All Discounters articles – Page 60
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NewsIceland joins alliance to tackle ‘ghost’ fishing gear abandoned at sea
The supermarket has become a member of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative, a cross-sector alliance whose work includes training fishers to safely recover equipment from waters
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NewsAldi to fund 60 fresh produce management trainees
The move is in partnership with fresh produce management training scheme MDS, chaired by former GCA Christine Tacon
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NewsAldi ‘could contest some Sainsbury’s price matches’ on quality, says analysis
IPLC examined 65 products from Sainsbury’s ‘Aldi Price Match’ campaign, and found 15 fell short compared with the discounter’s on key ingredients
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NewsAldi to invest £22m in London expansion this year
The plans include nine new stores to open in the capital, the discounter said today
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NewsThe Range launches third-party marketplace
Around 3,000 third-party offerings are listed now on The Range’s website, in the culmination of plans revealed last year
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NewsSainsbury’s asks suppliers for pricing talks after Aldi Price Match move
Sainsbury’s introduced its Aldi Price Match – a pledge to match the discounter on 250 lines – in mid-February
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NewsOops prepares for store openings with new 100,000 sq ft warehouse
Oops, which launched last year, repackages and rebrands surplus frozen food from suppliers and manufacturers
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NewsPoundland slammed over rent arrears
The variety discounter, classed as an essential retailer, is said to have built up months of arrears on some branches
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NewsLidl opening three London stores in one day as part of £500m expansion push
The new branches include one on Putney High Street with a sales area of just 6,000 sq ft
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NewsIceland MD admits to ‘big mistake’ over palm oil deadline
The acknowledgement comes in Walker’s forthcoming book The Green Grocer
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NewsPoundland sales fell to 60% of normal levels in first lockdown
Across the group, including Pepco and Dealz, sales nevertheless rose 3% to €3.5bn, full-year accounts reveal
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NewsHome Bargains turnover boosted by estate growth amid pandemic
New stores helped boost turnover by 13% to £2.8bn in the year to 30 June 2020, newly filed accounts at Companies House reveal
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Comment & OpinionIceland needs to fully embrace its Welshness
It’s the only Welsh supermarket chain, and should be proud of it
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NewsIceland sacks director after tweets insulting the Welsh
Keith Hann’s comment this week also brought into the spotlight earlier tweets and blog posts in which he said Welsh sounds like ‘gibberish’
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NewsSainsbury’s raised some of its prices to ‘match’ Aldi
Analysis by The Grocer has revealed eight products in Sainsbury’s ’Aldi Price Match’ campaign that got more expensive
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NewsAldi launches flat-bottomed Easter Egg in plastic reduction push
The design does away with the need for a concave plastic insert to support the egg
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NewsMedia Bites 17 Feb: Lloyds Pharmacy, Virgin Wines, Iceland
The owner of Lloyds Pharmacy is exploring a £400m sale of the business
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NewsLidl becomes sponsor of Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch
The discounter plans to use its social media channels to showcase how Lidl’s ingredients can be used to make recipes from the Sunday morning show
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Comment & OpinionWhat Sainsbury’s Aldi Price Match says about the grocery market
When Sainsbury’s is taking a tilt at Aldi on price you know something extraordinary is happening
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NewsSainsbury’s Aldi Price Match is ‘really taking on Tesco’
The campaign has been widely interpreted as a defensive strategy