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Aldi stretches into lobster, goose and duck
Aldi is offering its customers whole frozen salmon, lobster, duck and goose for the first time as part of its Christmas range.The discounter is hinting at further premium line offerings in meat and fish being introduced in the future.The...
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Aldi plans to go big in UK
Aldi has started work on a major expansion of its head office – further proof that the discount chain really does mean business in the UK and Ireland.Group MD Paul Foley said that planning permission was granted last week for the expansion at...
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Aldi plans to go big in UK
Aldi has started work on a major expansion of its head office – further proof that the discount chain really does mean business in the UK and Ireland.Group MD Paul Foley said that planning permission was granted last week for the expansion at...
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Aldi offers premium range
Aldi is taking on the multiples with the launch of a premium range to fit its new quality-led brand positioning.The discounter is moving into the territory occupied by Tesco Finest and Sainsbury’s Taste the Difference with its Specially...
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Poundland looking for CEO to replace Dodd
Discount retailer Poundland has started the search for a new chief executive officer following the decision of current CEO and company founder Dave Dodd to focus on new product development and sourcing.Colin Smith, chairman of Poundland, said...
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Aldi Shelves Planned Store in Fraserburgh
German discounter Aldi has shelved plans for a store in Fraserburgh, Scotland, after the proposal was rejected by local authority planners in August.Locals were divided over plans for the store, but many objected to its location next to a...
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Lidl frustrated by Irish straitjacket
An ambitious Irish expansion programme by the discount chain Lidl is being slowed by a flood of planning objections.The chain has established 60 outlets across the Republic since moving into the market five years ago, together with its big...
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Aldi pay hits a new high
German hard-discounter Aldi is smashing through the minimum wage pay scale to offer inflation-busting wages to store assistants.A recent recruitment drive for store staff has been offering prospective employees an hourly wage of £7.20, rising...
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BWG likely to buy Irish Iceland stores
BWG Holdings, owner of the Spar franchise, is seen as the most likely buyer of some of Iceland’s Irish stores, after the company’s decision to close down operations in the Republic because of continuing losses.Seven outlets – six in Dublin and...
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Persistence pays off for Lidl
Determination paid off for Lidl when it won planning permission to redevelop a site on Eltham High Street in south east London. It was not the first time it had tried: its first attempt was unsuccessful as it was felt the plans would lead to an...
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Out with the Aldi
Aldi has unveiled a bold new blueprint for a more upmarket offer, says James DurstonAfter a decade of near media silence, German hard discounter Aldi has finally spoken. Last week it invited The Grocer to the opening of its new store...
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Aldi takes itself upmarket
Aldi is to spend £500m in the UK building new stores and refurbishing existing stores in a move that it hopes will turn its image into one appealing to middle Britain.According to Tony Baines, MD for group buying, Aldi’s ambition is to tempt...
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Summer shopping: performance of grocery online services
>> HOW THE STORES COMPARED ON KEY ASPECTS OF THEIR ONLINE SERVICEOnline retailing has become an increasingly competitive battleground for the major supermarket chains. Indeed, since our Easter shopping survey, Iceland has...
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Spring water from Iceland
A mineral water which is touted as one of the purest in the world is crossing the North Atlantic ocean from Iceland.Icelandic Glacial is sourced from the Ölfus spring – formed by a volcanic eruption 4,500 years ago – which is shielded from...
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Irish retailers’ profits soaring
Profits in the Republic of Ireland’s wholesale and retail grocery sector may be higher than 11.3bn a year, according to the Department of Finance.It is the first official estimate, as the major supermarkets – Tesco, Dunnes, Superquinn, Aldi and...
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Lidl takes on protesters in bid for store support
Lidl is turning the tables on residents protesting against supermarket store openings – by striking up its own list of supporters’ names.The discounter has launched a petition and held an open day in an effort to drum up support for a new store...
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Lidl drums up support for its debut in Orkney Islands
Hard discounter Lidl is hoping to open its most northerly UK store in the Orkneys by next February.The retailer held a public meeting in Kirkwall in a bid to drum up support for the proposed store in the town. Gordon Greens, a Lidl sales...
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Three more Para Red products withdrawn
Three more products have been found to contain the illegal food dye Para Red.The Food Standards Agency has ordered the withdrawal from sale of Discovery Salsa Wrap ‘n’ Roll and Taco seasoning, along with Iceland’s ready cooked sliced chicken...
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Big brands woo the discounters
There are more big brands than ever on hard discounters’ shelves. But can suppliers avoid upsetting the multiples? asks Liz HamsonThis, along with the fact that the multiples are deploying whatever tactics necessary to prevent the...
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Flying the British flag
Colin Smith faces a challenge: to unite the entire supply chain behind the red tractor scheme. Richard Clarke reportsColin Smith is a busy man. The former chief executive of Safeway is now chairman of discount retailer Poundland and...