All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 35
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NewsLidl pitching for £90m funding to build 12 new UK supermarkets
Lidl wants to boost its store opening programme with £91.16m in funding to build 12 supermarkets across the UK
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NewsM&S: Gove based Marble Arch store decision on policy that ‘doesn’t exist’
In a legal challenge which reached High Court this week, M&S claimed Gove ‘misunderstood and misapplied’ national planning policy in arriving at his decision in July last year
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NewsPoundland to revamp 150 stores by end of August
‘Project Evo’ will see the stores get new signage, flooring, lighting and ranges, while staff areas will also be made over to make them better places to work, according to Poundland
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NewsLidl rolling out electronic shelf labels to all stores
It follows a trial in over 35 stores which The Grocer exclusively revealed last year
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NewsLidl planning 31,000 sq ft store and 71 homes in latest mixed-use London scheme
The proposed development would sit on a 1.1 acre site, which is currently home to a 1930s building leased to Mecca Bingo in Eltham, south east London
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NewsPoundland targets Sainsbury’s, Asda, B&M and Home Bargains in price comparison campaign
The campaign is claiming savings on leading brands such as Lurpak, Diet Coke, Radox and Domestos in a series of 20-second YouTube videos, each targeting a different retailer
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NewsAldi to give away free wine in exchange for reviews on social media
Thirty successful applicants will get three bottles from Aldi’s upcoming spring-summer wine range to test and review over an eight-week period
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NewsLidl opens its own bottling plant in Derby to supply its GB stores
The facility has a production capacity of 380 million bottles a year, according to Lidl
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NewsAldi to invest £550m in stores and distribution in 2024
The discounter is looking for freehold town-centre or edge-of-town sites of 1.5 acres, to accommodate a 20,000 sq ft store with around 100 parking spaces
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Analysis & FeaturesWho will be hit hardest by rising national living wage?
Food prices will likely stay higher for longer as costs are passed on
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NewsPoundland’s ‘Motherland’ stunt sparks legal spat with Mothercare
Lawyers intervened after Poundland rebranded as Motherland on hoardings for a new store
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NewsLidl launches its own city-wide deposit return scheme
The discounter is piloting its own DRS across Glasgow, while government plans are beset by delay
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NewsThe Original Factory Shop promotes joint MD Ian Williams to new CEO post
The move comes as fellow joint MD Phil Briggs leaves
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NewsAldi boasts of additional £1.3bn spent with British suppliers
It means Aldi’s 5,000 British suppliers now provide more than three quarters of the items sold in its UK stores, according to the discounter
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NewsM&S introduces new recyclable packaging for café sandwiches
The move will save M&S from using a claimed 4.5 million pieces of plastic a year
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NewsPoundland still struggling with HFSS compliance more than a year after rules came in
Poundland stores in Crawley and Worthing have recently been prominently displaying chocolates and sweets in the checkout queueing area – or so-called temptation aisle – contrary to the rules
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NewsAldi encouraging shoppers to mix up fruit & veg choices
The discounter has launched a new recipe page with ideas for less frequently bought produce such as butternut squash and kale
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NewsPoundland rebrands as ‘Motherland’ on hoardings for new flagship store
The variety discounter has taken the name to promote the arrival of a 10,000 sq ft ‘destination’ store in Biggleswade
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy did Thatchers’ Aldi copycat claim fail in High Court?
Aldi’s cider was found to be neither confusing nor detrimental
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NewsAldi makes second round of price cuts of 2024
Aldi is also pushing its British sourcing credentials with a new ‘Best of British’ section on its website