All Discounters articles – Page 145
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Lidl in court action over ads
Discount chain Lidl has started legal proceedings against Tesco in the Irish courts over “misleading” price comparison ads that it claims are damaging its business.It has asked the High Court in Dublin to order that Tesco cease an...
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City says Iceland heading in right direction
Elaine Watson Continued growth at refurbished stores combined with weak comparatives are expected to push Iceland back into positive like-for-like sales territory in the second quarter. In a first quarter trading update, Iceland's...
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BP powers up Connect offer
Anne Bruce Petrol giant BP has created a convenience operations division and recruited buyers and other staff from Alldays, Aldi, Marks and Spencer, Tesco and Sainsbury. The division takes in all 1,240 BP forecourt stores, which clocked up...
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Asda has this week been named as the country's favourite sup
Shoppers were asked to rank retailers as best or second best on five key attributes: price, range, quality, service and shelf stocks. They were asked to choose between Asda, the Co-op, Kwik Save, Iceland, Marks and Spencer, Morrisons, Safeway,...
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Aldi plans 80 new stores
Anthony Garvey Discount chain Aldi has dropped a bombshell into the Irish grocery sector by signalling plans for 80 new stores across the Republic. The company has advertised for property owners to get in touch if they have green or brown...
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Luxury prawns for Aldi stores
A range of luxury prawns has been launched into Aldi stores across the UK and Ireland. The Luxury Cocktail Cold Water Prawns in Brine have been created by the Big Prawn Company and are available in tubs of 180g. Business development manager...
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calum kirk
Senior buyer iceland Scotsman Kirk has been at Iceland for three years. He started his career in the grocery department of Scottish co-operative Scotmid and then moved to Somerfield as a buyer. He says his style of working with suppliers is...
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The main supermarket retailers have failed to improve their
While Ocado continues to outperform the rest of the market and Waitrose offered a very good service, Sainsbury, Asda and Iceland have yet again proved to be unable to deliver a half-decent experience, while Tesco has niggles. Difficulties in...
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Iceland saves on phone bills as CD-Rom rolls out
Iceland has launched a new CD-Rom enabling customers to compile home shopping orders offline without running up a large phone bill.The CD-Rom, which has been distributed to over 230 stores after a series of successful pilots, is proven to...
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Foley on offensive over Lidl labels
Discount chain Lidl has been threatened with prosecution in Ireland over its failure to label some food products in English. Consumer affairs director Carmel Foley claimed it was breaching EU guidelines and has threatened court action. She...
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Sir; re: Prawn waste blasted' The Grocer, February 22
In the UK more than 90% of the prawns used in the classic prawn sandwich are from coldwater prawns and the main supplying country has been Iceland. In a recent statement issued by Iceland's ministry of fisheries about the policies and...
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When the push turns into a pull
It's true. Kids really do like it when Mum's been to Iceland. Well, actually, they enjoy the experience more if they come along with their mums.According to a survey by consumer information company Claritas, 49% of Iceland shoppers admit they...
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Iceland is driving home its great deals message with new poi
The figure is a "conservative estimate" of how much customers will save through buy-one-get-one-free (BOGOF) offers and meal deals at Iceland in January and February, said a spokeswoman. "We've launched into 2003 with a fantastic package of...
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Nisa boosts Iceland
Big Food Group has started sourcing groceries from Nisa to boost Iceland's home shopping offer. The Nisa lines form part of an enhanced online shopping range sourced from selected Booker depots. Iceland has been able to more than double the...
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Nisa boosts Iceland
Big Food Group has started sourcing groceries from Nisa to boost Iceland’s home shopping offer.The Nisa lines form part of an enhanced online shopping range sourced from selected Booker depots. Iceland has been able to more than double the...
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Iceland: any improvement?
Last year Iceland opened a picking centre in Sunbury, enabling it to offer an enhanced range to 1.3 million households. Director of home shopping Jon Grey contacted The Grocer to point out the areas covered by the trial, so we picked a virgin online...
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Aldi introduces new collection system
Aldi’s Nord and Sud stores in Germany are to introduce a new system for the collection of mono-use drinks packaging from January. All those items liable to a 25c deposit will have a special label on them. In addition both companies...
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World News - 14th December 2002
Lidl chance. German discount chain Aldi has a clear advantage in Europe over its rival Lidl both in terms of store numbers and store performance, according to IGD. In a report on the grocery discount market IGD said number two chain Lidl stood...
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Single shop as Nature shrinks
Elaine Watson Organics chain As Nature Intended, the brainchild of former Iceland boss Malcolm Walker, has imploded with the sale of the East Sheen store and the closure of the warehouse in Acton. As Nature Intended MD Pippa Sterry has left...
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Aldi/Lidl cocking a snook' at the Irish
Discount chains Aldi and Lidl give consumers in the Irish Republic very little option to buy Irish-produced goods, according to a survey by the independent grocers' group, RGDATA. It found that with Aldi, only 19% of products were of...