more discounter news & analysis – Page 61
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NewsCity snapshot: Store estate expansion drives Pepco profit and sales growth
Newly listed Poundland owner Pepco Group has announced an increase in first half revenues and profits as the addition of new stores mitigated the impact of Covid shop closures and lower footfall in its UK stores.
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NewsSuperdrug rolls out ‘Store Insider’ to connect online shoppers with store staff
The ‘Superdrug Store Insider’ service aims to provide online shoppers with the same level of customer service and advice they could expect when visiting a shop
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News‘Very few’ places where Mere can open stores without being near an existing discounter
However, there are over 250 locations suitable for the Russian retailer if it doesn’t mind being near a Lidl or Aldi
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Comment and OpinionThe food industry must do more than pay lip service to racial equality
Some supermarkets have put in work, but most manufacturers have remained silent, says The Black Farmer founder Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
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NewsAldi removing single-use plastic from all own label teabags
The discounter is to swap the teabags’ oil-based plastic sealing for biodegradable materials following trials
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Analysis and FeaturesWhat could Russian discounter Mere mean for the UK?
With no warehouses, few staff and products on pallets, could Mere resonate with British shoppers?
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NewsSurplus food discounter Oops sees surge in stock originally destined for EU
Food originally destined for Europe is making up 25% of Oops’ stock, as major manufacturers and suppliers struggle with Brexit red tape and tariffs
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NewsIceland opens Northern Irish depot to tackle Brexit red tape
It is the latest bid by a major supermarket to minimise post-Brexit trade disruption with the EU
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NewsIceland finding plastic target ‘increasingly challenging’, says MD Richard Walker
Walker said the pandemic had increased demand for plastic and called on the government to support businesses trying to tackle the problem
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NewsIceland store managers who started ‘silver shopping hour’ recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Casey Abbott and Daniel Burke used their initiative in opening an hour early for elderly shoppers in March last year
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Comment and OpinionWhy grocery retailers should sign up to British Food Fortnight
Whether you’re involved in a national supermarket chain or own a local greengrocer, this event is your chance to reach out to new customers and improve your relationship with existing ones
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NewsAldi extends Sunday opening hours for the Euros football tournament
Aldi’s new Sunday opening hours will be in place in England and Wales from Sunday 13 June
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NewsRetailers hit back at NGO’s claims they are ‘lagging behind’ on chicken welfare
The Humane League urged supermarkets to ‘step up to the plate’ on the issue of chicken welfare
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NewsOne Below aiming for 90 stores by the end of 2021
The business has already grown from about 60 stores before the pandemic to 75 now as retail vacancy rates provide expansion opportunities
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NewsRussian discounter Mere aiming for 300 UK stores in 10 years
The hard discounter, which claims it will undercut Lidl and Aldi by 20%-30%, is determined to scale its UK presence
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NewsAldi complaint over Tesco ‘price match’ ad rejected by watchdog
Aldi complained about a Tesco press ad which appeared last July, as the UK’s biggest supermarket ramped up its latest marketing assault on the discounter
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News‘Convenience discounter’ MaxiSaver eyes tripling of estate by year end
The retailer currently has eight stores in the Midlands, having first launched last August
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NewsM&S releases new Colin the Caterpillar for Father’s Day
The limited-edition cake features an edible cape
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NewsAldi launches packaging made using plastic saved from the sea
The new packaging is recycled from waste plastic collected by communities in coastal areas across the world
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Analysis and FeaturesFavourite supermarkets: how age and gender impacts shopper preferences
Are there key trends across age groups and gender when it comes to which retailer is their pick of the bunch? We commissioned a survey of over 1,000 British shoppers to find out more.