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NewsMedia Bites 14 October: Waitrose’s James Bailey, Home Bargains, Energy bills and farming
Waitrose executive director James Bailey traces his love for the upmarket retailer back to his mum taking him to the Eastbourne branch as a six-year-old
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Analysis & FeaturesAs inflation recedes, has the tide turned on discounter growth?
New figures show Aldi is now in negative growth, and variety discounters that once were riding high are also going backwards
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NewsAsda pulls plug on Home Bargains price match campaign
Asda has paused the price match mechanic while it looks at the performance of the lines included and the proposition as a whole
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NewsHome Bargains offering £500 reward for help in catching shoplifters
Shoppers can get the reward by calling the variety discounter’s confidential hotline with information leading to the ‘arrest and successful prosecution of anyone committing a criminal offence in our stores’
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NewsHome Bargains launches buyer apprenticeship programme
Successful applicants will be mentored by a category manager and work alongside senior buyers at the retailer’s head office in Liverpool
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Comment & OpinionTesco boss continues to make strides against Aldi’s price challenge
Tesco boss Ken Murphy didn’t play ball when asked about Tesco versus Aldi price gap
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Analysis & FeaturesEight ways retail sector will change, according to the RSC
From discounter proliferation to online failures and less tax for the Treasury, how the Retail Sector Council sees the industry’s near future
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Analysis & FeaturesHow ‘loved’ high street discount retailer Wilko came to trouble
Wilko is in a struggle for survival, having last week filed a notice of intention to appointment administrators
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NewsHome Bargains recalls protein powder over potentially lethal caffeine dose
Two daily servings of the product – as advised on the packaging – could amount to a lethal dose of caffeine for most people, according to the FSA
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NewsHome Bargains begins in-store bakery rollout, adding them to 64 stores
Each has gained a selection of baked goods such as baguettes, tiger rolls, pastries, muffins and doughnuts
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NewsHome Bargains revenue climbs following opening of 20 stores
Operating profit fell from £394m to £290m despite 2% rise in turnover to £3,419m
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NewsHome Bargains snaps up variety discount chain Quality Save
Quality Save’s 21 stores in the north of England are to become part of Home Bargains’ estate
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RankingsThe top 10 biggest growing categories of 2022 by value
The craze for disposable vapes was led by the seemingly ubiquitous Elfbar whose £318.4m gain accounts for 73% of the uplift
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NewsHome Bargains’ Joe Morris launches automated warehouse tech business
Joe Morris has stepped down from Home Bargains’ top team to focus on Arms Innovations, borne out of a warehouse solution developed internally for the retailer
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NewsHome Bargains director Joe Morris steps down
Joe Morris served as the retailer’s operations director for 20 years before becoming its director of innovation early in 2021
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NewsSeabrook partners with Aunt Bessie’s to launch roast dinner flavoured crisps
Three ‘quintessentially British’ flavours have rolled into B&M and Home Bargains
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Comment & OpinionIceland and Home Bargains to close all stores on Boxing Day
The two retailers said it would allow staff more time to celebrate with loved ones
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NewsAsda targets Home Bargains with new price match campaign
The Home Bargain Price Match includes more than 100 products, most of them non-food, including branded items such as Sure deodoran
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NewsHome Bargains sales soar 20% to £3.3bn, boosted by store openings
The estate grew by 27 stores during the period
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NewsHome Bargains turnover boosted by estate growth amid pandemic
New stores helped boost turnover by 13% to £2.8bn in the year to 30 June 2020, newly filed accounts at Companies House reveal