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NewsGrocery giants make rates plea to chancellor in bid to tame inflation
Leading grocers have written to chancellor Rachel Reeves, setting out the case for excluding shops from the planned business rates surtax.
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Chart of the WeekChart: How festive recruitment numbers compare to last year
Tesco leads the table of festive recruiters, but the change in John Lewis numbers shows how the retailer is focusing on stores this Christmas
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NewsAldi launches in-store ‘reduction zones’ to tackle food waste
Discount giant Aldi is rolling out new, dedicated ‘reduction zones’ across its UK stores, to make it “even easier for shoppers to find fresh food bargains”.
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Chart of the WeekChart: Drinks deposit scheme return rates by country
British consumers will soon face higher costs on drinks, with the promise of earning money back on returning their plastic bottles and alumninium drinks cans. The mooted deposit return scheme is due to come into force in October 2027.
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NewsAldi begins hunt for 4,500 Christmas workers
Aldi has begun its Christmas recruitment drive, hoping to take on thousands of store workers over the festive period this year.
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AnalysisAldi boss is future-focused with plans for expansion, customer growth and Christmas
Supermarket Aldi reported its full-year results for 2024 today, revealing a slight sales uptick from £17.9bn to £18.1bn
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NewsAldi sales rise but profits drop as it rolls out record UK expansion plan
Value supermarket Aldi has reported an increase in sales alongside a fall in profits, as it announced a record £1.6bn expansion plan in the UK.
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FeatureTrimming fat or cutting muscle? How retailers can preserve their brand story in an era of cost-cutting
In the early 1990s, as sky-high interest rates, falling house prices, and an overvalued exchange rate sent the economy into a tailspin, McDonald’s famously slashed its brand marketing budget in a bid to cut costs. Just as famously, it lived to regret that decision.
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NewsAldi launches InPost parcel lockers in more than half of UK stores
Over 500 Aldi stores across the UK now have InPost Lockers that allow shoppers to collect and return online orders from their local branch.
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Chart of the WeekChart: What do Brits think are the dirtiest part of supermarkets?
Over half of UK shoppers (62%) worry about supermarket cleanliness, a Vypr survey of 1,900 people reveals, just weeks after 85 stores failed food hygiene inspections.
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NewsAldi to offer 10,000 people virtual work experience in the UK
Aldi has committed to providing 10,000 young people in the UK with the opportunity for virtual work experience by the end of this year.
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NewsAldi to boost staff pay for the second time in two months
Reaffirming their commitment to remain unbeaten on staff pay, Aldi have increased the pay rise previously announced in July to over £13 per hour, as they become the first supermarket to offer this minimum rate.
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NewsAldi to revamp 20 stores before the end of the year
Aldi has announced it has plans to upgrade 20 of its UK stores across the UK before the end of the year, including major extensions at two sites.
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AnalysisMad for it: How Oasis’ reunion has delivered a £1bn boost for the high street
Oasis’ long-awaited reunion tour has been a golden boost for the UK’s otherwise struggling high streets and city centres. Retail Week crunches the numbers to see how the band has boosted footfall and spend.
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NewsAldi to open one new store a week until the end of 2025
Discounter Aldi has announced plans to build one new store per week on average until the end of the year, including new locations in Fulham Broadway and Shoreditch.
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NewsAldi becomes first UK supermarket to top staff pay at £13 an hour
Discounter Aldi is set to become the first UK supermarket to pay all of its frontline staff at least £13 an hour.
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Chart of the WeekIs Lidl set to become Britain’s fifth-biggest grocer?
The latest Worldpanel by Numerator data came out earlier this week, with the headline figure being grocery price inflation reaching 5.2%. That equates to an unpleasant £275 extra per year on the average shopping bill, says the organisation previously known as Kantar Worldpanel.
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Opinion‘Unless Amazon wants to remain a bit-part player in UK grocery, an acquisition would be the likely route’
Amazon’s UK grocery presence amounts to a pimple on an elephant’s backside so, if it wants to grow, a deal would be the obvious option, believes Shore Capital’s Clive Black
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NewsDiscounter Aldi recruiting for 1,000 new store jobs before 2026
Aldi is recruiting for 1,000 new store roles as it ramps up its new store openings programme before the end of the year.
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NewsAldi overtakes Asda grocery market share
Aldi has overtaken Asda to become the UK’s third-largest supermarket by grocery market share.