All Discounters articles – Page 54
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NewsLidl claims a billion pieces of plastic removed from stores
The one billion figure includes 24 million plastic trays and punnets removed from fruit & veg
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NewsRussian discounter Mere finally names opening date for first UK store
‘We are now on the verge of creating new retail segment in the UK,’ Mere’s UK business development manager told The Grocer
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NewsPoundland rolling out free-from range to over 300 stores
The range consists of over 30 free-from products, including dairy-free and gluten-free varieties of bread, porridge, cakes and snacks
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NewsSales boost shrinks Iceland’s annual losses but its finances stay in the red
The latest accounting period included an advance of £108.5m to Iceland’s family shareholders’ holding company, WDFF, in order for them to pay Brait SE for the return of the business to full family ownership
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NewsSainsbury’s, Aldi and Co-op to trial fully recyclable plastic-free sandwich packaging
The all-fibre, plastic-free recyclable skillet, which will be 100% paper-based and feature a plastic-free window, will hit shelves across the UK from September
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NewsCollapsed discounter JTF facing prospect of legal action by redundant staff
About 500 workers were made redundant with immediate effect on Tuesday this week, following the closure of all 12 of the chain’s shops
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NewsAldi celebrates Tokyo Olympics with foot-long sushi roll
The ‘supermarket first’ sushi roll features two fillings
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NewsIceland confirms plans to recruit 2,000 extra staff to tackle ‘pingdemic’
The recruitment push is to begin within days via ads in stores, on social media and in service stations
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NewsJTF Mega Discount Warehouse collapses with 500 job losses
The variety discounter had 12 stores in the midlands and north of England
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NewsPoundland rolling out frozen & chilled to 40 more stores by September
Some larger stores are also getting new trolleys and conveyor belt checkouts in an effort to encourage bigger basket spend, a key aim of Poundland’s transformation strategy
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Comment & OpinionRetailers and suppliers need to keep up with the rapid pace of change in grocery
As we start to emerge from Covid, it will be all change once again, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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NewsPoundstretcher’s estate shrinks by 75 stores in year following CVA
The net decline comes despite Poundstretcher also opening stores, meaning the number to have closed will be higher
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NewsLidl pledges 85% of sales will be ‘healthy or healthier’ by 2025
The discounter is to use a bespoke nutrient profiling system developed by its nutrition teams to monitor progress
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NewsIceland trials plastic-free and ‘reduced plastic’ packaging for potatoes and fish
The frozen food specialist has begun using paper and cartonboard on a number of lines
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Range PreviewRange preview: Lidl Hortus gin festival summer 2021
The discounter is hosting its gin festival featuring a new Hortus World Botanicals collection
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NewsSuperdrug and Savers accounts reveal impact of lockdowns
Superdrug saw high street footfall plummet 75% during the first national lockdown, while Savers saw a 60% decline
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NewsAldi funds Kenyan vegetable packhouse to help smallholder farmers
The packhouse, in Cherangany, Trans Nzoia County, has been built in partnership with international NGO Farm Africa
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NewsLidl sets 2022 carbon neutral target, including new climate expectations for suppliers
Lidl will ’oblige suppliers’ to develop and work to their own targets, it said
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NewsPandemic delays new store fitouts for discounter Mere
Mere UK business development manager Aleksandr Chkalov this week told The Grocer he had initially envisaged it opening last year
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Comment & OpinionOnline is the new convenience. Mults have to keep up with the 10-minute delivery model
The major supermarkets need to work fast to succeed as shoppers shift to less profitable online sales, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants