All Discounters articles – Page 60
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Analysis and FeaturesIs Iceland’s new packaging trial really the best way forward?
New packaging cuts plastic by 93%. Can that be better than packaging-free trials?
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NewsIceland MD Richard Walker brands packaging-free trials impractical and wasteful
The trials are not helpful or affordable for the average shopper, Walker said
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NewsAldi and Lidl swipe millions in sales from Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons
Tesco’s losses, which represent the fall in sales arising directly from a gain for the discounters, are the largest by any retailer over all time periods
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NewsLidl to boost capacity and workforce with Wales DC extension
The discounter has acquired the land needed to extend its Bridgend DC in south Wales from 320,000 sq ft to 390,000 sq ft
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NewsOne Below brings haulage in-house with new fleet of lorries
The Mercedes Actros trucks are delivering to One Below’s 60 stores across the UK
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NewsWilko appoints CEO plus retail and trading directors in transformation drive
Jerome Saint-Marc has been promoted from the joint roles of group transformation director and MD of Wilko.com
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NewsIceland appoints new stores and operations director
Ian Williams has moved from the role of new business and international director for the frozen food specialist
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NewsIceland to roll out to 19 more branches of The Range by April
The expansion will take the number of branches of The Range with an in-store Iceland to more than 50
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NewsAldi opens its biggest UK distribution centre yet
The discounter’s 11th UK DC will serve as a hub for 80 stores across the East Midlands and create 400 jobs
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NewsIceland to trial plastic alternative packaging for 38 fresh fruit & veg lines
Overall the measure reduces plastic packaging used on the lines by 93%, according to Iceland
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NewsAldi claims UK’s cheapest Valentine’s dinner
Aldi is offering two starters, mains, sides and desserts for only £9.66
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NewsMedia Bites 27 Jan: Iceland, Poundland, Unilever
Frozen-food chain Iceland is preparing to axe jobs as it wrestles with a heavy debt pile and tough competition, PE firms circle Poundland and Unilever vulnerable to activist investors,
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NewsNumber of shoppers using Aldi and Lidl rises by a half in four years, claims survey
Shoppercentric’s latest consumer trends survey found 67% of 1,000 respondents had shopped in Aldi or Lidl in the past month
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NewsLidl to give away £10,000 worth of vouchers to celebrate 100th Scotland store
The first 100 customers to shop at a Scottish Lidl from 25 January can claim a ‘goody bag’, one of which per store will contain a £100 voucher
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NewsAldi to become UK’s top paying supermarket with basic rate boost
Aldi store employees will receive a minimum hourly rate of £9.40 nationally and £10.90 inside the M25 from 1 February
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NewsAldi adds ‘XXL’ bulk packs of meat to rolling weekly offers
The first “super-sized XXL” offers kick off this week with the arrival of 2kg packs of chicken breast fillets for £7.99 and four-packs of 21-day matured rump steaks for £7.49
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Grocer 33Lidl knocks Asda off top spot with convincing win
The discounter was widely hailed as the grocery retailer that won Christmas last week
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NewsIceland secures long-term lease on Livingston distribution centre
The site will continue to serve as a base for Iceland’s national operational logistics
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NewsSecond Superdrug in Scottish Borders to convert to Savers
Superdrug in Hawick is due to close and reopen as Savers, after its store in Galashiels was given the same treatment
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NewsIceland adds over 40 multi-temp trailers to HGV fleet
The tri-axle trailers, which can carry a bigger payload than tandem axle ones, are the first to bear the branding of both Iceland and The Food Warehouse