more discounter news & analysis – Page 33
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News
Aldi to offer bags of surplus food nationwide via Too Good to Go
App users can search for their nearest Aldi store and reserve a bag to collect at an allotted time, helping the supermarket cut food waste
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Poundstretcher raising pay by 10% for nearly 4,000 employees
Poundstretcher also today revealed plans to open 50 stores by the end of 2023, as profitability goes from ‘strength to strength’
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High Court rules Aldi infringed M&S’s protected designs with gin liqueur
The ruling could result in Aldi having to hand M&S damages and an account of its profits from selling the infringing product
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Aldi kicks off biggest-ever apprenticeship drive
The UK’s fourth-largest supermarket is offering opportunities in stores, logistics and buying, as well as HGV driving
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Comment and Opinion
First the discounters, what next? How to spot grocery’s next big thing
Doing business with emerging players in grocery will keep you abreast of the latest trends, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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News
Home Bargains snaps up variety discount chain Quality Save
Quality Save’s 21 stores in the north of England are to become part of Home Bargains’ estate
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Lidl claims supermarket first with Welsh language accreditation
The discounter has received the Cynnig Cymraeg certification from the Welsh Language Commissioner
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Grocer 33
Aldi finally cheaper than Lidl in Super 33 price comparison
Fourth time lucky for Aldi as it finally undercut Lidl
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Poundland plans biggest store opening spree yet
It’s the latest sign of how a recent business rates revaluation is already boosting retailers’ confidence to open more stores, according to property consultancy Colliers
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Aldi celebrates donating 30 million meals to good causes
More than 4,000 good causes have benefited from Aldi’s partnership with food redistribution platform Neighbourly, according to the discounter
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Comment and Opinion
How the frozen food supply chain can navigate soaring energy costs
Frozen food manufacturers and retailers are having to contend with huge increases in costs to warehouse and transport their products, says Dave Howorth, executive director at SCALA
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News
Iceland’s over-60s discount set to hit the 8 million transaction mark this month
Iceland claimed a supermarket first when it introduced the discount day in May 2022
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Aldi lays on free bus service from Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda stores
The discounter placed ‘bus stops’ outside Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda stores in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, where a Routemaster stopped to take shoppers to the nearby Aldi
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Sustainable seafood on UK shelves on the rise, new MSC report finds
The new report showed there were 49 different sustainably sourced species available to UK and Irish consumers compared to 45 last year
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Long reads
Power List: The 10 most influential women in the world of discounting
Female talent continues to rise to the top of the food industry, yet gender diversity is still far from perfect. Our new power list series seeks to shine a light on the high-profile women in key sectors, and explore the issues at play
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Comment and Opinion
Should fmcg producers pass on the benefit of softening commodity prices?
It’s clear fmcg manufacturers face a perfect storm at the start of 2023, says Peter Hatfield, fmcg specialist at management consultancy Vendigital
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News
Aldi raising minimum pay for warehouse workers again from next month
It follows two raises for Aldi warehouse workers in 2022 and means they will earn 20% more than in January last year
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Analysis and Features
‘It’s too late for me’ says Deane Proctor, the supplier suing Lidl
Proctor & Associates is seeking recompense after it claims it was delisted without notice, and its own suppliers used by the discounter instead
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Analysis and Features
10,000 January price hikes at grocers for second year running
Tesco is the retailer with the fewest price increases so far this year
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Comment and Opinion
Who won Christmas? The grocers, of course
It would have needed a spectacularly bad performance for a grocery retailer not to achieve at least some sort of sales growth