All Discounters (grocery) articles – Page 6
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NewsLidl predicts ‘record-breaking Christmas’ as customers stock up early
Lidl expects a “record-breaking Christmas” trading period, with footfall to stores jumping 11% in the past six weeks.
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NewsGrocery price inflation falls to single digit figures
Kantar’s latest data report welcomes a long-awaited food inflation drop to 9.7%. Retail Week discovers “a watershed” moment for shoppers and grocers alike
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AnalysisRetail Horizon 2024: How consumers are feeling – and how retail should get ready – for the year
Retail Week has launched its strategic toolkit, Retail Horizon 2024, mapping out the opportunities, challenges and winning strategies for businesses in the year ahead.
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NewsSainsbury’s winning back shoppers from discounters ‘for first time’
Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts says the supermarket is now winning back market share from the discounters “for the first time”.
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AnalysisWhy Matthew Barnes is an ideal leader for post-Tarry Tesco
Last week grocery giant Tesco announced that long-serving UK and Ireland boss Jason Tarry would be stepping down after more than three decades with the retailer.
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NewsAsda poaches Aldi director for head of marketing role
Supermarket giant Asda has poached former Aldi marketing director Adam Zavalis to help “deliver outstanding quality products at incredible prices” for UK consumers.
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NewsGrocery prices fall for seventh consecutive month
Grocery prices fell for the seventh straight month in September, bringing some much-needed relief to consumers in the run-up to Christmas, but food inflation is still in double figures.
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AnalysisWho are the new arrivals diversifying UK retail destinations?
Retail has undergone huge changes since the pandemic, which saw many shops shut their doors for good.
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Retail VoiceWhy reducing food waste is an untapped silver bullet
With plans for mandatory food waste reporting now discarded by the government, Olio’s Tessa Clarke examines why it could be the solution hiding in plain sight
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NewsAldi unveils priority locations as it eyes new UK stores
Aldi has unveiled a list of “priority locations” as it continues to eye new UK sites to open new stores following its £1.4bn investment pledge announced earlier this week.
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AnalysisSupermarket sweep: What Aldi and Lidl’s results say about the state of the grocery market
Aldi and Lidl’s 2022 results reveal where the two brands are enjoying similar success and where the pair are out of lockstep.
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NewsAldi posts ‘record sales’ as it gains a million customers
Aldi has posted “record sales” in the 12 months to December 2022, claiming the cost-of-living crisis has “transformed” the way the UK shops.
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NewsPoundland relaunches ecommerce website
Value giant Poundland has relaunched its ecommerce website, offering customers a range of around 3,000 products online.
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DataForecast: Who will win in grocery as inflation begins to ease?
Grocery spend increased by 8.4% and 8.7% on a total and like-for-like basis respectively in the three months to July, according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. This compares to a 1.5% increase for retail overall. With high rates of food inflation, value has been the key focus and, despite transaction value increasing, volumes have been in decline.
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NewsExclusive: Discounters and value retailers to be fastest growing grocers in next five years
The discounters Aldi and Lidl and value giant Poundland are set to be the fastest-growing food retailers in the UK over the next five years.
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NewsLidl swings to loss following ‘significant’ investment on price
Lidl has swung to a full-year loss, despite acquiring over 1 million new customers and its revenues soaring.
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AnalysisOne year on from losing fourth to Aldi, is there a way back for Morrisons?
A year on from the seismic shift felt in the grocery market when discounter Aldi overtook supermarket giant Morrisons to fourth place, how are the two businesses tracking?
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NewsGrocery price inflation slips to lowest level in over a year
Grocery price inflation fell to the lowest levels seen in the last 12 months, while take-home grocery sales grew month on month.
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NewsAldi plans to open 500 stores as demand for discounters increases
Aldi has plans for 500 new stores after opening its 1,000th store in Woking, Surrey, as demand for discounters increases amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
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Opinion‘Successful digital transformation should also mean return on investment’
The current climate presents an opportunity for retailers to leverage the full spectrum of technological advancement, believes Alvarez & Marsal’s Erin Brookes