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NewsChristmas dinner to be 6.5% more expensive this year, says Kantar
Frozen turkey is 8.5% more expensive than last year at an average of £14.09, while rising vegetable costs are also driving up the price of a festive meal
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NewsPoundland owner suffers net €662m loss, citing UK discount chain’s ‘weak performance’
Poundland’s like-for-like sales were down 3.6% in the latest set of dismal results for the brand
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Comment & OpinionVeg wars: is Aldi’s 15p Christmas vegetable deal bad news for farmers?
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. The Christmas parties are underway, children are writing last-minute letters to Santa – and, most importantly, you can buy a kilo of carrots for only 15p
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NewsAldi slashes price of festive vegetables to 15p
The discounter’s Christmas veg promotion sees six lines slashed to 15p each from 19 to 24 December
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KVI TrackerMince pies up 40% year-on-year amid tight sultana and butter supplies
Twenty-six mince lines are pricier this year than last
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NewsLidl ‘accelerates’ store opening plans with six stores in one day
It marks a new period of “accelerated“ expansion for the discounter, following a slowdown of its rollout over recent years
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NewsAldi continues pre-Christmas store rollout with four new sites in one day
Aldi has set the long-term target of opening 1,500 UK stores, and intends to invest £1.4bn into its store estate by the end of 2025
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NewsAldi brings back £3.49 côtes du rhône deal for Christmas
The wine sold out in just four days last year
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NewsAldi rewarding loyalty at Christmas with ‘Big Advent Giveaway’
Every day from Sunday 1 December, customers will have the chance to win back the cost of their shopping
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NewsLidl Christmas jumpers return, with 20% discount for loyalty scheme members
Lidl Plus members can get one of the discounter’s Christmas jumpers for £6.39, reduced from £7.99
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NewsCompetition watchdog probe finds 92% of supermarket loyalty deals are ‘genuine’
The CMA said it had found “very little” evidence of supermarkets lifting their “usual” prices as displayed on the offers to make the deals seem more attractive
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NewsHome Bargains looking for third cohort of buyer apprentices
The programme leads to an industry-recognised qualification and the chance of a career with the retailer
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NewsB&M to open 700,000 sq ft import and distribution centre in Ellesmere Port
The retailer has signed a 10-year lease with real estate investor Cain International, with the site due to commence operation in 2025
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NewsAldi launches one-day pigs in blanket delivery service in London
Aldi is also giving away 30,000 pigs in blankets nationwide
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NewsArla and McCain to launch exclusive products through Iceland’s accelerator scheme
Lithuanian baker Mantinga will also launch a new sweet and sour doughnut through Iceland’s Brands on Ice production innovation programme
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NewsAldi trials 12 more fruit & vegetable lines without packaging
Wrap last month called on the government to ban packaging on 21 uncut fresh produce items, including the lines on Aldi’s list
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NewsCity snapshot: Lidl swings back to profit as shoppers switch from rivals
Lidl has bounced back into the black in the UK as shoppers switched more than £500m of spending to the disctounter from rival supermarkets. Plus, annual results from Britvic, UK inflation jumps by more than expected and Gusbourne partners with Enotria&Coe
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NewsHigher business rates aimed at ‘online giants’ will hit 1,900 superstores and hypermarkets
Across England and Wales, the proposed tax hike will hit more superstores and hypermarkets than it will large distribution warehouses, according to analysis by property consultancy Colliers
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Comment & OpinionUK grocery is all about price matching. What about quality?
Over the last decade, the focus has been primarily on what consumers pay, as a reaction to the huge share gains taken by Aldi and Lidl, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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NewsJosie Gibson stars in Iceland Foods Christmas advert 2024
The discount retailer has launched a new tagline, ‘That’s why Santa goes to Iceland’, to support its Christmas campaign