All Discounters articles – Page 38
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News
What to do if Christmas lines come late? Just ask Oops
Surplus food seller expects influx of late Christmas stock
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Aldi launches Christmas click & collect slots
More than 200 Aldi stores across the UK offer click & collect
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Lidl GB CEO: this Christmas ‘much harder work’ than any before
Lidl is in a much better place than 12 weeks ago, and expects to a deliver a great Christmas for customers despite new isolated issues daily
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Central England Co-op opens concession from Original Factory Shop at Ripley store
The move means The Original Factory Shop will return to Ripley after closing the doors of its town centre branch in June
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Lidl sponsoring giant festive outdoor ice skating rinks in London and Edinburgh
The discounter is the sponsor for the UK’s largest outdoor ice skating rink, at London’s Hyde Park Winter Wonderland fair
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Wilko gets a brand refresh across own-label ranges
The result is a more consistent design across 15,000 SKU
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Discounter Mere struggling to find enough products and buyers
The opening of the Russian discounter’s second and third UK stores, originally expected this year, has been delayed to next March
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Grocer 33
Aldi comes out bottom as ‘beautiful’ Asda store snags win
With 91 points, this “beautiful, clean and spacious” branch delivered on all main fronts
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Grocer 33
Aldi is cheapest despite inflation and Asda can only manage fourth
The return of guest retailer Aldi was always likely to end Asda’s seven-week Grocer 33 pricing winning streak
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Analysis and Features
Can Iceland offset its way to becoming plastic neutral?
The supermarket is investing £1.7m in collecting and recycling
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Iceland MD writes to competitors urging them to join ‘plastic offsetting’ initiative
Walker wants other supermarkets to aim to be ‘plastic neutral’ by collecting waste plastic from the environment equal in weight to the plastic created by the business
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Lidl boosting hourly wage to reclaim top paying supermarket title
The discounter says the rise, from March 2022, will make it the highest-paying supermarket in the UK
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Poundland to open seven new stores by Christmas
A further three are to be extended to make way for Pep&Co clothing and homeware ranges
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Poundland launching first national TV ad campaign
Viewers will be told ‘This is your land’ in an ad starring comedian Alan Devally and highlighting Poundland’s food, clothing, toiletries and low prices
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Aldi premieres Christmas ad featuring cameo from ‘Marcus Radishford’
Kevin the Carrot has returned to Aldi’s seasonal ad campaign for a sixth year
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Poundstretcher executive chairman Nadir Lalani resigns
Lalani, the founder of 99p Stores, resigned on 31 October, three years after his appointment
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One Below ditches ‘everything £1 or less’ model and adds higher price points
The variety discounter is advertising products costing over £1 on social media, including Naughty Elf and Christmas Gonk dolls at £2 each, and earmuffs for £1.50
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Comment and Opinion
Grocery can’t pretend the rise of disrupting channels isn’t happening
The data needed to truly understand these new channels isn’t there – but industry can’t bury its head in the sand, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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Aldi teases new Christmas ad ditching Kevin the Carrot in favour of new character
In the 20-second teaser, viewers find out how Ebanana Scrooge came to hate Christmas
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Lidl commits to low prices forever with futuristic Christmas ad
Viewers are treated to a preview of Lidl’s new 2021 Christmas jumper, as well as what it might look like in years to come