Latest discounter news – Page 108
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Great German Bake Off: home baking soars at Aldi and Lidl
Forget the Great British Bake Off, it’s more like the Great German Bake Off…
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Media Bites 20 July: Seabrook Crisps, Iceland, Sainsbury’s
The takeover of Seabrooks Crisps, revealed by The Grocer on Thursday, has hit the papers this morning
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Media bites 16 July: CMA, Lidl, JD Wetherspoon
Supermarkets are misleading shoppers by running confusing promotions, Britain’s competition regulator has found.
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Lidl sales climb £700m to record £4bn as new HQ plans unveiled
Lidl has hiked its UK sales by £700m to a record £4bn for the 2014 financial year as more shoppers desert the mainstream grocers for the discounters
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Aldi signs NFU pledge on fair treatment of fruit & veg growers
Aldi has become the first UK retailer to sign up to the National Farmers’ Union’s fruit and veg pledge
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Simon Twigger lands new role as Poundland trading director
Poundland has snapped up Simon Twigger, the former boss of Sainsbury’s convenience stores. Twigger, who has been on gardening leave from Sainsbury’s for the past few months, will join the single price discounter as trading director in September. He left Sainsbury’s in the wake of the group’s ...
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Media Bites 3 July: Lidl, price war, Pep & Co
Lidl and sister chain Kaufland have received almost $900m (£576m) in public development funding over the past decade, the cost of a basket of groceries grow for first time in six months and Andy Bond reveals Pep & Co ambitions.
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Lidl uncorks latest offensive to tempt away middle class shoppers
Lidl is set to launch its latest campaign to tempt away the middle classes from Waitrose with a new French wine promotion starting in September.
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Morrisons and discounters grow in latest market share figures
Aldi and Lidl reach new highs as David Potts looks to be righting the ship
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First Picota cherries of season arrive in UK from Spain
The season’s first Picota cherries have arrived in UK supermarkets…
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Netto speeds up hunt for store sites up north
Danish discounter Netto looks to have accelerated its search for sites just seven months after returning to the UK…
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Iceland expands 'luxurious' exotic meat range
New additions include wagyu beef, rabbit, venison and kangaroo
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Lidl sets sights on regional beer market with new push
Ale could be set to become the latest front in the war for grocery market share as Lidl unveils a new beer fixture and line-up.
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GSCOP survey reveals Tesco improvement, Iceland troubles
Tacon said Lewis’ move to reset Tesco negotiations to focus on front rather than back margin had been a major contributor to a shift in perception
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Poundland shares sink despite £1bn breakthrough
Shares in Poundland sank more than 6% this morning despite sales at the discount retailer breaking the £1bn barrier for the first time.
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Lidl stresses fair wage commitment as shrimp worker petition nears target
Lidl has insisted it is committed to paying fair wages as shrimp worker campaign on the verge of reaching 100,000 signatures.
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Grocer of the Year: Lidl
In 2014 Lidl smashed through the £4bn sales barrier for the first time
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Grocer of the Year Lidl weighs up in-store changes
Lidl UK is determined to keep pressing the accelerator after being crowned Grocer of the Year at this week’s Grocer Gold A…
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Iceland's Malcolm Walker: 'Price is not a weapon any more'
The frozen chain is shifting its strategy via a new Power of Frozen campaign that seeks to educate shoppers
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Lidl pits its products against leading brands on new website
Lidl has launched a website showing how its own products have performed in blind taste tests versus leading branded and rival own label lines.