All Discounters articles – Page 69
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NewsWilko claims 1,500-tonne plastic saving after sustainable wipes move
The home and garden discounter replaced plastic with renewable plant fibre in all its own-label wipes a year ago
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NewsAldi to sell National Lottery tickets in all UK stores
The draw-based games, including EuroMillions, Set For Life and Thunderball, will begin rolling out to Aldi checkouts nationwide from next month
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News20 new stores in one month help Lidl hit target despite pandemic
Lidl must open more than 50 UK stores a year to hit its long-term target of 1,000 by 2023
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NewsWilko claims UK high street first with face mask recycling points
The home and garden retailer is introducing face mask recycling bins at 150 stores
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NewsOver 200 Iceland stores ideal for Swift conversion, says study
Shopper and location data specialist CACI analysed Iceland’s estate and identified stores most suitable for the new convenience format
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NewsIceland celebrates raising £5m over 10 years for Alzheimer’s Research UK
The Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation has helped the charity with fundraising events involving staff, customers and suppliers
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Analysis & FeaturesSwift: what is it like inside Iceland’s new convenience store?
The first ‘Swift’ store opened in a high-footfall area in Newcastle yesterday, with Iceland MD Richard Walker indicating more are likely to follow
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NewsIceland to turn down business rates holiday extension
It follows criticism of Iceland for holding on to the relief for 2020-21 while a string of its rivals handed it back
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NewsIceland slated for voucher push after pocketing rates relief
A major rival has slammed Iceland for giving away ’20%’ discounts while arguing it cannot afford to repay business rates relief
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NewsLidl launches reverse-vending DRS machines in Scotland
The machines have been installed in stores in Hamilton, Edinburgh Granton, Glasgow Yoker and Dundee’s city centre
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NewsIceland MD Richard Walker named as Surfers Against Sewage chair
It follows three years of collaboration on campaign work between Surfers Against Sewage and the Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation
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NewsPoundland eyes another €20m saving through further rent talks with landlords
Costs are already down 36% on leases renegotiated in the last two years
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NewsMedia Bites 16 March: Thorntons, Iceland, Danone, Deliveroo
The decision by Thorntons to close all 61 of its physical stores after suffering through the Covid pandemic is covered by the papers this morning.
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Analysis & FeaturesHow retail parks have become prime grocery retail locations
Space has opened up in out-of-town retail parks – and shoppers feel more comfortable there. So food retailers are moving in. But will the trend last?
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NewsIceland launching new convenience format ‘Swift’
The new concept is ‘designed to provide a simple, easy-to-shop food store’
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NewsIceland pushing online growth with web-only ‘flash sales’
The ’online flash sales’ are being pushed on social media with links to a recently created dedicated page on Iceland’s website
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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