more discounter news & analysis – Page 70
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NewsAldi extends festive meal donation programme to New Year’s Eve
The discounter has given unsold fresh and chilled food to charitable causes after shops close on Christmas Eve since 2018
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NewsAldi to donate £1 from every turkey sold to tackling food poverty
The discounter has pledged £1 to The Neighbourly Foundation for each sale of its fresh whole turkeys or fresh turkey crowns in the run-up to Christmas
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NewsLidl joins supermarkets handing back businesses rates relief
The discounter said this morning it would refund over £100m in relief to the UK and devolved governments
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NewsPoundland defends not repaying business rates relief
The variety discounter has argued it should not be judged on the same terms as retailers who saw business boom in lockdown ’like the supermarkets or Amazon’
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NewsM&S could be asked to share some of Ocado online sales profits under new lease terms
Shopping centre owner Benson Elliot is planning to adopt the new lease model, which factors in a store’s ‘online halo effect’
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NewsPoundland thanks all staff with £25 Christmas gift vouchers
The vouchers are enclosed in a letter to all employees signed by the senior management team including MD Barry Williams
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NewsIceland promises ‘plastic-free Christmas’ for second year
The number of plastic-free Christmas lines is now 24, up from 18 last year, with the addition of more party food, desserts and a No Bull vegan Wellington
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NewsIceland boosts online capacity for Christmas with 250 new vans
The Mercedes Sprinter 314 refrigerated vans are being supplied to help Iceland meet the expected high Christmas demand for online shopping
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NewsIceland funds planting of one million trees in Indonesia
Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation has donated $165,000 to the Eden Reforestation Projects
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NewsAldi introducing 100% recyclable packaging for own-label cereal
The discounter is to replace plastic inner cereal bags with a recyclable alternative by the end of the year
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NewsIceland marks 50th anniversary with hour-long documentary on chain’s history
The 55-minute YouTube video sees Iceland ‘dip into the archive and piece together the history’ of the business
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NewsAldi expanding Deliveroo trial to nearly 130 stores for Christmas
The service is now available from stores in Scotland and Wales for the first time
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NewsPandemic putting more food ‘at risk of going to landfill’
Retailer range reviews, coupled with unpredictable demand and foodservice closures, are driving high volumes of excess stock, according to the CEO of a new retail chain specialising in clearance
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NewsGreggs’ frozen range flies as bakery chain’s stores suffer
“Throughout the pandemic, when Greggs was shut, we doubled our sales on that particular range,” said Iceland trading director Andrew Stanilan
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NewsHeron Foods store opening programme ‘scaled back’ due to pandemic
The B&M-owned frozen food business has scaled back its ambitions to 15 new stores this financial year, rather than 20
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NewsCity snapshot: Tesco Extra and Aldi store picked up for £63m by Supermarket Income REIT
Real estate investment firm Supermarket Income REIT has purchased a Tesco Extra shed and an Aldi store from British Land for £63m.
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Analysis and FeaturesLidl’s Christmas ad mocks the schmaltz of rivals’ campaigns
The ad includes an undisguised dig at Aldi’s Kevin the Carrot
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NewsAldi claims UK supermarket first with ‘100% recyclable' freezer bag
The 99p ‘eco’ freezer bags are 95% polyethylene and 5% seafood shell waste
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NewsAldi ‘undermining own CSR commitments’ after lowering banana contract price
The discounter has been accused of not aligning its ethical aspirations with its commercial actions
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NewsAldi to give store and distribution staff 10% Christmas bonus
The discounter is to give store and distribution staff a 10% bonus for November, paid in December ahead of Christmas