All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 21
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NewsAldi hiring 1,700 warehouse workers between now and end of 2023
The discounter has also said it will open an average store per week between now and Christmas
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News‘Tipping point’ in falling tax take looming as shops close, retail chiefs warn
In a warning shot to the government, the Retail Sector Council has set out its predictions for the future of the sector
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NewsAldi makes new round of price cuts on 30 grocery staples
It is the latest in a string of recent moves by supermarkets to pass on easing inflation to consumers through lower prices on some lines
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Analysis & FeaturesHow did high street favourite Wilko come to collapse?
Suppliers and experts say the discounter was hobbled by inconsistent leadership, weak store locations and having ‘no strategy whatsoever’
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NewsAsda trims 8% of products from Just Essentials budget range
The budget range has shrunk from 293 products to 269
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NewsWilko enters administration, putting 12,000 jobs at risk
The business was left with “no choice but to take the difficult decision to enter into administration”, said Wilko CEO Mark Jackson
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Analysis & FeaturesHow ‘loved’ high street discount retailer Wilko came to trouble
Wilko is in a struggle for survival, having last week filed a notice of intention to appointment administrators
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NewsAldi introduces ‘sensory friendly’ quiet shopping times
From next week until the end of October, about 100 Aldi stores across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire will offer a quieter shopping experience every Tuesday from 6-8.30pm
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NewsWilko poised to call in administrators, with 12,000 jobs potentially at risk
Wilko CEO Mark Jackson said the business had so far failed to secure an offer that would save it from running out of cash
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NewsMorrisons has ‘strong pipeline of new stores’ alongside closures
News emerged this week of three planned closures by the supermarket – in Faversham, Bolton and Preston
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NewsAldi checkout staff checking all shopping bags for theft in some stores
An Aldi shopworker told The Grocer the policy was introduced at their store last week, and the checks were separate to any carried out by security guards
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NewsM&S launches shoppable celebrity recipes on website and app
Shoppers can click a link to find the ingredients listed in full on Ocado, where they can then add them to a trolley with a single click
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NewsFamily optimism at highest level in two years, according to M&S quarterly survey
Almost half (45%) said they felt optimistic about their family’s prospects for the next three months
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NewsAldi to create 800 new store jobs by Christmas
The discounter currently has 997 stores across the UK, with plans to open new ones in Oldham, Flitwick and Coventry, among other places
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NewsAldi to donate 1.5 million meals over the school summer holidays
The donations will be made via redistribution platform Neighbourly
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NewsM&S chief blasts Michael Gove over blocked Oxford Street store plans
The plans were rejected by Gove today on the grounds the public benefits would not outweigh harm to nearby heritage sites
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NewsSainsbury’s increases number of Aldi Price Match lines by a quarter
However, the recent expansion has involved Sainsbury’s matching a number of different SKUs to a single one at Aldi, helping boost the total
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NewsAldi closing in on 1,000th store landmark
The discounter is on the cusp of hitting a target it has been pursuing for nearly a decade
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NewsM&S launches TV ad featuring top female football stars
England’s Chloe Kelly, Scotland’s Kirsty Smith, Wales’s Hayley Ladd and Northern Ireland’s Marissa Callaghan are among the top female players to appear
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NewsSavers sales surge 19% as shoppers return to stores post-pandemic
The lifting of Covid restrictions was followed by improved footfall across stores, according to the retailer’s results for the year to 31 December 2022