Latest discounter news – Page 137
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NewsTop 50 list shows indie discounters on the rise
The rise of the discounters has been much vaunted in the past 12 months but, as our latest ranking of the UK's 50 biggest independent retail chains has revealed, it's not just about Aldi, Lidl and Netto. Independent discounters are leading...
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NewsPoundland takes on mults with staples
Poundland has undercut the multiples with a deal to sell 1.5kg of Whitworths granulated sugar for £1. The average price of a kilo of own-label sugar in the multiples is currently 93p, according to Grocer 33 data for 17...
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Why is Iceland aiming for another go at foodservice?
Iceland is poised to buy DBC Foodservice. But it has bought a foodservice provider before with limited success, so why again? Peter Cripps reports
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Iceland set to buy DBC after Baugur collapse
Bosses at Iceland Foods Group are understood to have launched a bid to buy DBC Foodservice after Baugur, which owns a 50% stake in the company, was placed into administration.The Grocer has learned that Iceland Foods' CEO Malcolm Walker and...
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NewsTesco under fire for misleading labelling of chicken
Tesco has been slammed for its "misleading" labelling of chicken following a consumer poll. More than 10,000 people voted in a Chicken Out! poll on whether labelling of standard own-label chickens sold in Tesco, Asda, Iceland, Morrisons and...
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NewsAdvertising: Co-op and Aldi are of like minds
Interesting parallels can be drawn between recent advertising from The Co-operative Group and Aldi, says Richard Hemmings
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Ailing Superquinn is losing expertise and share to discounters
Superquinn, the embattled Irish chain currently shedding 400 jobs and closing one of its stores, has been hit by a triple whammy – the defection of a key staff member, slippage in market share and a corresponding sales surge at...
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Fifteen former Woolies shops become 99p Stores
99p Stores has snapped up 15 former Woolworths stores and has already started trading in a third of them.
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Iceland returns to Ireland with franchise deal
Iceland, the frozen food retailer, is back in the Irish market, almost four years after closing down its stores in the Republic and walking away due to mounting losses.
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Poundland, Lidl unveil ’09 growth plans
Budget retailer Poundland has announced plans to open a raft of new stores in 2009 despite the prospect of a drawn-out recession.
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Lidl - it's not just a shop, it's a way of life
Aha! Now you can live out your Alan Partridge fantasies while shopping for £5 lobsters thanks to a unique tie-up between Lidl and budget hotel chain Travelodge. Consumers can shop 'til they drop even further down the dignity league by...
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Discounters more expensive than big four supermarkets
The discounters are more expensive than all of the big four supermarkets, according to exclusive research carried out for The Grocer, with Asda the cheapest and Aldi charging the highest prices.
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Editor's Comment: If quality was the real battleground, Aldi would have rebranded as Trader Joe
The rise of the discounters this year has been nothing short of extraordinary. At 3.1% Aldi's market share is now close to that of Waitrose (3.6%). To some extent, the discounters have been filling up the space left by Kwik Save's demise,...
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The great discounter showdown
Shock report: supermarkets are cheaper than discounters. So has Tesco picked the wrong fight with its Britain's Biggest Discounter campaign, asks Nick Hughes
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Discounters more expensive than big four supermarkets
The discounters are more expensive than all of the big four supermarkets, according to exclusive research carried out for The Grocer, with Asda the cheapest and Aldi charging the highest prices. Using a list of 50 ‘essential’ grocery items, our...
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Aldi: planning law change is 'not healthy'
Aldi is lobbying the Government not to push through changes to the planning laws that it feels would make store development too difficult.Next year, communities secretary Hazel Blears plans to get rid of the controversial needs test, which...
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Every Lidl helps, except this one
Forget mere accidental melamine contamination - one Lidl store in Sweden is in trouble for deliberately poisoning discarded food. The genius plan was hatched to stop those pesky homeless types feasting on expired lobster ready-meals and...
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Lidl store closed for food safety breach
The image of discount chain Lidl, which has been winning increasing customer support in the Irish Republic as the recession bites, has been dealt a blow by hygiene inspectors from the food safety authority.They ordered the closure of a Lidl...
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Iceland runs missing people photo appeal
Frozen food chain Iceland has launched an appeal with the Missing People charity and will print photographs of vulnerable missing people on the side of its milk bottles. The pictures will appear on four-pint packs, with each person being...
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Aldi and Lidl sales in Ireland increase 15%
Shoppers in the Irish Republic are flocking to Aldi and Lidl as they struggle to cope with the deepening recession, new data has revealed. Figures from TNS show that 69% of Irish households have shopped at the two discounters in the past...