All Discounters (grocery) articles – Page 35

  • News

    Crunch drives sales at discount grocers

    2008-09-16T15:32:07Z

    Grocery sales rose 7.3 per cent in the 12 weeks to September 7, according to the TNS Worldpanel grocery market share figures, as inflation fuelled sales.

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    Opinion

    Are discount grocers a threat?

    2008-09-12T12:39:00Z

    Defiant grocers Morrisons and Waitrose both delivered results yesterday and were predictably having to explain their position in light of the growth in the discounter sector.

  • News

    Discount retail's meteoric rise expected to continue

    2008-09-11T15:16:21Z

    The growth of discount retail is set to continue unabated, with global sales in the discount grocery sector on course to rise 65 per cent by 2012.

  • News

    Waitrose challenges Aldi prices

    2008-09-11T09:40:16Z

    Waitrose boss Mark Price has thrown down the gauntlet to the discounters, claiming the upmarket grocer is cheaper than Aldi on its entry price points in five out of 25 product categories.

  • Opinion

    Aldi should avoid airs and graces

    2008-09-05T11:53:59Z

    Aldi is certainly enjoying its moment in the sun.

  • News

    Aldi signs celebrity chef

    2008-09-03T15:36:46Z

    Discount grocer Aldi has struck a deal with celebrity chef Phil Vickery as part of its quest to push its market share in the UK to 10 per cent.

  • News

    Family finances stretched in August

    2008-09-01T08:26:36Z

    A survey by German discount grocer Aldi has found that the average UK family spent an extra 500 in August, adding more pressure to already overstretched purses.

  • News

    Aldi becomes latest BRC member

    2008-08-26T08:36:39Z

    German discount giant Aldi is the latest retailer to become a member of the British Retail Consortium (BRC).

  • Opinion

    Are discount grocers the new black?

    2008-08-22T11:42:34Z

    Aldi and Lidl are no longer dirty words for the majority of consumers. In the same way that Primark was once sneered at, discount grocers are becoming fashionable. The question is, how long can it be sustained?

  • News

    Netto launches non-food Sale

    2008-08-21T08:44:35Z

    Discount grocer Netto will launch a discount bonanza for the end of August to drive shoppers to its stores.

  • News

    Discounters triumph as shoppers trade down

    2008-08-19T15:47:31Z

    Asda, Morrisons and the discount food retailers are experiencing a mini sales boom, as rising commodity prices, shoppers trading down and supermarket price wars combine to drive sales, according to two sets of figures from market analysts TNS Worldpanel and Nielsen.

  • News

    Metro results top expectations

    2008-07-31T17:21:00Z

    German retail giant Metro has posted better-than-expected results for the six months to June 30.

  • Opinion

    Discounters have a chance to turn shoppers for good

    2008-07-25T11:59:28Z

    Shoppers are voting with their feet and figures released this week show that consumer spend in discount supermarkets has reached record levels.

  • Analysis

    When Aldi came to town

    2008-07-10T14:23:37Z

    Aldi is attracting middle-class shoppers with its low prices and no-frills approach. Liz Morrell reports from the front line on how it is winning hearts, minds – and wallets

  • News

    Netto sales climb

    2008-07-10T11:01:25Z

    Value retailers continue to pull in the customers, with Netto announcing a 7 per cent sales increase over the year to June 14.

  • News

    Grocers’ shares tumble as shoppers embrace discounters

    2008-06-27T11:08:00Z

    TNS data showing rapid market share growth by hard discounters contributed to a fall in the share prices of quoted grocers. Meanwhile, general stores slipped still further as trading difficulties – real and imagined – undermined sentiment.

  • News

    Grocery market to head into decline, Nielsen claims

    2008-06-25T08:28:00Z

    Grocery market growth has stalled and the sector is poised to slide into decline, according to information company AC Nielsen.

  • News

    Metro to axe raft of German Real stores to ramp up profit

    2008-06-20T17:07:00Z

    German retail group Metro is to close or sell 27 of its underperforming Real hypermarkets in Germany by the end of next year to lift profitability.

  • News

    Netto thrives as it benefits from penny-pinching

    2008-06-13T12:17:00Z

    Value grocer Netto reported an 11 per cent increase in UK turnover to £696.4 million for the 12 months to December 31 last year and has vowed to deliver further growth this year.

  • News

    Metro relocates test site for Future Store

    2008-06-04T12:15:00Z

    Metro has unveiled the latest testing ground for its Future Store Initiative at a Real hypermarket in Toenisvorst, Germany.