more discounter news & analysis – Page 14
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Lidl renames loaf of bread following ‘sourfaux’ complaint
The product has been renamed from Sourdough Rye Crusty Bloomer to Crusty Wheat & Rye Bloomer after a customer complained it was made with 56% wheat flour
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Heron Foods offering ‘market leading’ £15 Christmas dinner for second year
The frozen Christmas dinner deal, which works out at £3.75 a person, includes a turkey joint with all the trimmings
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Poundland boss joins BRC call for kindness to shopworkers at Christmas
Along with UKHospitality, the BRC is calling for consideration as staff work extra hard to keep shelves stocked and drinks served
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Regulators should ‘explore every option to claw back’ Wilko dividends, says MP
Liam Byrne made the call in the House of Commons on Thursday, after former Wilko chair Lisa Wilkinson was grilled by Business and Trade Committee earlier in the week
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Wilko back on UK high streets as first new stores open
The stores, in Plymouth and Exeter, are the first two of five planned by CDS Superstores, which bought the brand from administrators in September
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Horlicks brings back ‘malty’ tablets for 150th anniversary
First launched in the 1930s, the tablets had disappeared from sale in the UK by the turn of the century
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Christmas dinner veg more expensive after mults hike up prices
Several key veg lines such as carrots and potatoes have increased in price by more than 10% in the past month
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Aldi investing £12m in lowering prices for Christmas
Over 180 Christmas products will be lowered in price by an average 20%, according to the discounter
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Aldi on ‘sticky wicket’ in Thatchers copycat battle
‘If Thatchers can get home on it then the floodgates will open because other brands can get home on it as well,’ said Stobbs head of litigation Geoff Steward
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Former Wilko chair accused of ‘burgling a failing business’ in MP grilling
‘What is especially stark is that as the business plunged into deeper trouble, the dividends went up,’ said Business and Trade Committee chair Liam Byrne
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Health and environment action from food companies has slowed
The body’s State of the Nation’s Food Industry 2023 document shows there have been fewer commitments on tackling HFSS
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The Original Factory Shop opens its 200th store
The variety discounter is on track to have opened 25 stores in the course of 2023
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Wilko bosses to be grilled by MPs over chain’s collapse
Lisa Wilkinson, granddaughter of Wilko founder James Kemsey Wilkinson and former chair of the retailer, is among those to be questioned by the Commons’ Business and Trade Committee
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‘Nudge’ technology helps Iceland drivers cut carbon emissions
The dashboard technology ‘nudges’ drivers to improve their driving style
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Analysis and Features
Will daring to be different pay off for advertisers this Christmas?
As the Christmas ad tradition took off, supermarkets’ efforts became homogenised. This year, they’re taking risks on quirky creatives
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Aldi vs Thatchers copycat battle reaches High Court
Thatchers is also gunning for Aldi’s product development process of ‘benchmarking’ against the market leader in attempting to replicate it on taste
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Tesco backs call for ban on fresh fruit and veg plastic
Tesco said it would welcome “effective government intervention on produce packaging removal”
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Comment and Opinion
How the autumn statement will impact retail and fmcg
A ‘final nail in the coffin for the high street’ was the grim description from a leading property consultancy of today’s autumn statement
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Tesco falls in British apple sales as Lidl outperforms market share
Tesco’s performance was described as ‘disappointing’ by British Apples & Pears executive chair Ali Capper
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Co-op named biggest supporter of British berry industry for 2023 season
The growers’ group has announced that Co-op achieved the highest volume growth in berry sales with a 22.1% increase across all berries