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Tesco joins others in cutting Easter vegetable prices to 15p
Tesco has cut the price of its all rounder potatoes, carrots, swede, brown onions and white cabbage to 15p per item when purchased with a Clubcard
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Aldi to open 35 new UK stores this year
The discounter is set to invest £550m in expanding its UK footprint this year, while creating about 40 jobs per new store
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Lidl cuts chicken stocking densities in animal welfare boost
The retailer has followed Co-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s in committing to more space for chickens in its fresh supply chain
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Aldi’s Next Big Thing TV show returning to Channel 4
‘Aldi’s Next Big Thing’ will once again be hosted by Anita Rani and former greengrocer Chris Bavin, while Aldi UK buying MD Julie Ashfield will choose winners
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Aldi publishes ‘wish list’ of London locations for new stores
The discounter has said it wants to open 100 more stores within the M25 – adding to the more than 50 it has now – in a £500m investment
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Lidl decides not to wait for investors to fund new stores
The discounter has appointed contractors to build a number of new stores
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Co-op and Waitrose launch ‘Best of British’ sections
The supermarkets have followed similar moves by Aldi, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Ocado
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Aldi ‘cheapest Christmas dinner’ ad misled, says watchdog
The ASA found the claims in a national newspaper ad to be misleading in a number of ways, after Sainsbury’s complained
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Tesco to change Clubcard Prices logo after losing trademark battle with Lidl
An appeal by Tesco against an earlier High Court ruling has been dismissed
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UK Salads suppliers still looking for produce buyers, three weeks after collapse
Two suppliers have told The Grocer they have not heard from UK Salads or Aldi since administrators were appointed
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Poundland to play up latest ranges in new TV ad campaign
Poundland wants shoppers who may not have visited in a while to come and see how much it has evolved
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Aldi giving shopworkers second pay rise in under six months
For the first time, Aldi has also made a firm commitment to never be beaten on pay by another supermarket.
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Growers hunt for buyers following UK Salads collapse
The Grocer understands the vast majority of the crop from UK Salads was intended for Aldi which will now be facing a significant shortfall
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Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda latest to cut baby formula prices, as Aldi drops again
Aldi has cut the price of its Mamia brand twice in a week in a bid to undercut Iceland
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Lidl signs Armed Forces Covenant to support ex-military staff
The move is underscored by a commitment to recruit and maintain ex-military personnel within the business
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Aldi to launch ‘UK first’ own-brand paper wine bottles
Cambalala South African Shiraz and Sauvignon Blanc will be available on 18 March – Global Recycling Day
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Aldi click & collect project shrinks from 200-plus to 177 stores
It is a bigger scaling down of the project than previously disclosed by the discounter
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Aldi Team GB sponsorship extended to 2032
The discounter has been the official supermarket of Team GB since 2015
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Aldi introduces parcel lockers outside stores
The lockers, from provider InPost, can be used by customers to collect and return online orders from other retailers
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Aldi salad supplier UK Salads appoints administrators
The Aldi salad supplier has appointed administrators, with The Grocer understanding that unsecured creditors will be owed as much as £10m