more discounter news & analysis – Page 121
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Comment and Opinion
The shopping experience is out of date
The discounters displace and disrupt much of what we once assumed to be indispensable in the experience-centric market
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News
Iceland incentivises staff to promote on social media
Iceland is using Qube Media’s advocate marketing platform Qubist to encourage staff to share products
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Analysis and Features
Aldi’s steady progress proves industry sharks wrong
Today’s news that Aldi has broken into the Top 5 validates the German discounter’s strategy plan, and confounds its critics
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News
Aldi overtakes Co-op to become UK's fifth biggest food retailer
Sales at the German discounter were up 12.4% to £1.7bn in the 12 weeks to 29 January
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News
Triathletes Alistair and Jonathan Brownlee in Aldi partnership
The brothers join other Team GB members in supporting Aldi’s Get Set to Eat Fresh educational programme
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News
Fledgling discount grocery chain GHM subsumed into Poundland
“There will be opportunities for suppliers in the coming months as we integrate the businesses”
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News
Lidl launches food waste redistribution scheme with Neighbourly
The partnership with social network Neighbourly will provide an extra two million meals a year to local charities
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News
B&M issues £250m bond to support growth plans
The owner of the B&M Bargains retail chain is issuing £250m on bonds to refinance existing debt and boost its future growth plans.
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News
Aldi's booming babycare sales ignite nappy & wipes price war
Nearly £30m, or 4.6%, has been wiped off the nappies and baby wipes market
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News
Aldi launches 'flexitarian' Full of Beans chilled mince
The chilled mince product counts towards consumers’ 5 a day
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Comment and Opinion
Aldi takes different tack with Duncan the indifferent duck
Aldi’s ad people must be furious that rival Lidl has such a pun-worthy name
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News
Iceland begins second phase of £5m Deeside HQ investment
The retailer said it was looking to provide an enhanced working environment for its growing central team
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News
Aldi establishes five-year link with Teenage Cancer Trust
Discounter will aim to raise a total of £5m for charity
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News
Medina wins Iceland milk supply contract
The deal is understood to represent about 30 million litres a year
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News
Media Bites 12 Jan: Sainsbury's/Argos, Lidl, Currencies
The papers this morning focus on the positive contribution of Argos to Sainsbury’s Christmas performance.
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News
Poundstretcher sales and profits decline as estate shrinks
The business, owned by the Tayub brothers’ Crown Crest Group, closed 30 shops in the year to 31 March 2016 as part of its expansion strategy to more modern, larger sites.
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News
Lidl UK reports 10% sales boost over Christmas period
Lidl said its Christmas, ad which featured one of its turkey farms, helped boost sales of the bird by 40%
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News
Poundworld slips to a loss as it invests in growth
Poundworld has fallen into the red despite sales growing another £40m last year as new private equity owner TPG Capital invested in future growth.
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News
Aldi reports record sales over Christmas
The discounter attributes a 15% year-on-year uplift to strong demand for premium products