in depth – Page 17
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Analysis and Features
Can Stelios achieve lift-off with the EasyFood concept?
If EasyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou didn’t know it already, he will now – there is nothing easy about grocery retailing
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Analysis and Features
Danny Hazlehurst, property director, Lidl (61)
Lidl overtook Aldi in sales last November but to keep going it needs to open more stores
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Analysis and Features
Ronny Gottschlich, UK MD, Lidl (4)
Another move up the list for Gottschlich, who continues to evolve Lidl for the better
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Analysis and Features
Malcolm Walker, CEO, Iceland (59)
After years of success these are tough times for Walker and Iceland
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Comment and Opinion
Has Tesco cracked the code? And can it keep going?
The story of ‘Christmas present’ is just about written and it was a gift to the winners
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Analysis and Features
Chilled fish prices fall as discounters improve offer
Chilled fish has become the latest victim of the relentless drive towards everyday low prices
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Analysis and Features
Iceland Mac 'n' Cheese Burgers: Acid Test
Mac ‘n’ cheese is one of the main beneficiaries of the wave of Americana that has swept UK dinner tables in recent years
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Comment and Opinion
My alternative take on Christmas. And the winner is Lidl
Who were the winners and losers this Christmas? Here’s my alternative take
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Analysis and Features
Discounter pressure on big four will continue
Look away, big four. The suffering will continue. At least for a while
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Comment and Opinion
Loyalty schemes aren't dead yet... even for the discounters
Two years ago “the rise of the discounters” was the phrase on everyone’s lips
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Analysis and Features
Reset of the year: Lidl
He’d be the first to tell you there is more to come, but 2015 was a huge year for Lidl and Ronny Gottschlich
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Comment and Opinion
The Britification of the German discounters continues
The FA this week announced that the successor to Tesco as sponsor of its grassroots football was Lidl
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Comment and Opinion
Aldi's Supermarket Secrets: the discounter backlash begins
Once the underdog Brits love to root for, Aldi is facing up to the inevitable backlash of doing too well, too fast
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Comment and Opinion
Lidl is top dog as first supermarket Christmas ads arrive
Hooray. Christmas is upon us, and first out of the blocks with their seasonal ads are Lidl and Asda
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Comment and Opinion
Asda and Lidl are first off the mark with their Christmas TV ads – but do they deliver?
The first of the seasonal supermarket ads have hit our screens
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Analysis and Features
Spilt claret: Lidl launches second big posh booze push
Lidl has snapped up 5% of Bordeaux’s output for its latest ’claret offensive’. But can the retailer silence the wine snobs?
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Comment and Opinion
Iceland boldly puts up the price of milk – but will others follow?
We’re used to seeing milk prices being cut, so Iceland’s move to increase the price of its four-pinters from 89p back up to £1 is eye-catching
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Analysis and Features
Timpson's take on the grocers
A new book by John Timpson reveals his 50 biggest heroes in high street retail. We asked the shoe repair magnate to elaborate
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Comment and Opinion
Online plans and dip in profits show Aldi is serious about investing in the future
Far from celebrating the dip in profits, rivals will know Aldi is playing the long game
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Comment and Opinion
Deal with discounters at a level you can sustain
The discounter freight train has got up a head of steam and is cruising past the competition to record shares…