All Discounters articles – Page 157
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Start-up that iceland failed to defeat
from Malcolm Walker, Cooltrader, by e-mailSir; So Bill Grimsey is accusing Tesco of trying to drive smaller local players out of business (The Grocer, May 15, p6).Could this be the same Bill Grimsey who tried very hard to see off...
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Iceland trials satellite radio
Iceland is piloting a live satellite radio station from Immedia Broadcasting in 30 stores.Branded Iceland Live, the station features a mix of news, sport, music, product news and advertising, said Immedia chief executive Bruno Brookes. “This...
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Iceland trials in-store radio
Iceland is piloting a live satellite radio station in 30 stores from Immedia Broadcasting.Branded Iceland Live, the station features a mix of news, sport, music, product news and advertising, said Immedia chief executive Bruno...
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Troubleshooting at the top
Andy ClarkeClarke has been drafted in as managing director of Iceland after spending a period as group retail director at Matalan. Before that he worked at Asda for 10 years where his last post was as retail director.He left Matalan more...
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The Asda effect
Many who cut their teeth at the university of Asda have graduated to key positions in UK retail. Glynn Davis finds out whyThis week Asda alumni Andy Clarke takes up his role as MD of Iceland. Last month, Justin King took the reins...
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BFG moving to convenience
Big Food Group said like-for-like sales at Iceland dipped 0.2% for the fourteen weeks to April 2, due to competition and disruptions from improvements to its customer service.But sales at the frozen food specialist were up 0.7% for the year...
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Irish discounters ready to treble market share
Discounters Lidl and Aldi are likely to have a 15% share of the grocery market in the Irish Republic – three times their current figure – within five years, according to a report on the sector by Dublin-based Merrion Stockbrokers.By then, Lidl...
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Maximum fine for Lidl
Lidl has been fined E9,000 for breaching new unit pricing laws in the Irish Republic.The new rules, which came into effect on March 1, require retailers to display a price per litre or per kilogram for all products sold by quantity, helping...
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Lidl looks to luck in Ireland
Lidl has launched an outdoor poster campaign to woo Irish consumers following the recent slippage in its share of the Republic’s grocery market.
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Matalan’s Andy Clarke hired to take the reins at Iceland
The Big Food Group has recruited Andy Clarke, group retail director of Matalan, as managing director of Iceland.Clarke’s appointment means current MD Mike Coupe will leave the company earlier than previously announced.In its third quarter...
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Iceland snaps up Matalan chief
The Big Food Group has appointed Andy Clarke – currently group retail director of Matalan – as managing director of its frozen food chain Iceland.Clarke will join BFG on April 26 and after a month’s induction will replace Mike Coupe who...
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Self-heat meals listed nationwide
Self-heating canned ready meals are finally making inroads into the mass market with products under the Hotcan brand getting nationwide listings.Launching now in Moto service stations, the range is also listed in Palmer & Harvey, Aldi, Spar...
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Yeo back in the old job as turbulence goes on
Iceland has replaced its retail director with the man he replaced 18 months ago.It has appointed store development director Mark Yeo as retail operations director, following retail director Ted Smith’s resignation a week earlier. The move...
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Mike Coupe moves on with sales in growth
The Big Food Group has announced that Mike Coupe, managing director of Iceland, is stepping down in September after two years in the role.In its third quarter trading statement, BFG said Coupe would continue as MD until early...
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Morrisons to divest 140 smaller Safeway stores
Morrisons is set to bring in £250m by selling 140 of Safeway’s smaller convenience stores after acquiring the supermarket group last week.Weekend press reports suggest that the Big Food Group, Somerfield and German discounters Netto and Aldi...
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Inside Aldi
Little is known about the notoriously secretive hard discounter, so Liz Hamson tracked down a former insider to quiz him on the secrets of its success and ask whether he thinks the formula will thrive in the UKMost of the time,...
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Aldi dossier
>>established 1948The Albrecht brothers, Karl and Theo, opened their first store in 1948 under the Albrecht Discount fascia in Essen, Germany. In the early 1960s they had around 350 stores and divided the business into two, Aldi...
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Iceland/Booker disparity blasted
The Big Food Group has been blasted by independent retailers – for charging consumers less for beer than them.The group’s Iceland chain was this week selling 24 bottles of Stella Artois for £9.99 – up to £3.30 cheaper than in its Booker cash...
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Lidl pulls Aussie wine
Lidl has withdrawn bottles of an Australian wine brand from shelves over fears it could trigger an asthma attack.The retailer is recalling stock of Creston Bay Cabernet Shiraz from the 2002 vintage, which costs £2.99, after a consumer...
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Shayle joins Iceland to expand customer offer
Iceland has recruited Steph Shayle, Asda’s general manager for core non-food categories, to fill the newly created post of category manager of frozen prepared food.She will head an eight-strong buying team aiming to expand Iceland’s customer...