All Discounters articles – Page 159
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Test may view discounters as ineffective competition
Attempts by Aldi, Lidl and Netto to expand could be hampered by a Competition Commission proposal to introduce a 'competition test' for new store developments. The idea, mooted in the provisional findings, would mean any proposed new...
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Cigarettes ditched at Lidl in Scotland
Lidl is to stop selling cigarettes in its Scottish stores in a bid to enhance its healthy credentials. From next week, tobacco will no longer be stocked in any of its 78 outlets north of the border, bringing the offer into line with the...
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Hamilton swaps Asda for Lidl
How the hell did Asda get so much publicity for favouring 22-year-old whizzkid Lewis Hamilton with a free disabled parking space at its Stevenage superstore? Or to put it another way: is it just Bogof who reckons this was a PR stunt...
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Belinda Cole
Aldi has transformed itself in the UK from a down-at-heel discounter to a credible, stylish weekly shopping destination over the past few years. And now it has raised its game again with the opening of its first city centre store in Manchester's...
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Aldi places city centre sites on shopping list
Aldi's first city centre store - in Manchester's Arndale Centre - has traded so successfully that the retailer plans to open more centrally-located supermarkets.Edinburgh is the next city in the German discounter's sights for the larger...
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Carbon-neutral water makes entrance in UK
The first bottled water with carbon-neutral status is set for launch in the UK. Icelandic Glacial is sourced and bottled at Ölfus Spring in Iceland and has received certification from the CarbonNeutral Company for its production techniques and...
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Lidl and Aldi buck the trend as growth in grocery slows
Discounters are emerging as big winners in a slowing grocery market, TNS Worldpanel figures show. The total market grew 4% year-on-year in the 12 weeks to 16 July compared with 6% in the 12 weeks to 17 June. However, Lidl and Aldi...
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Aldi offers ostrich steak for barbecue
Aldi is selling frozen ostrich steak in its UK stores as part of its Endless Summer barbecue range.The German discounter is promoting ostrich as an alternative to chicken, on the strength of its low-fat content. It claims a 100g serving...
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Ross takes up chair at Food Northwest
Former Iceland boss and one-time Tesco distribution director Stuart Ross has become the first chairman of Food Northwest - the food and drink arm of the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA).His job with the organisation -...
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M&S sees Aldi as competition
Marks & Spencer has told the Competition Commission its stores are in competition with all types of grocery outlets - even discounters.In its submission to the Commission's inquiry, M&S said it took all major multiples' ranges,...
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In Brief: Ward joins Spar; New marketing chief; Skillsmart patrons; Strathmore shake-up
Ward joins Spar Martha Ward has joined Spar in the new role of sales development and implementation manager. She was previously retail support manager at high street retailer Robert Dyas and has also worked for discounter Aldi as an area manager....
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Lidl abandons foie gras trial
Lidl has abandoned an experiment selling foie gras in some of its UK stores.It said the decision to sell the delicacy, made with the livers of force-fed ducks, was based on customer requests. But less than a year on it has been...
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Proudfoot sells store at heart of Tesco voucher controversy
The owner of a North Yorkshire supermarket at the heart of a famous row with Tesco over predatory pricing is offloading the store to hard discounter Aldi.The Proudfoot Group said it was selling the 14,000 sq ft store in Withernsea...
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Somerfield triumphs over yobs - Q&A and Availability
Vandalism and the nearby opening of a Lidl store are just two of the challenges this Somerfield outlet in Plymstock, Devon, has faced on the road to winning this week's Top Store award. Our mystery shopper commended the 14,000 sq ft store for its...
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Aldi store goes underground to preserve local landscape
Aldi is set to score a design first when it opens what is believed to be the UK's first underground supermarket later this year.The Germany-based discount chain has lodged a planning application for the new store, which is to be located...
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Bogof's week - 14th April 2007
Tesco Tel reportedly 'stunned' the audience at the World Retail Congress in Barcelona by revealing that the stores he most admired were Aldi, Ikea and Starbucks. Well, what did everyone expect? He was hardly going to plump for Sainsbury and...
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Aldi's the chain that really does it for me, Leahy tells astonished audience
Tesco chief executive Sir Terry Leahy has revealed that discounter Aldi is the rival supermarket chain he admires most in the world.The revelation drew gasps of surprise from the 200-strong audience gathered at the inaugural World Retail...