more discounter news & analysis – Page 82
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Lidl reaches landmark of 800 stores in Britain
The discounter reaches the milestone with four openings today
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Iceland appoints David Devany chief customer & digital officer amid restructure
Meanwhile marketing and merchandising director Neil Hayes has resigned
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Aldi CEO Giles Hurley heaps pressure on suppliers over plastic
In a frank letter, Hurley warns that future buying decisions will be based on suppliers’ ability to adapt on packaging
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Analysis and Features
Is Iceland’s new packaging trial really the best way forward?
New packaging cuts plastic by 93%. Can that be better than packaging-free trials?
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Iceland MD Richard Walker brands packaging-free trials impractical and wasteful
The trials are not helpful or affordable for the average shopper, Walker said
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Aldi and Lidl swipe millions in sales from Asda, Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Morrisons
Tesco’s losses, which represent the fall in sales arising directly from a gain for the discounters, are the largest by any retailer over all time periods
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Lidl to boost capacity and workforce with Wales DC extension
The discounter has acquired the land needed to extend its Bridgend DC in south Wales from 320,000 sq ft to 390,000 sq ft
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One Below brings haulage in-house with new fleet of lorries
The Mercedes Actros trucks are delivering to One Below’s 60 stores across the UK
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Wilko appoints CEO plus retail and trading directors in transformation drive
Jerome Saint-Marc has been promoted from the joint roles of group transformation director and MD of Wilko.com
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Grocer 33
Aldi takes the win - but Asda is hot on its heels
Asda has closed Aldi’s margin of victory by half since its last Grocer 33 outing
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Iceland appoints new stores and operations director
Ian Williams has moved from the role of new business and international director for the frozen food specialist
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Iceland to roll out to 19 more branches of The Range by April
The expansion will take the number of branches of The Range with an in-store Iceland to more than 50
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Aldi opens its biggest UK distribution centre yet
The discounter’s 11th UK DC will serve as a hub for 80 stores across the East Midlands and create 400 jobs
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Comment and Opinion
Aldi makes a splash with athletic swap campaign
It’s an Olympic year – so Aldi is making the most of its Team GB sponsorship
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Iceland to trial plastic alternative packaging for 38 fresh fruit & veg lines
Overall the measure reduces plastic packaging used on the lines by 93%, according to Iceland
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Aldi claims UK’s cheapest Valentine’s dinner
Aldi is offering two starters, mains, sides and desserts for only £9.66
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Media Bites 27 Jan: Iceland, Poundland, Unilever
Frozen-food chain Iceland is preparing to axe jobs as it wrestles with a heavy debt pile and tough competition, PE firms circle Poundland and Unilever vulnerable to activist investors,
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Number of shoppers using Aldi and Lidl rises by a half in four years, claims survey
Shoppercentric’s latest consumer trends survey found 67% of 1,000 respondents had shopped in Aldi or Lidl in the past month
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Lidl to give away £10,000 worth of vouchers to celebrate 100th Scotland store
The first 100 customers to shop at a Scottish Lidl from 25 January can claim a ‘goody bag’, one of which per store will contain a £100 voucher
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Aldi to swap plastic applicators for cardboard across own-label tampons
The move follows campaigning by Ella Daish, who founded the grassroots movement #EndPeriodPlastic