All Discounters articles
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NewsAldi highlights mental health support for new parents on baby wipe packs
The discounter is launching on-pack mental health messaging across its Mamia Sensitive and Extra Sensitive baby wipes
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NewsIceland takes ‘major step’ to cut food waste by expanding Olio ‘Lucky Dip’ bags nationwide
It makes Iceland the first retailer to partner with Olio for a full “end-to-end” food waste solution, across all three channels offered by the food redistribution charity: discounting, collection and redistribution
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NewsIceland is most carbon-intensive supermarket, analysis shows
Iceland’s carbon intensity is more than three times that of Aldi and Lidl, The Grocer has found
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NewsFarmfoods ‘slows down’ new store deals
The frozen food retailer’s estate has not grown despite a plan to open 20-30 stores a year
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NewsAldi recruiting 4,500 workers ahead of Christmas
The discounter is hiring for a range of store positions to replenish stock and help customers during the festive season and into 2026
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NewsHome Bargains moves to automated markdowns
The variety discounter has moved from handwritten price labels to a ‘data-driven markdown solution that automates pricing decisions’
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NewsB&M strikes 10-year deal with logistics tech firm Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain will handle picking at the ‘state of the art’ Rugby facility, with operations expected to start early next year
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NewsDiscount Dragon enters profitability for the first time
The online discounter, which sells clearance stock often close to its sell by date, broke even after undertaking a ‘full review’ of the brand to improve the range
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NewsAldi store becomes ‘Cap-Aldi’ as Lewis Capaldi performs
The Scottish singer took a break from his UK tour to perform his latest single at an Aldi store in Nottingham on Friday
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NewsPoundland going for supermarkets in billboard ads
The variety discounter is pushing its new back-to-basics pricing strategy on billboards and bus stops
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NewsM&S new store plans being held up by objections from Tesco
Six planned new M&S Foodhalls are currently delayed after Tesco lodged objections, with two of them subject to a judicial review requested by the supermarket
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NewsHome Bargains automated DC picking two million cases a week
The variety discounter is also working on its next new automated DC, to open in Doncaster in summer 2028
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Analysis & FeaturesBigger, better: inside Lidl’s new-look sites
Lidl is once again accelerating its UK expansion. Our Grocer of the Year 2025 has bigger stores, a health focus and revamped layouts, backed by a new sale and leaseback strategy
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NewsPoundland cutting 100 head office jobs in restructure
Jobs have been cut thanks to Poundland’s withdrawal from online sales and the axing of its frozen and chilled food ranges in stores
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NewsNew Lidl global campaign says there is ‘More to Value’ than price
The campaign is the first in which Lidl has communicated the same message internationally across all its 31 markets
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NewsM&S market share level with Waitrose as Ocado sales boom
M&S’s grocery market share for the year to 7 September was 4.5%, made up of 4% in its stores and another 0.5% through Ocado.com
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NewsAldi publishes list of towns and cities targeted for new stores
The discounter plans to open 80 stores in 2026 and 2027
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NewsFarmfoods slammed for abandoning cage-free eggs commitment
The Humane League called Farmfoods’ decision a ‘betrayal of animal welfare standards’ and has launched a petition in response
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NewsPoundland puts 11 planned store closures ‘on hold’
The 11 were among 68 stores set to close in a restructure plan announced in June, following Poundland’s sale by Pepco Group to investment firm Gordon Brothers
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Comment & OpinionReprobates ruled out: why Aldi’s sparkling wine fell foul of the code
The Independent Complaints Panel of the Portman Group, the alcohol industry marketing self-regulator, found the packaging of the Aldi own-label wine ‘created a direct and dominant association with illegal behaviour’