All Discounters (grocery) articles – Page 11
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NewsAldi to invest £22m on new and revamped London stores
Discounter Aldi is investing £22m in acquiring new stores and refurbishing existing ones in the Greater London area this year.
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OpinionRhian Bartlett: ‘Great value doesn’t have to come at the cost of quality’
You can’t have your cake and eat it, or so the saying goes. As a grocer, that’s meant that you can be known for low prices or for premium products – but you can’t be great at both.
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DataData: How Tesco and Sainsbury’s Aldi price schemes match up
Earlier this month Sainsbury’s followed competitor Tesco’s lead in launching its very own Aldi price match. Retail Week analyses how the two schemes compare.
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NewsSainsbury’s launches Aldi price match on hundreds of items
Sainsbury’s has waded into the grocery pricing wars by today launching its own Aldi price match on hundreds of key items.
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NewsLidl boss: The costs of going online just don’t add up
Lidl GB boss Christian Härtnagel has ruled out wading into the burgeoning online grocery market as he believes the pandemic has artificially inflated demand and the costs are too high.
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NewsLidl store investment leads to £13.6m loss
Lidl reported sales of more than £6.9bn in the UK last year, but pre-Covid investment in new stores, logistics and supply chain drove it into the red.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Is Lidl starting to close the gap on Aldi in the discounter battle?
Over the last 12 months, momentum has shifted away from Aldi towards Lidl in the battle of the discounters. Retail Week looks at what Lidl has done to close the gap on its rival.
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NewsLidl reports record Christmas sales growth as basket sizes rise
Value grocer Lidl has reported record Christmas trading and said its seasonal performance was the best in food retail.
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NewsAldi hails strong Christmas trading with surges in-store and online
Discount supermarket chain Aldi has reported strong Christmas trading, driven by growth both in-store and online with its wine and special-buys offer.
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NewsAldi pledges to plough £3.5bn into UK-made food and drink
Aldi is upping its range of UK-made food and drink with plans to spend £3.5bn on domestic products annually within five years.
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NewsLidl joins retailers returning business rates relief with £100m payback
Discounter Lidl has become the latest retailer to agree to waive the business rates relief it received at the start of the pandemic by repaying £100m to the government.
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NewsAldi becomes latest grocer to commit to repaying business rates relief
Discount grocery chain Aldi has said this morning it will pay back over £100m in business rates relief, becoming the fourth grocer to do so in 24 hours.
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NewsAldi extends Deliveroo trial as discounter ramps up online capacity
Aldi is accelerating its move into grocery home delivery by expanding its existing trial with Deliveroo to nearly 130 stores.
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NewsGrocery sales rise in October as record numbers flock online
Grocery sales jumped last month as a record number of shoppers turned to online.
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VideoWatch: Kevin the Carrot returns for Aldi’s Christmas ad
Aldi’s 2020 Christmas ad brings the next instalment in the adventures of Kevin the Carrot.
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NewsAldi boss Hurley eyes ‘significant’ click-and-collect opportunity
Aldi UK boss Giles Hurley believes the grocer has “significant” potential to grow its burgeoning click-and-collect proposition as it expands its online presence.
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NewsAldi to plough record £1.3bn investment into UK as profits surge
Aldi has pledged to invest £1.3bn into upgraded stores and distribution centres over the next two years after it saw record sales figures last year.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The discounters do digital
The discounters have lost share during the pandemic as more and more grocery shoppers switched to online. But digital moves are afoot at Aldi, Lidl and Poundland. Retail Week reports.
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NewsAldi makes click and collect available to customers for first time
Discounter Aldi has rolled out its click-and-collect trial to its first store, making the service available to customers for the first time.
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NewsAldi launches click-and-collect trial as it ramps up digital capabilities
Aldi has launched a click-and-collect trial for staff at one of its stores in the Midlands, with a view to rolling the service out for customers in the “coming weeks”.

















