Latest discounter news – Page 45
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Pingdemic: Richard Walker and Steve Rowe accused of risking ‘spooking’ public
Iceland MD Richard Walker has made a series of TV appearances in recent days saying absence rates have forced him to close stores
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Aldi celebrates Tokyo Olympics with foot-long sushi roll
The ‘supermarket first’ sushi roll features two fillings
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Iceland confirms plans to recruit 2,000 extra staff to tackle ‘pingdemic’
The recruitment push is to begin within days via ads in stores, on social media and in service stations
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Aldi to donate over a million meals in school summer holidays
The pledge is part of Aldi’s work with community scheme Neighbourly to donate surplus food from stores to local charities and food banks
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JTF Mega Discount Warehouse collapses with 500 job losses
The variety discounter had 12 stores in the midlands and north of England
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Poundland rolling out frozen & chilled to 40 more stores by September
Some larger stores are also getting new trolleys and conveyor belt checkouts in an effort to encourage bigger basket spend, a key aim of Poundland’s transformation strategy
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Poundstretcher’s estate shrinks by 75 stores in year following CVA
The net decline comes despite Poundstretcher also opening stores, meaning the number to have closed will be higher
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Hauliers ‘boycotting’ Lidl over driver shortage response
A lack of drivers across the UK is forcing haulage companies to rationalise their supermarket deliveries
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Lidl pledges 85% of sales will be ‘healthy or healthier’ by 2025
The discounter is to use a bespoke nutrient profiling system developed by its nutrition teams to monitor progress
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Iceland trials plastic-free and ‘reduced plastic’ packaging for potatoes and fish
The frozen food specialist has begun using paper and cartonboard on a number of lines
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Superdrug and Savers accounts reveal impact of lockdowns
Superdrug saw high street footfall plummet 75% during the first national lockdown, while Savers saw a 60% decline
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Aldi funds Kenyan vegetable packhouse to help smallholder farmers
The packhouse, in Cherangany, Trans Nzoia County, has been built in partnership with international NGO Farm Africa
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Lidl sets 2022 carbon neutral target, including new climate expectations for suppliers
Lidl will ’oblige suppliers’ to develop and work to their own targets, it said
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Pandemic delays new store fitouts for discounter Mere
Mere UK business development manager Aleksandr Chkalov this week told The Grocer he had initially envisaged it opening last year
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BRC demands easing of isolation as Iceland boss slams ‘s*** show’ for businesses
The date is currently set as 16 August, nearly a month after social distancing rules are set to ease
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Lidl encourages shoppers to make 'healthier swaps'
The trial involved on-shelf signage pointing customers to ‘a range of healthier alternative products that are easy to make and at the same price or less’
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Mere begins taking deliveries as first UK store prepares to open
With only finishing touches remaining for the store fit-out, it’s understood the finalised opening date depends on how quickly the rest of the stock is delivered
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Sainsbury’s to invest £50m in cutting prices across fresh, meat and dairy
The retailer said 60 of its core popular products are set to drop in price by the end of the month
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Iceland uses new ‘fridgeable’ labels to target households with no freezer
The labels will mean millions of families who don’t have a freezer can nevertheless buy frozen food, according to Iceland
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Lidl and Aldi ‘will be 12-24 months late hitting store opening targets’
Trading overlap with their own and each other’s stores will hamper progress, say retail location analysts