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Aldi launches its biggest-ever plant-based range for Veganuary
The discounter is adding a raft of new additions to its Plant Menu range from 30 December
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10 Aldi customers to win £100 vouchers for their Christmas food shop this weekend
The competition is a ramp-up of a ‘Big Advent Giveaway’ announced by Aldi in November
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Media Bites 20 December: Christmas dinner prices, Aldi’s sprout dispute and strong supermarket sales
The price of Christmas dinner is back in the headlines, while The Grocer’s exclusive on the GCA’s intervention in a legal dispute between Aldi and a supplier has also rippled into the national press
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Analysis & Features
Supermarket Christmas and New Year’s Eve opening times
A round-up of all the Christmas and new year opening hours for all the major supermarkets, including Tesco, Aldi and Sainsbury’s
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Aldi facing ‘unprecedented’ High Court action from GCA over supplier delisting
One of Aldi’s longest-serving suppliers claims its supply agreement was terminated after its crop for the retailer had already been sown, leading to the collapse of the business
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Cheap Christmas veg wars: Asda, Aldi and Lidl slash prices to 8p
The Christmas veg price wars are in full swing, in a day of fierce undercutting
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Thatchers vs Aldi trademark battle reaches Court of Appeal
Thatchers is appealing a High Court ruling in January that Aldi’s Taurus Cloudy Lemon Cider had not infringed its trademark
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Aldi to invest £650m in expansion in 2025, adding 30 new stores
‘We recognise there are still areas without an Aldi store, so our expansion plans for 2025 are designed to address some of these gaps,’ said Aldi UK chief Giles Hurley
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Aldi launches ‘Christmas pudding exchange service’ for Gen Z
The discounter polled 2,000 adults who celebrate Christmas and found those aged under 29 were turning their back on traditional festive food, with the classic dried fruit sponge cake among the most disliked
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Lidl enters Christmas dinner wars with £11.26 meal for six
It comes after Aldi and Tesco also pulled together value Christmas meal offers last week
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Lidl named as official sponsor of UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 tournament
The discounter said the move solidified its role as a ‘holistic partner’ of football while also showing its dedication to promoting women in sport
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Analysis & Features
The Big Book of Grocery: Top Products Survey 2024
It’s our most comprehensive report ever, measuring a record 127 categories and including grocery sales data from discounters Aldi and Lidl and online giant Amazon for the first time
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Lidl and Asda join 15p veg club as latest supermarkets promising Christmas price cuts
It follows 15p festive veg offers from a number of other supermarkets
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Lidl and M&S fastest-growing bricks & mortar grocers as Christmas nears
Lidl’s sales were up 11.6% year on year in the 12 weeks to 30 November according to NIQ, while M&S’s rose 10.6%
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Poundland returns to £1 price point roots in a bid to get trading ‘back on track’
The retailer has filed a trademark application for ‘Home of the £1’ and is using the slogan in a new campaign
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Christmas dinner to be 6.5% more expensive this year, says Kantar
Frozen turkey is 8.5% more expensive than last year at an average of £14.09, while rising vegetable costs are also driving up the price of a festive meal
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Poundland owner suffers net €662m loss, citing UK discount chain’s ‘weak performance’
Poundland’s like-for-like sales were down 3.6% in the latest set of dismal results for the brand
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Comment & Opinion
Veg wars: is Aldi’s 15p Christmas vegetable deal bad news for farmers?
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The Christmas parties are underway, children are writing last-minute letters to Santa – and, most importantly, you can buy a kilo of carrots for only 15p
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Aldi slashes price of festive vegetables to 15p
The discounter’s Christmas veg promotion sees six lines slashed to 15p each from 19 to 24 December
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KVI Tracker
Mince pies up 40% year-on-year amid tight sultana and butter supplies
Twenty-six mince lines are pricier this year than last