Latest discounter news – Page 153
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Industrial relations: Walk out threatened in Aldi dispute
Strike action is threatened from next week in a dispute between the Irish shopworkers' union, Mandate, and German discount chain Aldi. The dispute, which is over staff pay and conditions at Aldi's Dublin store, is complicated by the company's...
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Brickbats not bouquets for strange' marriage
Booker's customers have mixed views on the idea of the C&C group merging with Iceland, according to a straw poll carried out this week by The Grocer. And suppliers tell us that the combined company will have no chance of achieving the trading...
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Cash & carries: Wholesale success
Following Booker's merger with Iceland, questions are being asked about the long-term future of the cash & carry sector as we know it. Consultant Dave Turnbull explains Cash & carry operators come in two broad types those that are two weeks away...
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News analysis: Iceland/ Booker merger: THE BOOKER TRAIL
Booker has been the most determined predator in wholesaling history. It has also shed an armful of businesses since Stuart Rose promised to focus on the core business. When cash and carry trading was in its infancy, the company acquired household...
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News analysis: Iceland/ Booker merger:
Iceland pulls in happy shoppers The Grocer predicted months ago that Malcolm Walker might pull off something big but no one suspected merging with Booker. Belinda Gannaway, Tony Hurren and John Wood assess the deal It's business as usual, say...
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Iceland and Booker: Rose applauded but Iceland investors a
Belinda Gannaway The City applauded Booker chief executive Stuart Rose for his £1bn "merger" with Iceland, this week. But it is not so bullish about what the deal does for the retailer. Iceland chairman and chief executive Malcolm Walker said...
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Republic of Ireland: Killarney the stage for battle as Lidl
Lidl's first store in the Irish Republic is now under construction and set to challenge the market's big two Tesco and Dunnes when it opens in September. The 1,230 sq m outlet is on a greenfield site on the outskirts of Killarney, the leading...
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Advertising: Tesco and Iceland hit out at ASA rulings on lea
The Advertising Standards Authority has come under attack for its decision to censure Iceland and Tesco. Tesco has condemned the watchdog's ruling it misled consumers with a leaflet extolling the purity, low cost and taste of organic foods. While...
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Discounting: Lidl opens in Belfast
German discounter Lidl is pressing ahead with its expansion in Northern Ireland. A new store has opened on Shore Road in Belfast and the chain has applied for planning permission to build a £1m outlet in Ballysillan, north Belfast, and another in...
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C0-op: Egg colouring is no yolk
The Co-op has followed Iceland's lead by selling eggs from chickens fed a natural diet. Buyer Geoff Cox said the society would source its entire range of eggs from hens fed an artificial ingredient-free and GM-free diet once a suitable supplier had...
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Iceland: Walker defends Greenpeace 28
Iceland chairman Malcolm Walker has given evidence at the trial of 28 Greenpeace supporters charged with theft and criminal damage after they destroyed a trial crop of genetically modified maize at a Norfolk farm. Walker, who has been a member of...
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Rebranding takes lead'
Iceland is overhauling its corporate image with an £8m rebranding programme. The new corporate logo Iceland.co.uk has been designed to underline Iceland's "clicks and mortar" links. Chairman Malcolm Walker said: "Until now, no supermarket has...
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Kellogg in own label deal
US cereal giant Kellogg has broken with tradition and signed a deal to produce five cereals for German discounter Aldi under the Gletscher Krone brand. This is the first time in the company's history it has produced anything other than Kellogg's...
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News Briefs
Four private equity firms have been shortlisted to compete in the latest round of the auction for Ranks Hovis MacDougall, Tomkins' food business. They are CVC Capital Partners; Doughty Hanson; Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst; and Paribus. Iceland has...
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Outlandish Icelandic
A £5.4m TV ad campaign for the premixed spirit Metz breaks on Monday featuring an Icelandic strapline. The ad revolves around the Judderman and has the endline Judder pydir Metz og Schnapps' which translates as Judder means Metz. This is designed...