Aldi news and analysis – Page 69
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Proudfoot sells store at heart of Tesco voucher controversy
The owner of a North Yorkshire supermarket at the heart of a famous row with Tesco over predatory pricing is offloading the store to hard discounter Aldi.The Proudfoot Group said it was selling the 14,000 sq ft store in Withernsea...
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Aldi store goes underground to preserve local landscape
Aldi is set to score a design first when it opens what is believed to be the UK's first underground supermarket later this year.The Germany-based discount chain has lodged a planning application for the new store, which is to be located...
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Bogof's week - 14th April 2007
Tesco Tel reportedly 'stunned' the audience at the World Retail Congress in Barcelona by revealing that the stores he most admired were Aldi, Ikea and Starbucks. Well, what did everyone expect? He was hardly going to plump for Sainsbury and...
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Aldi's the chain that really does it for me, Leahy tells astonished audience
Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has revealed that discounter Aldi is the rival supermarket chain he admires most in the world.The revelation drew gasps of surprise from the 200-strong audience gathered at the inaugural World Retail...
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Deep discount goes from drab to fab
It's been a long time coming. After years of targeting the low end of the market with the cheapest offers in the most basic stores, Aldi, Lidl and Netto are setting their sights on more well-heeled customers. Aldi will open its first...
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Reluctantly, I am impressed by Lidl
I have been watching the activities of the hard discounters - Aldi, Lidl and Netto - with mixed emotions. A few years back, catalysed by a friend who enthused over his spectacularly cheap purchase of extra virgin olive oil, I popped into...
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Aldi launches own Fairtrade tea bags
Aldi has launched a Fairtrade tea, a move believed to mark the first foray by a British discount grocer into the fair trade products arena. ‘Diplomat’ own-brand tea bags are licensed by the Fairtrade Foundation and were launched as part…
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Have you got the best in own label?
Do you think you have the best own label products in the marketplace? If so, it's time to get your entry in for the 2007 Own Label Excellence Awards, run by The Grocer.Since our inaugural awards this year, products including Aldi's...
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Can Tesco see off Aldi/Lidl threat?
Three events in the past week point to the impact of the hard discounters across Europe. Last week's Allegra report highlighted the growing appeal of German discounters Aldi and Lidl in the UK. Wal-Mart announced its withdrawal from Germany and...
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Hard discounters muscle in on organic for staple ranges
Hard discounters are jumping on the organic bandwagon with Aldi, Lidl and Netto developing ranges. Aldi has begun the roll out of a range of own label organic staples, comprising seven lines in the dry staple goods category, as well as...
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Multiples toast award success
Sainsbury, Tesco and Waitrose shared the top honours in The Grocer's first Own Label Excellence Awards - winning three prizes apiece at our awards lunch hosted by broadcaster Richard Johnson at the Savoy in London yesterday - while Asda and Aldi...
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?Sainsbury, Tesco and Waitrose
shared the top honours in The Grocer's first Own Label Excellence Awards - winning three prizes apiece at our awards lunch that was hosted by broadcaster Richard Johnson at the Savoy in London - while Asda and Aldi also picked up...
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Dairy Farmers of Britain awarded third of Aldi's liquid milk business
Milk co-operative Dairy Farmers of Britain has been awarded a 12-month contract to supply liquid milk to Aldi stores across the country. The contract, which begins next month, equates to volumes of 12.5 million litres of milk a...
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Aldi on the road to empire
Aldi has drawn up a hitlist of towns and cities across the UK that it is targeting for potential sites as part of its ambitious store roll-out plan.The discounter, which currently has 332 stores in the UK, has published a long...
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Aldi, Lidl yet to win allegiance of Irish
The low prices offered by Aldi and Lidl may have secured a combined 6% share of the Irish market, but they have still to win the loyalty of the Republic’s shoppers, according to a new survey by ACNielsen. Researchers found that the discount...
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Aldi targets Scotland
German discounter Aldi is targeting Scotland as it continues to drive its ambitious store roll-out programme.It has just opened three new stores, in Stirling, Carluke in Lanarkshire and Berwick. It has also acquired the site of a former Safeway...
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Aldi targets Scotland
German discounter Aldi is targeting Scotland as it continues to drive its ambitious store roll-out programme.It has just opened three new stores, in Stirling, Carluke in Lanarkshire and Berwick. It has also acquired the site of a former Safeway...
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Aldi stretches into lobster, goose and duck
Aldi is offering its customers whole frozen salmon, lobster, duck and goose for the first time as part of its Christmas range.The discounter is hinting at further premium line offerings in meat and fish being introduced in the future.The...
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Aldi plans to go big in UK
Aldi has started work on a major expansion of its head office – further proof that the discount chain really does mean business in the UK and Ireland.Group MD Paul Foley said that planning permission was granted last week for the expansion at...
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Aldi plans to go big in UK
Aldi has started work on a major expansion of its head office – further proof that the discount chain really does mean business in the UK and Ireland.Group MD Paul Foley said that planning permission was granted last week for the expansion at...