All Discounters articles – Page 56
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NewsPoundland drops online supplier founded by high street rival Chris Edwards
Gem Imports previously supplied Poundshop.com but the relationship is ending following Poundland’s acquisition of the online discounter
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Analysis & FeaturesTesco in way better shape for the recession than share sell-off suggests
Tesco in ‘really great shape’ to deal with cost of living crisis, says CEO Ken Murphy
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NewsAldi trialling ‘all-electric refrigerated trailer’ that runs off lorry’s kinetic energy
On the move, it coverts the lorry’s kinetic energy into electricity to keep the trailer’s batteries charged
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NewsHome Bargains sales soar 20% to £3.3bn, boosted by store openings
The estate grew by 27 stores during the period
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NewsIceland slashes online price of fresh and frozen veg to 1p for Easter
All frozen and fresh veg that would normally cost £1 or under, such as a kilo of onions, will instead be 1p from 11 April until midnight on 14 April
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Comment & OpinionSupermarket pay: a game where the stakes keep getting raised
Most UK supermarkets have announced pay adjustments in recent weeks. But Tesco’s move is particularly interesting
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NewsLidl trademark points to plans for discounter’s own shipping line
Lidl has filed a trademak application for ‘Tailwind Shipping Lines’ with the EU Intellectual Property Office
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Analysis & FeaturesWhy Oxfam is going beyond the supermarket human rights scorecard
Oxfam’s final human rights table shows the discounters now ahead of all rivals except Tesco
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NewsAldi new supplier contest to be Channel 4 reality series
‘Grow with Aldi’ will be a six-part series, with a winner from each hour-long episode awarded a contract to supply the discounter’s 950 UK stores
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NewsAd watchdog deems Lidl's Tesco price comparison ads misleading
The Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint from Aldi that the ads did not make sufficiently clear the claimed savings related only to the specific selection of products shown
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NewsAsda comes bottom in Oxfam’s fourth and final supermarket human rights scorecard
As well as dropping down the table, Asda is the only supermarket whose score has fallen since the last time Oxfam carried out the exercise, in 2020
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NewsJTF Mega Discount Warehouse chain closes for second time in a year
All the branches reopened by the new owners have now ceased trading again
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Comment & OpinionMorrisons needs to watch its back. Aldi is eyeing its place in the big four
The discounters are back with a bang, the latest Kantar figures show. And there are more than ever snapping at the big four’s heels
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NewsFrozen food chain Oops creates 300-strong range for other retailers
The business says it will allow any retailer to offer a complete frozen range at own-label prices
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NewsIceland switches back to using palm oil as sunflower oil shortage bites
Soaring sunflower oil prices caused by the war in Ukraine mean the supermarket must use palm oil again or have freezers bare of staples, said Iceland MD Richard Walker
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NewsLidl becomes latest supermarket to contact government over jobs for Ukrainian refugees
The discounter said it had 3,000 live vacancies across the business, with 1,200 more jobs in warehouses to be created by the end of 2025
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NewsWilko recruiting new retail director after departure of Chris Ward
Ward was appointed two years ago in one of the first moves by then new Wilko CEO Jerome Saint-Marc
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Grocer 33Guest retailer Aldi fails to impress as Tesco sweeps to victory
Tesco’s Cupar superstore had a ‘nice buzz’ and an impressive fruit & veg section
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Grocer 33Aldi dominates as guest 33 retailer with two-thirds of products cheapest
Our guest discounter registered a convincing Grocer 33 pricing win
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NewsHeron Foods warns over fake job scam letter
The letter, which uses Heron Foods letter heading, also promises help with entitlement to work in the UK