All Discounters articles – Page 142
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NewsIceland opts for Mercedes vans to drive home delivery growth
Iceland is set to switch its 1,300 strong fleet of home delivery vans over to Mercedes-Benz Sprinters in a bid to improve its home delivery network.
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NewsPoundworld eyes affluent areas as it opens store in Harrogate
Poundworld is looking to attract more ‘posh customers’ into stores under new plans to expand into ‘affluent’ UK locations…
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NewsIceland 7% cheaper than Asda thanks to ambient and chilled
Iceland is best known as a frozen food retailer – but it is more price competitive with the big four on chilled…
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NewsHome Bargains hones in on the south with £70m Wiltshire depot
TJ Morris, the discounter that trades as Home Bargains, is to invest £70m in a new 1,013,150 sq ft distribution centre in Wiltshire as it looks to expand its presence in the south of England.
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Comment & OpinionPoundland IPO valuations rumoured to be a lot more than a £1
Is Poundland set to float? In an interview with The Grocer this week, CEO Jim McCarthy didn’t deny it…
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Comment & OpinionDiscount fever
After announcing a 15% rise in total sales to £880m for 2012/13 this week, Poundland has more than proved its ability to wrest customers away from the UK’s biggest supermarkets.Once dismissed as one of the underdogs of British retail, the discounter has seen a meteoric rise in recent years. It’s ...
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NewsHeron Foods profits take a hit in 2012 as it absorbs Cooltrader
Heron Foods has reported a 40.5% drop in pre-tax profits to £4.8m for the financial year ending 29 December 2012.
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NewsPoundland boss on flotation talk: It’s a natural output of success
Poundland CEO Jim McCarthy has described a flotation as “a natural output of success” as speculation continues to build that the discounter is to launch an initial public offering (IPO) for next year.
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ProfilesAldi UK bosses on stellar results: 'Our formula is working'
As Aldi’s profits soared by a stunning 124%, The Grocer caught up with Aldi UK’s joint GMDs Roman Heini and Matthew Barnes to talk about saucy fish, its business model, the central London store trial, and why Asda can’t compete…
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NewsAldi's sales leap as a million more customers enter its stores
Aldi added more than £1bn to its sales and attracted a million more shoppers to its stores in 2012, according to the discounter’s latest full-year results.
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NewsIceland takes McCoy's and Hula Hoops into frozen potato market
Iceland has expanded bagged snacks brands Hula Hoops and McCoy’s into the frozen potato products market…
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NewsLidl launches a nappy that's just 3mm thick
Lidl is aiming to revolutionise the nappy market with an eco-friendly product “so thin it’s like underwear”…
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NewsPoundstretcher owner Crown Crest posts 16% profit fall
Discount wholesaler Crown Crest, which owns Poundstretcher, has posted a double-digit fall in full-year pre-tax profits…
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NewsLidl and Aldi raise their green game
Lidl is ploughing £27m into new refrigeration in a bid to improve the green credentials of its in-store chillers…
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NewsAldi chalks up record growth as grocery middle ground shrinks
Aldi has notched up record sales growth in the latest grocery market share data from Kantar Worldpanel.
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NewsLidl to investigate Bangladesh factory claims
Lidl has launched an internal investigation following claims made by BBC’s Panorama that one of its Bangladesh suppliers abuses workers.
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NewsIceland: 'customer engagement scheme is paying off'
Iceland says customer satisfaction levels have soared since it started printing individually tailored vouchers at tills…
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NewsLidl to open £40m depot in former Northfleet power station
Lidl UK is set to open a new £40 million distribution centre to help it deal with a recent surge in fresh produce sales.
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NewsLidl UK promotes Tim Henry to operations director
Lidl UK has confirmed the appointment of Tim Henry as operations director.
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NewsDiscount sector set for rampant growth, IGD predicts
The value of food discounters will increase by 96.3% over the next five years as price-weary shoppers flock to Aldi and Lidl, according to new research by IGD.