development process of ‘benchmarking’ against the market leader in attempting to replicate it on taste