All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 19
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NewsAldi lists bowel cancer symptoms on toilet wipe packaging
It follows a similar move last year with toilet roll
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NewsCo-op Food MD Matt Hood vows to put more pressure on police over shoplifting
Co-op Food like-for-like sales were up 4% in the first of 2023 – but ‘leakage costs’ came to about £33m
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NewsHeightened demand for festive retail workers set to outstrip supply
More than half of retail managers said they were hiring more festive seasonal workers this year, while nearly as many said it had been harder to find them
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NewsAldi launches hot pizza delivery service in three cities
Customers can book a scheduled delivery using a new website, but the service will be available only in the short term
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Analysis & FeaturesInside Lidl’s vast new Luton distribution centre
The 1.2 million sq ft distribution centre in Luton is Lidl’s first to feature automation
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NewsLidl posts £76m loss after low price investment
Despite revenues climbing 18.8% to £9.3bn, the discounter made a loss before tax of £75.9m in the 52 weeks to 28 February 2023
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NewsM&S swapping plastic carrier bags for paper ones in all stores
It follows a trial that began in 10 stores at the start of the year
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NewsWilko collapsed owing over £400m, new documents show
The debts included £9.8m to Procter & Gamble and £3.2m to Unilever
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NewsPoundland agrees to take 71 Wilko stores – and promises jobs for Wilko workers
The 71 stores are expected to reopen under the Poundland brand in the fourth quarter of 2023, adding to its existing 800-plus UK estate
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NewsAldi appoints Kyrsten Halley marketing director
Halley was previously marketing director at The Flavourists, part of the Samworth Brothers Group
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NewsAll Wilko stores to close by early October, with over 10,000 workers facing redundancy
The joint administrators said that despite extensive efforts, it had become clear no significant part of Wilko operations could be rescued as a going concern
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NewsRetail leaders write to Jeremy Hunt calling for business rates freeze
Without a freeze in the business rates multiplier – used to calculate the commercial property tax – there will be new upward pressure on prices just as inflation has begun to ease, according to a letter signed by major supermarkets
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NewsAldi makes its biggest round of price cuts this year
The 55 fruit & veg lines are reduced by an average of around 11%
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NewsHundreds of individual Wilko stores for sale as union says all are to close by early October
In an update for members this morning, GMB said administrators at PwC had confirmed an offer for hundreds of stores as a going concern had fallen through
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News1,000 more Wilko job losses expected in B&M ‘premises only’ deal for 51 stores
It follows 1,332 Wilko redundancies already confirmed, made up of 299 in two distribution centres, 17 in its digital operations department and 1,016 in 52 stores which are to close next week
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NewsAldi sets new target of 1,500 UK stores
It comes as the 1,000th store opens today in Woking, Surrey
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NewsFormer Amazon UK GSCOP compliance officer Alex Simpson moves to B&M
Simpson moved from Amazon to B&M in August, after nearly fours years at the online giant, including its transition to compliance with GSCOP
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NewsFirst Wilko store closures confirmed, with over 1,000 redundancies
Joint administrators at PwC said negotiations with potential buyers continued but it was clear some of Wilko’s stores were not part of the talks
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NewsLidl’s biggest distribution centre in the world opens in Luton
The facility is half a kilometre in length and could fit three existing Lidl warehouses inside, according to the discounter
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NewsB&M agrees to buy 51 Wilko stores as hopes for wider rescue fade
The announcement has been taken as a sign that a rescue of Wilko’s remaining 350 stores and brand is unlikely