Aldi news and analysis – Page 9
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NewsMedia Bites 9 January: results 'super' Thursday, food prices, ‘fake’ Aldi store
All the retail headlines from Thursday 9 January
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NewsTesco takes top spot as bubbly boosts Christmas spending to record levels
Tesco was a clear success story, with all supermarket shoppers trading up sales of branded goods up 4.2% while premium own-label lines jumped by 14.6%
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Comment & OpinionIs Aldi’s ‘record-breaking’ Christmas really that impressive?
Despite the headlines, this year’s was Aldi’s slowest Christmas growth since 2021, when the numbers were skewed by unusually high grocery spend during lockdown
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NewsAldi posts record Christmas sales of £1.6bn
It capped another ‘astonishing’ year, in which Aldi overtook Asda to become the country’s second-largest supermarket by shopper numbers, the discounter said
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NewsAldi donates 100 fridges to help charities and food banks
The discounter said it had repurposed fridges from its stores to give extra storage for organisations supporting those in need this winter
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Comment & OpinionIs Asda firing blanks in its latest price war campaign?
Asda has come out all guns blazing in a new supermarket price war to mark the start of 2025. But does it have the ammunition needed, or is it firing blanks?
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Range PreviewVegan liquid egg and Frickles: Aldi Plant Menu for Veganuary 2025
Aldi is ramping up its plant-based offering for Veganuary, unveiling its biggest-ever Plant Menu range launch with over a dozen new options
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NewsTiba Tempeh launches bigger block SKU and lands in Aldi
The new line is designed to provide greater value to heavy users of tempeh and larger families, the brand said
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Analysis & Features2024 in grocery: Eight tech stories that got tongues wagging
2024 was a huge year for technology in the grocery sector, with supermarkets countering fraud, wrangling with data and testing cutting-edge kit
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NewsAldi to limit supply of own-label crémant for duration of New Year’s Eve offer
The discounter said it expected to see ‘unprecedented demand’ for the tipple
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NewsAldi launches its biggest-ever plant-based range for Veganuary
The discounter is adding a raft of new additions to its Plant Menu range from 30 December
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News10 Aldi customers to win £100 vouchers for their Christmas food shop this weekend
The competition is a ramp-up of a ‘Big Advent Giveaway’ announced by Aldi in November
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NewsMedia Bites 20 December: Christmas dinner prices, Aldi’s sprout dispute and strong supermarket sales
The price of Christmas dinner is back in the headlines, while The Grocer’s exclusive on the GCA’s intervention in a legal dispute between Aldi and a supplier has also rippled into the national press
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Comment & OpinionWas Aldi playing fair with shock sprout supplier delisting?
Brussels sprouts have been making the news this week. But did Aldi’s surprise delisting of its sprout supplier earlier this year lead to the business’ demise?
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Analysis & FeaturesSupermarket Christmas and New Year’s Eve opening times
A round-up of all the Christmas and new year opening hours for all the major supermarkets, including Tesco, Aldi and Sainsbury’s
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NewsAldi facing ‘unprecedented’ High Court action from GCA over supplier delisting
One of Aldi’s longest-serving suppliers claims its supply agreement was terminated after its crop for the retailer had already been sown, leading to the collapse of the business
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NewsThatchers vs Aldi trademark battle reaches Court of Appeal
Thatchers is appealing a High Court ruling in January that Aldi’s Taurus Cloudy Lemon Cider had not infringed its trademark
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NewsAldi to invest £650m in expansion in 2025, adding 30 new stores
‘We recognise there are still areas without an Aldi store, so our expansion plans for 2025 are designed to address some of these gaps,’ said Aldi UK chief Giles Hurley
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NewsAldi launches ‘Christmas pudding exchange service’ for Gen Z
The discounter polled 2,000 adults who celebrate Christmas and found those aged under 29 were turning their back on traditional festive food, with the classic dried fruit sponge cake among the most disliked
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NewsTesco enters Christmas dinner wars with £11.05 meal for six
The eight-product festive meal is ‘even cheaper than last year’, Tesco said