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Poundstretcher COO Burcu Kerpicci out as business considers restructure
Retailer’s full-year accounts are more than two months overdue at Companies House
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Tesco seeking new sites for Jack’s discount stores
The supermarket is seeking new locations that minimise cannibalisation of its existing estate, The Grocer understands…
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New frozen food retailer Oops seeking sites for first six stores
Oops is to be the retail operation of KPFF, a frozen food suppler with an ‘established frozen food production factory’ in Liverpool
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Tesco’s Aldi Price Match: a third of products stay at same price, analysis finds
About two-thirds of the products in Tesco’s new push to match Aldi on price have stayed at exactly the same price as before, analysis shows
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Iceland boss calls for coronavirus minister to aid industry communication
Walker described the government’s initial response to the outbreak as “non-existent”
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Asda narrowly defeats Iceland to return to Grocer 33 pricing top spot
The Walmart-owned supermarket came in 66p cheaper than the frozen food chain to take its first win since January
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City Snapshot: B&M sells German business for €12.5m
B&M Bargains owners B&M European Retail has sold its loss-making German arm Jawoll to a consortium of German investors for €12.5m (£10.9m). Plus, The Bank of England has slashed interest rates back to a historic low of just 0.25% as an emergency response to the coronavirus outbreak and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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Iceland has cut 29% of plastic packaging, Walker reveals
The frozen food chain’s MD Richard Walker announced its latest milestone in its journey to plastic-free packaging at The Grocer Conference in London today
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Aldi reacts to Tesco’s Price Match marketing with counter-offensive
Aldi has hit back with direct price comparisons in a series of press and social media ads
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Tesco to begin price matching Aldi across hundreds of products
The campaign includes both own label and branded goods and will also apply to products ordered online at Tesco.com
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Poundland to introduce frozen and chilled food ‘shops in shops’ to 60 more stores
Poundland’s frozen and chilled offering had already been extended from the initial five to a further two
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Analysis and Features
How Aldi is tackling slavery in its global supply chains
In 2018, Oxfam ranked the discounter bottom for protecting human rights
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Aldi ad gives doubting Ann the third degree
Aldi’s new ad kicks off by introducing us to Ann, who we’re immediately told ‘doesn’t like Aldi’
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Oxfam stages latest action at Lidl’s London HQ over human rights
The charity says a petition demanding Lidl does more to protect supply chain workers has now gained 20,000 signatures
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Aldi to remove plastic lids from fresh cream & RTD coffee
The steps are part of Aldi’s work to cut down on plastic packaging by 25% by the end of 2023
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Superdrug and Savers plan 80 new stores in 2020
Meanwhile a further 20 Superdrug stores are set to convert to Savers
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Home Bargains warehouse staff given ‘inflation-busting’ pay rise
The raise puts the new basic rate at £10.10 an hour…
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Aldi targets doubters with new ‘like’ TV advertising campaign
The ad sees the return of great Grandmother Jean, who first appeared in an Aldi ad in 2011
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Lidl introduces fresh fish packaging made using ‘ocean-bound plastic’
The packaging will be introduced from 30 March on 13 fresh fish lines
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Aldi given anti-slavery award for work on supply chain
The discounter beat a shortlist featuring Coca-Cola, IBM and Charoen Pokphand Foods in the Thomson Reuters Foundation Stop Slavery Awards