All Discounters articles
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Comment & OpinionAs stores hang in the balance, what has gone wrong for Poundstretcher?
Only a year ago Poundstretcher was on an expansion drive. But did it go too fast?
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News
Tesco pressures suppliers to drop prices in Aldi price war
The Grocer understands suppliers have been given a cut-off of 10 July to respond to its call for a switch to everyday low pricing (EDLP), which will also see promotions canned unless they come under its Clubcard loyalty scheme
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Poundland announces next 19 stores to get frozen and chilled ‘shops in shops’
Another 27 stores are due to get the treatment by September
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Tesco boss Dave Lewis confirms plans to ramp up Aldi price war
Lewis also sought to reassure brands the move would not negatively impact innovation
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Comment & Opinion
Who will win and lose as a result of Tesco’s new price war?
There is no shielding the supply chain from the economic impact of the crisis
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Tesco plans major recession price war against the discounters
The supermarket has told suppliers it will not allow the likes of Aldi to gain the sort of price advantage that fired the growth of the discounters following the 2008/9 banking crash
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B&M sells FFP2 face masks as part of new range
FFP2 masks are recommended for clinical use by the World Health Organization
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B&M offers hope to workers affected by Poundstretcher restructure
Poundstretcher’s rapidly growing rival said it wanted to hear from people affected by redundancy or restructures
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Aldi to install 40 reverse vending machines across Scotland stores
Scotland’s deposit return scheme is due to be rolled out in July 2022
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MPs demand answers on why Co-op, Aldi and Lidl snubbed from school meal scheme
Members of the Efra Select Committee said questions about the scheme needed to be addressed by government
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Poundland restarts frozen rollout after after halting project in lockdown
Poundland introduced the first frozen and fresh ‘shops in shops’ last autumn, and has resumed a rollout to 60 stores
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More than half of Poundstretcher’s estate at risk as company launches CVA
KPMG has confirmed that the fate of 253 of Poundstretcher’s 450 stores is dependent on their performance and landlord co-operation in the coming weeks
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Aldi extends Deliveroo trial to London
A trial launched from eight Midlands stores last month has been a success, according to Aldi, and its extension to London could be followed by a rollout across the UK later this year
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Poundstretcher to ‘close a quarter of stores’ following review
The high street discounter has already closed around 30 stores during lockdown, in some cases permanently
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Aldi launches own-label take on hard seltzer White Claw for half the price
The own-label Aldi product is set to roll out in four flavours
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Aldi confirms immediate supplier payment terms will continue until at least September
The discounter said no end date had been set for the emergency terms and they could last beyond September
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Iceland founder Malcolm Walker and CEO Tarsem Dhaliwal take full ownership of chain
The pair have bought investment firm Brait’s shareholding in the business through a newly established company that they wholly own
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Aldi starts selling non-medical grade face masks in two-packs
The masks went on sale in stores at the end of last week and were launched as an online ‘Specialbuy’ on Sunday
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Tesco to continue expansion of discounter Jack’s estate
The retailer’s latest Jack’s incarnation is set to take over a vacant Mothercare store in Hull
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Aldi to roll out self-checkouts to more stores
Stores in Lichfield, Atherstone, Hounslow and Tooting are to get self-checkouts between now and the end of July
