more discounter news & analysis – Page 48
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Comment and Opinion
A four-day price cut won’t fly with shoppers. It’s the other 361 days that count
There’s a lot of jockeying for position among the supermarkets amid the cost of living crisis
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Analysis and Features
Tesco in way better shape for the recession than share sell-off suggests
Tesco in ‘really great shape’ to deal with cost of living crisis, says CEO Ken Murphy
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News
Aldi trialling ‘all-electric refrigerated trailer’ that runs off lorry’s kinetic energy
On the move, it coverts the lorry’s kinetic energy into electricity to keep the trailer’s batteries charged
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News
Iceland uses latest inflation figures to give 1p veg offer a second push
Some observers have noted Iceland’s website allows only one 1p item per transaction, making 99p the maximum saving per basket
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News
Home Bargains sales soar 20% to £3.3bn, boosted by store openings
The estate grew by 27 stores during the period
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News
Iceland slashes online price of fresh and frozen veg to 1p for Easter
All frozen and fresh veg that would normally cost £1 or under, such as a kilo of onions, will instead be 1p from 11 April until midnight on 14 April
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Comment and Opinion
Supermarket pay: a game where the stakes keep getting raised
Most UK supermarkets have announced pay adjustments in recent weeks. But Tesco’s move is particularly interesting
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News
Lidl trademark points to plans for discounter’s own shipping line
Lidl has filed a trademak application for ‘Tailwind Shipping Lines’ with the EU Intellectual Property Office
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News
‘Dangerously high’ levels of sugar in on-the-go sweet snacks slammed
Reducing sugar consumption to recommended intakes could ‘save the NHS £500m annually’, a new report from Action on Sugar claims
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Analysis and Features
Why Oxfam is going beyond the supermarket human rights scorecard
Oxfam’s final human rights table shows the discounters now ahead of all rivals except Tesco
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News
Aldi new supplier contest to be Channel 4 reality series
‘Grow with Aldi’ will be a six-part series, with a winner from each hour-long episode awarded a contract to supply the discounter’s 950 UK stores
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News
Ad watchdog deems Lidl's Tesco price comparison ads misleading
The Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint from Aldi that the ads did not make sufficiently clear the claimed savings related only to the specific selection of products shown
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News
Iceland trials lower free delivery threshold to combat cost of living crisis
The retailer is lowering the minimum order value for its free next-day delivery service
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News
Asda comes bottom in Oxfam’s fourth and final supermarket human rights scorecard
As well as dropping down the table, Asda is the only supermarket whose score has fallen since the last time Oxfam carried out the exercise, in 2020
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News
JTF Mega Discount Warehouse chain closes for second time in a year
All the branches reopened by the new owners have now ceased trading again
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News
Fry’s launches two vegan chicken lines into Iceland and Food Warehouse
It follows the brand’s launch of Popcorn Chick’n into Iceland and The Food Warehouse earlier this year
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Comment and Opinion
Morrisons needs to watch its back. Aldi is eyeing its place in the big four
The discounters are back with a bang, the latest Kantar figures show. And there are more than ever snapping at the big four’s heels
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News
Frozen food chain Oops creates 300-strong range for other retailers
The business says it will allow any retailer to offer a complete frozen range at own-label prices
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News
Iceland switches back to using palm oil as sunflower oil shortage bites
Soaring sunflower oil prices caused by the war in Ukraine mean the supermarket must use palm oil again or have freezers bare of staples, said Iceland MD Richard Walker
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News
Lidl becomes latest supermarket to contact government over jobs for Ukrainian refugees
The discounter said it had 3,000 live vacancies across the business, with 1,200 more jobs in warehouses to be created by the end of 2025