more discounter news & analysis – Page 146
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News
Iceland selling cooked, whole lobster for £5 this Christmas
Iceland will offer shoppers a cooked, whole Canadian lobster this Christmas for £5…
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Analysis and Features
Family Shopper: how convenience discounting is a family trade
Booker has ambitious plans for Family Shopper, its fledgling discount convenience fascia…
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Home Bargains owner TJ Morris boosts revenues by 21%
TJ Morris, which trades as Home Bargains with more than 320 stores, is on track to achieve its stated aim of at least 700 stores within five years.
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Poundland names two new non-exec directors
Poundland has named former McBride chief executive Miles Roberts as non-executive director and senior independent director.
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Iceland drops price of four pints of milk to 89p
Iceland has slashed its retail price for four pints of milk to just 89p.
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Comment and Opinion
Lidl is catching up and even overtaking Aldi with its marketing
Lidl and Aldi are proving that the Germans have a sense of humour – and really get social media too…
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Morrisons agrees deal with Rieves Lotteries for scratchcard rollout
Retail charity scratchcard specialist Rieves Lotteries has secured a new partnership with Morrisons to roll out cards for the retailer’s chosen charity Sue Ryder in 500 stores.
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Comment and Opinion
Stop the big price-matching yawn and focus on lower prices
There have been two notable developments in the price-matching world recently…
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Comment and Opinion
Dealing with discounters: a lesson from French supermarkets
The facts say it all. Hard discounters like Aldi and Lidl have seized more than 8% UK market share…
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News
Lidl pokes fun at Morrisons' price-matching pledge
Lidl has poked fun at Morrisons’ price-matching pledge, announced to some fanfare on Thursday (2 October), with its latest stab at reactive advertising.
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Comment and Opinion
Discounter copycats are a threat to brands and consumers
Imagine you’ve been out of the country for five years and now you are walking around an Aldi or Lidl…
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News
Aldi's epic fail: its app came last in our expert poll
Aldi bottom of supermarket smartphone app rankings but Sainsbury’s app isn’t much better…
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Morrisons Match & More trials 'beat expectations'
The new Morrisons Match & More price-matching and loyalty scheme has been a closely guarded secret for several months…
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Morrisons loyalty scheme to match Aldi and Lidl on price
Morrisons has become the first UK supermarket to price match against the discounters.
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Lidl unveils ‘50p challenge’ in riposte to Sainsbury’s
Lidl has responded to Sainsbury’s infamous ‘50p challenge’ poster earlier this week with a 50p challenge of its own.
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Analysis and Features
Aldi's extraordinary growth asks tough questions of big four
The extraordinary growth reported by Aldi this morning illustrates the depth of the problem facing the UK’s established supermarkets.
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News
Aldi profits soar 65% as it boasts of ‘best value’ groceries
Pre-tax profits at Aldi soared 65.2%, the discounter revealed today, as it claimed to offer “the best value in UK grocery retail”.
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Stephanie Green quits Müller to take on new Aldi category role
Müller Dairy’s head of operational marketing, Stephanie Green, is set to join Aldi next month
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Analysis and Features
How green are the discounters?
The discounters were lagging well behind in terms of eco-friendliness in 2011 but sales growth has forced them to change…
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Comment and Opinion
The Times – they are a changing
The Times isn’t keen on the discounters… but did Rachel Johnson’s critique hit the mark?