Latest discounter news – Page 40
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NewsSainsbury’s trims down Aldi price match list ahead of Christmas
Some of the items dropped from the campaign have seen a significant price hike
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NewsAldi ramps up M&S trolling after latest legal action over ‘copying’ allegations
The discounter has erected a ‘Kiss and make up?’ sign outside an M&S Foodhall
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NewsIceland cuts veg to 1p in online Christmas push
Iceland is selling 40 varieties of fresh and frozen veg for 1p a pack in online orders until midnight tonight
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NewsSainsbury’s adds Christmas products to Aldi price match
Sainsbury’s Aldi price match Christmas campaign runs through to 24 December
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NewsM&S suing Aldi for alleged copying of its products – again
M&S argues the design of Aldi’s gold flake gin is “strikingly similar” to its own ‘Light Up’ gin
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NewsAldi agreement to pay more for bananas not enough, insist farmers
Aldi recently announced it would pay seven pence more per kilogramme of bananas from 2022
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NewsPoundstretcher giving staff a 10% rise as a ‘thank you’
The business has not said what its basic pay rate is
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NewsAldi betters Lidl’s ‘highest paying supermarket’ claim with wage rise
While the discounters’ new national hourly rates are the same, Aldi said it was the only remaining supermarket to give paid breaks, worth £750 a year
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NewsAldi named most hygienic supermarket
Research found 99.7% of Aldi stores had achieved the maximum five stars in their latest FSA inspection
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NewsIceland puts ‘emergency turkeys’ outside Tesco, Asda and Morrisons stores in cheeky stunt
The prop turkeys are in boxes with a glass front, to be broken “in case of emergency”, in a swipe at the supermarkets’ delivery availability
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NewsAldi CEO Giles Hurley reassures customers discounter will have plenty of Christmas supplies
It comes in a week of warnings strike action could lead to shortages at some other supermarkets
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NewsCampaign group aims to ‘inundate’ supermarket bosses with demands for Boxing Day closures
Organise – a campaigning network of over a million people across the UK – is urging its members to directly email CEOs with a standard message
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NewsAldi’s ‘A Christmas Carrot’ deemed most effective festive ad of 2021
The discounter’s latest outing of Kevin the Carrot, which framed the character in a new take on A Christmas Carol, stood out as more ‘distinctive’ and ‘enjoyable’ than rivals’ festive campaigns, according to Kantar research
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NewsLidl minimum store size now 18,000 sq ft to fit more SKUs
The discounter’s minimum desired unit size outside London has grown from 14,000 sq ft to 18,000 sq ft
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NewsIceland gives £300,000 to Action for Children Christmas campaign
The Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation’s donation to Action for Children will go towards its annual ‘Secret Santa’ campaign
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NewsAldi trials new ‘supersized’ trolley to highlight extra Specialbuys throughout December
The discounter will be adding new lines to its Specialbuys range more frequently throughout December, making each Tuesday an ‘on-sale’ day, along with the usual Thursday and Sunday
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NewsAldi launches deposit return scheme in Scotland store
A reverse vending machine has been installed in the car park of Aldi’s Bathgate store in West Lothian
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NewsIceland launches plastic bag collection service with Food Warehouse deliveries
Drivers will collect the bags and take them back to Food Warehouse stores
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NewsLidl GB appoints Ryan McDonnell CEO as Christian Härtnagel moves to Germany
Härtnagel has been appointed CEO of Lidl Germany, a role he will start on 1 March next year, after more than five years at the helm of the British business
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NewsWhat to do if Christmas lines come late? Just ask Oops
Surplus food seller expects influx of late Christmas stock