Latest discounter news – Page 44
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NewsFood shortages ease… but worst is yet to come as HGV driver crisis continues
As changes to self-isolation rules mean fully vaccinated workers must no longer isolate, new research by The Grocer reveals food shortages have now eased
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NewsLidl GB shakes up senior team as CFO Kahl moves to Schwarz Group
Dirk Kahl is being replaced by Marco Francesco Di Costanzo, along with other changes to Lidl GB’s senior leadership team
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NewsAldi to install fridge doors in new stores and refurbs in bid to reduce carbon
The discounter said the move would save the equivalent of over 2,000 tonnes of carbon emissions a year.
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NewsPoundland extends online delivery trial across Midlands and Yorkshire
The online service was quietly tested earlier in the year by 18,000 Poundland staff and selected guests
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NewsAldi first discounter to offer packaging-free staples
Aldi began selling several varieties of rice and pasta from a bank of dispensers in April
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NewsMere on the hunt for buyers and store staff to support UK growth plans
The hard discounter is set to begin a recruitment push within weeks of opening its first UK store this Saturday
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NewsIceland recruits Timmy Mallett to push ‘retro’ lolly range in online videos
The ‘zany’ 1980s kids’ TV host will taste and rate Iceland’s exclusive range of ‘retro sweet shop favourites’
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NewsIceland doubles rewards for ‘Bonus Card’ members in August
Until 31 August, members will get a £2 bonus for every £20 they save up in the scheme, up from the usual £1
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NewsAldi to create 2,000 new roles amid store expansion plans
Most of the available roles will be for store assistants, store apprentices, caretakers and cleaners as well as managerial positions
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NewsPoundland offers to pay for drivers to upgrade to HGV 1 licences
The discounter said getting the HGV 1 licence could cost up to £2,000
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NewsB&M staging its own jobs fair in push to fill posts from stores to head office
The variety discounter is appealing for candidates to come along without an appointment to the event at its head office
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NewsLidl trialling ‘scan as you shop’ with new app
The pilot will allow customers to scan products themselves using their smartphones as they shop
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NewsWilko to keep in-store face mask recycling points until the end of September
The retailer claimed a high street first with the launch of the initiative on 1 April, but it was initially intended to run for just three months
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NewsIceland adding recycling bins for soft plastic to Food Warehouse stores
The business plans to roll them out across The Food Warehouse’s estate of about 140 stores in the year ahead
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NewsLidl claims a billion pieces of plastic removed from stores
The one billion figure includes 24 million plastic trays and punnets removed from fruit & veg
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NewsRussian discounter Mere finally names opening date for first UK store
‘We are now on the verge of creating new retail segment in the UK,’ Mere’s UK business development manager told The Grocer
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NewsPoundland rolling out free-from range to over 300 stores
The range consists of over 30 free-from products, including dairy-free and gluten-free varieties of bread, porridge, cakes and snacks
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NewsSales boost shrinks Iceland’s annual losses but its finances stay in the red
The latest accounting period included an advance of £108.5m to Iceland’s family shareholders’ holding company, WDFF, in order for them to pay Brait SE for the return of the business to full family ownership
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NewsSainsbury’s, Aldi and Co-op to trial fully recyclable plastic-free sandwich packaging
The all-fibre, plastic-free recyclable skillet, which will be 100% paper-based and feature a plastic-free window, will hit shelves across the UK from September
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NewsCollapsed discounter JTF facing prospect of legal action by redundant staff
About 500 workers were made redundant with immediate effect on Tuesday this week, following the closure of all 12 of the chain’s shops