All Discounters articles – Page 64
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NewsLidl and Aldi ‘will be 12-24 months late hitting store opening targets’
Trading overlap with their own and each other’s stores will hamper progress, say retail location analysts
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NewsLidl publishes wish list of new UK locations as it opens 860th UK store
’We are calling on developers and landlords up and down the country to help find potential sites,’ said Lidl GB CEO Christian Härtnagel
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NewsSuperdrug rolls out ‘Store Insider’ to connect online shoppers with store staff
The ‘Superdrug Store Insider’ service aims to provide online shoppers with the same level of customer service and advice they could expect when visiting a shop
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News‘Very few’ places where Mere can open stores without being near an existing discounter
However, there are over 250 locations suitable for the Russian retailer if it doesn’t mind being near a Lidl or Aldi
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Comment & OpinionThe food industry must do more than pay lip service to racial equality
Some supermarkets have put in work, but most manufacturers have remained silent, says The Black Farmer founder Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones
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NewsAldi removing single-use plastic from all own label teabags
The discounter is to swap the teabags’ oil-based plastic sealing for biodegradable materials following trials
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat could Russian discounter Mere mean for the UK?
With no warehouses, few staff and products on pallets, could Mere resonate with British shoppers?
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NewsSurplus food discounter Oops sees surge in stock originally destined for EU
Food originally destined for Europe is making up 25% of Oops’ stock, as major manufacturers and suppliers struggle with Brexit red tape and tariffs
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NewsIceland finding plastic target ‘increasingly challenging’, says MD Richard Walker
Walker said the pandemic had increased demand for plastic and called on the government to support businesses trying to tackle the problem
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Comment & OpinionWhy grocery retailers should sign up to British Food Fortnight
Whether you’re involved in a national supermarket chain or own a local greengrocer, this event is your chance to reach out to new customers and improve your relationship with existing ones
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NewsAldi extends Sunday opening hours for the Euros football tournament
Aldi’s new Sunday opening hours will be in place in England and Wales from Sunday 13 June
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NewsOne Below aiming for 90 stores by the end of 2021
The business has already grown from about 60 stores before the pandemic to 75 now as retail vacancy rates provide expansion opportunities
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NewsRussian discounter Mere aiming for 300 UK stores in 10 years
The hard discounter, which claims it will undercut Lidl and Aldi by 20%-30%, is determined to scale its UK presence
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NewsAldi complaint over Tesco ‘price match’ ad rejected by watchdog
Aldi complained about a Tesco press ad which appeared last July, as the UK’s biggest supermarket ramped up its latest marketing assault on the discounter
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News‘Convenience discounter’ MaxiSaver eyes tripling of estate by year end
The retailer currently has eight stores in the Midlands, having first launched last August
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NewsM&S releases new Colin the Caterpillar for Father’s Day
The limited-edition cake features an edible cape
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NewsAldi launches packaging made using plastic saved from the sea
The new packaging is recycled from waste plastic collected by communities in coastal areas across the world
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NewsIceland launches £5 pizza and booze meal deals for the Euros
A fiver buys two pizzas with either sides and dessert or drinks
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Grocer 33Lidl claims easy victory with 26 of 33 items cheapest
This week’s guest retailer was exclusively cheapest on 21 of those lines
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NewsPoundland begins selling online in selected postcode areas
Piloted for Poundland staff earlier this year, the service has now been opened up to customers