All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 43
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NewsPoundland to open biggest-ever store at 15,000 sq ft
The new store is about three times the size of an average Poundland and will employ 75 full or part-time staff
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NewsAldi sees Veganuary plant-based sales soar 500%
The discounter has also reported a 250% increase in plant-based sales in 2021 compared with 2020
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NewsJames Dorling joins the board at Wilko as development director
Wilko has promoted group property and procurement director James Dorling to the board
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NewsIceland goes head to head with Which? over supermarket sustainability ranking
The first supermarket sustainability league table from Which? focused on 11 major UK grocers’ performance across three areas
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NewsNew leases promising landlords a share of online boom struggle to tempt retailers
Limited progress has been made in implementing the new lease models throughout the pandemic, The Grocer has learned
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NewsAsda trialling automated age checks for alcohol purchases at two stores
Asda is one of five major supermarkets taking part in Home Office trials of ‘digital age verification technology’
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NewsMike Morrison returns to Poundstretcher as trading director
Morrison has previously served on Poundstretcher’s board on three occasions
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Grocer 33Grocer 33 store of the week: Iceland Food Warehouse, Speke
‘The challenge of Covid absences means I’ve had to teach people to do more things, which also gives them another string to their bow’
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NewsPoundstretcher begins converting stores to JTF
A Poundstretcher and Pet Hut in Margate, one of the variety discounter’s larger stores, is among the first to be rebranded
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NewsFalling vacancy rates offer ‘glimmer of hope’ for retail says BRC
Overall retail vacancy rate across Britain fell 0.1 percentage points to 14.4% in the fourth quarter of 2021, suggesting the structural impact of the pandemic had in some regions ‘peaked’
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NewsFive major supermarkets trialling ‘digital age verification’ for alcohol sales
The Home Office-backed trials are intended to explore how the technology can strengthen age checking and reduce violence against staff
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NewsLidl opens new head office in Tolworth, London
Hundreds of head office staff are relocating five miles from Wimbledon to the new building
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NewsMere dismisses rumours of a withdrawal from western Europe
Spanish publication Inforetail reported on Monday that Mere planned to exit the country, citing sources as indicating other western European divisions could follow suit
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NewsLidl opens 900th British store with new Liverpool site
The 900th British Lidl is one of six set to open this month, creating nearly 250 jobs between them, according to the discounter
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NewsAldi ditches Deliveroo as more normal shopping patterns drive down demand
The Grocer approached Aldi for comment after spotting several of its stores had disappeared from the platform
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Analysis & FeaturesAldi’s new ‘just walk out’ Greenwich store: what’s it like inside?
It’s the first UK discounter store letting customers simply pick up their shopping and leave, before billing them in an app. So what’s it like?
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NewsAldi launches ‘just walk out’ checkout-free store in Greenwich
To use the store, customers must download the Aldi Shop & Go app
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Analysis & FeaturesWho were grocery’s big winners and losers of Christmas 2021?
The mults managed to keep spend flat compared with 2020 (though inflation played a part). Who got what they wished for and who’s hungover?
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NewsBasic food lines absent at Russian discounter Mere in Christmas run-up
Stock levels of everyday essentials were low or non-existent in mid-December, and have not been replenished in the new year
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News15 Wilko stores at risk of closure in review of lease terms
The stores will be shut this year as leases end unless landlords agree to more “favourable terms” for the home, garden and fmcg retailer