more discounter news & analysis – Page 171
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Arla bags Lidl’s milk contract for Scotland
Arla has picked up the contract to supply liquid milk to Lidl's Scottish stores after Graham's The Family Dairy failed to match it on price. The Arla contract which will see it supplying milk to more than 90 Lidl stores commenced...
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Diet crisps fly off shelves at Poundland
Poundland has shifted £1.5m worth of WeightWatchers-branded crisps in less than two months. The round-pound discounter relaunched an exclusive range of the brand earlier this year and ran a golden ticket promotion on multipacks of the...
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Poundland and P&G link up to work health and beauty market
Poundland is hoping to snatch a bigger slice of the health and beauty market after sealing a deal to source directly from Procter & Gamble. “We are direct with P&G now,” said Poundland CEO Jim McCarthy, speaking exclusively to…
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The Big Interview
McMeikan on a roll
Since joining Greggs, Britain’s biggest high-street bakery, chief executive Ken McMeikan hasn’t put a foot wrong. Now he’s selling frozen sausage rolls through Iceland and eyeing another 500 store openings.
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Greggs and Iceland pair up to sell frozen sausage rolls
Iceland has joined forces with Greggs to sell frozen versions of the high street baker’s famed sausage rolls. Ten Iceland stores in Liverpool began selling the bake-at-home sausage rolls today in Greggs-branded four-packs.
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Discounters hang on to record share as shoppers get post-wedding blues
The discounters and Waitrose have made further gains on rivals over the past three months, as the UK’s economic woes continue to polarise shopping habits.
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Iceland bidders face ‘nuisance and cost’ of restrictive leases
Supermarket chains looking to buy Iceland will be unable to convert “at least 200” of the frozen discounter’s stores into small-format supermarkets without costly and time-consuming changes in the leases, The Grocer understands.
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Iceland bidders face ‘nuisance and cost’ of restrictive leases
Supermarket chains looking to buy Iceland will be unable to convert close to half the frozen discounter's stores into small-format supermarkets without costly and time-consuming changes in the leases, The Grocer understands.
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Record trading for Iceland
Iceland has announced a record year of trading for the year ending 25 March 2011. Pre-tax profits jumped 14.8% up to £155.5m. Sales were up 5.9% to £2.3bn, with like-for-like sales up by 2.1%...
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Shoppers hungry to do a bigger grocery shop at Wilkinson
Shoppers would welcome an increased grocery offer at high street variety discounter Wilkinson, new research has revealed.Him!'s Variety Discounter Tracking Programme, which quizzed 1,000 Wilkinson and Poundland shoppers at 70 stores,...
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Walker ‘still favourite’ to take over at Iceland
As newspaper reports confirmed a 'beauty parade' of financial advisors strongly linking Morrisons with a £1.5bn swoop for Iceland, Malcolm Walker is still the favourite to get his hands on the company he founded, a senior City source close to the...
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Comment and Opinion
Under the Adjudicator, retailers won’t know who they are apologising to
It’s difficult to remain focused on a story that drags on and on, but though I suspect torpor will soon set in over the Iceland acquisition…
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Iceland’s new coupons offer speedier promos
Having led the way with round-pound price points, Iceland is now looking to stay ahead of the game with a new flexible loyalty promotional strategy. The retailer will use intelligent new technology to allow it to chop and change...
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Profiles and QandAs
The Human Angle: Jim McCarthy, CEO, Poundland
It's a great place to work. We focus firmly on the customer and part of our corporate goal is to be fun and friendly with something for everyone.
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What’s behind the amazing resurgence of discounters?
They are grabbing market share gains as they wow shoppers with quality and value, but does their financial model restrict further growth, asks James Halliwell
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Comment and Opinion
Is Iceland about to melt away?
If Malcolm Walker and co decide not to buy Iceland, it could well disappear.
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On Everest, Walker hits out at Iceland rumours
Malcolm Walker has slammed the speculation surrounding the sale of Iceland from his base camp on Mount Everest, as he prepares to scale the highest mountain in the world to raise £1m for charity.
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Comment and Opinion
Will Malcolm Walker be frozen out in Iceland’s sale?
As supermarkets and private equity types run the sliderule over Iceland, in anticipation of a summer sale, maverick founder Malcolm Walker is making another of his (suitably) icy expeditions.
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B&M plans to go south with 30 bargain stores
B&M Retail is hoping to have opened 30 new B&M Bargains stores by the end of the year including one within the M25. The Liverpool-based discounter has 235 stores across the UK, but the estate only currently stretches as far...
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Lidl to sell ‘high-end’ Royal china
Lidl is launching a set of fine-quality bone china to commemorate this month's Royal Wedding.The discounter has secured a deal with Royal Worcester to design the mug and plate, which will be decorated in the UK. The items will make Lidl...