Latest discounter news – Page 38
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NewsAldi launches cross-category competition to become a supplier
The discounter is looking for entrants in a number of categories
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NewsPoundstretcher launches rolling ‘50% off absolutely everything’ sales
Sixteen stores are due to launch the sales this week or next, on top of a number already staging them
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NewsNew Iceland stores being held up by underfunded councils
The delays are holding up the investment and access to jobs needed for the government to achieve its ‘levelling up’ ambitions, according to Iceland MD Richard Walker
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NewsBiggest ever Poundland has 450 new lines - priced at up to £150
A £150 hanging egg chair is one of 450 new products unique to Poundland’s biggest ever store, which opened in Nottingham on 12 February
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NewsLidl appoints Richard Taylor chief development officer as Alan Barry returns to Ireland
Barry moved to Lidl GB from Lidl Ireland, where he had also been chief development officer, early last year
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NewsAldi searching for three shoppers to be wine taster for a day
The three chosen applicants will become an ‘Aldi wine buyer for a day’
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NewsPoundland rolls out home delivery to Fultons online customers nationwide
Poundland home delivery has so far only been available in select postcode areas in the Midlands and north of England
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NewsAsda to double Smart Price coverage following Jack Monroe criticism
From 1 March Asda will stock its full Smart Price and Farm Stores ranges in all 581 of its food stores, as well as online
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NewsIceland ‘supercharging’ range innovation in new tech partnership
The frozen food specialist has signed up to RangeMe, a global platform linking retailers with 200,000 suppliers showcasing their products
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NewsPoundland to open biggest-ever store at 15,000 sq ft
The new store is about three times the size of an average Poundland and will employ 75 full or part-time staff
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NewsAldi sees Veganuary plant-based sales soar 500%
The discounter has also reported a 250% increase in plant-based sales in 2021 compared with 2020
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NewsJames Dorling joins the board at Wilko as development director
Wilko has promoted group property and procurement director James Dorling to the board
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NewsIceland goes head to head with Which? over supermarket sustainability ranking
The first supermarket sustainability league table from Which? focused on 11 major UK grocers’ performance across three areas
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NewsM&S and Aldi call it quits over Colin the Caterpillar dispute
Both have declined to comment on the terms of the settlement
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NewsMike Morrison returns to Poundstretcher as trading director
Morrison has previously served on Poundstretcher’s board on three occasions
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NewsTesco axes Jack’s and puts 1,600 jobs at risk with sweeping cuts
Jack’s branded products will continue to be available to independent convenience stores supplied by Booker
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NewsUnilever adds trio of ice cream NPD to celebrate 100 years of Wall’s
The new launches offered ‘the perfect way to help shoppers and retailers mark the special occasion with us’, said Wall’s
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NewsPoundstretcher begins converting stores to JTF
A Poundstretcher and Pet Hut in Margate, one of the variety discounter’s larger stores, is among the first to be rebranded
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NewsFive major supermarkets trialling ‘digital age verification’ for alcohol sales
The Home Office-backed trials are intended to explore how the technology can strengthen age checking and reduce violence against staff
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NewsLidl opens new head office in Tolworth, London
Hundreds of head office staff are relocating five miles from Wimbledon to the new building