All Discounters articles – Page 86
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NewsLidl launches festive emoji game through Facebook Camera app
Brian Blessed provides animated voiceover instructions in a ‘how to’ video on Lidl UK’s Facebook page
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NewsMedia Bites 11 December: Flora, Ocado, Iceland, Steinhoff
Flora margarine is on the verge of changing hands as bidders prepare to submit formal offers for Unilever’s £6bn spreads business, according to reports in the weekend’s papers.
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Comment and OpinionEdeka plays a quality game against Aldi
Limited assortment discounters are challenging the orthodoxy of the good, better, best hierarchy in many categories
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NewsChris Edwards to drive recovery of Poundstretcher as CEO
Value retailer Poundstretcher is understood to have brought in former Poundworld boss Chris Edwards to lead its battle against falling sales
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NewsIceland launches premium gin range at The Food Warehouse
Iceland’s own label gin, Towpath (43% abv), will hit shelves for the first time, and three SKUs from posh mixer brand Fever-Tree will sit alongside
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NewsIceland and the Co-op back UK deposit return scheme plan
The retailers also called for rivals to join in their support for DRS
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NewsB&M to introduce frozen lines following Heron takeover
B&M bought frozen discounter Heron for £152m in August
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NewsAldi fights waste with 50% cuts as shelf life end nears
Aldi has begun marking down the price of its products as they approach the end of their shelf life
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NewsLidl defends its record on cutting antibiotics
The discounter came bottom in a league table published by the Alliance to Save our Antibiotics this week
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NewsCity snapshot: CMA inquiry included Aldi and Lidl after Tesco-Booker pressure
The CMA backtracked amid pressure from Tesco and Booker to take the rise of the discounters into consideration in delivering its verdict on their proposed merger, The Grocer can reveal. Plus, Nissin partnership boosts first half performance at Premier Foods after strong second quarter and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsLidl seeks closer links with startups by partnering with German retail tech hub
Retailtech Hub is based in Munich and supports startups through an accelerator programme
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NewsIceland opens 900th UK store with Bristol Food Warehouse
The supermarket chain has expanded its UK estate by 100 stores in just over four years
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NewsMedia Bites 7 Nov: UK retail, Whole Foods, Lidl
“Nerves on high street after shoppers rein in spending,” writes The Times (£) after more worrying data on consumer activity.
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NewsLidl UK to increase basic wage from £8.45 to £8.75 from March
The retailer said the move would make staff the highest paid supermarket employees in the UK
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Comment and OpinionChristmas is a big opportunity for the middle market
With footfall on the high street reported to have declined, retailers are under pressure
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NewsIceland targets 400 Food Warehouse stores
Iceland plans to open 400 of its The Food Warehouse outlets at a rate of 30 of the new format stores a year…
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NewsLidl recalls Sol & Mar squid SKUs over safety concerns
They may contain struvite, a naturally occuring crystal that “may cause injury”
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NewsMedia Bites 2 November: Waitrose, Sainsbury's, Iceland, recipe boxes
The media spotlight shines on the Waitrose Food and Drink Report 2017 and finds big supermarket trollies are on the decline as Britons ditch the weekly shop, while vegetarian prepared meals, juniper berries and Sicilian wine are on the rise.
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NewsIceland pledges to accept round pound coins until end of 2017
Iceland had previously said it would accept the coins until 31 October
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NewsLidl launches Hortus gin liqueurs and Liberté spiced rum
The Rhubarb & Ginger and Scottish Raspberry liquers would take shoppers “beyond the standard gin and tonic”…