All Discounters articles – Page 69
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Comment & OpinionWith Aldi and Lidl winning share again normal service has resumed. Or has it?
Grocers and their suppliers are still benefiting from a market that’s anything but normal
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NewsWilko sales drop £107m as Covid-cautious shoppers stay away from high street
Sales fell 7.3% to £1.4bn in the year ended 30 January 2021, with like-for-like figures down 7.7%, according to the accounts
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NewsLidl sponsors ITV’s The Masked Dancer with its own masked character
In show idents, a dancer in a goose costume will challenge the audience to guess who they are using clues related to Lidl products
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NewsAldi challenges kids to come up with its next lorry design
The discounter is running a competiton as part of its Team GB sponsorship
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NewsPoundland opening first new convenience format Local stores
The Grocer revealed ‘Poundland Local’ was on the way last month
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Comment & OpinionWhy – and how – does Iceland still offer free delivery while rivals have stopped?
In the online shopping boom of the past 12 months, retailers have been cautiously adding delivery fees – except Iceland
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NewsAldi’s Cuthbert the Caterpillar cake returns - with new eyes
Intellectual property experts say changes to his appearance could have a bearing on M&S’s High Court trademark infringement claim
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NewsIceland rolling out same-day scheduled delivery nationwide
The frozen food retailer is set to offer same-day slots from 400 stores within the next few weeks, The Grocer can reveal
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NewsPoundland launching new arm for all charitable activities
The variety discounter has applied to trademark ‘Poundland Foundation’
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NewsTesco scraps Metro format blaming shift in customer habits
In August 2019, the supermarket announced it was carrying out a major overhaul of Metro
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NewsAldi launches in-store soft plastics recycling points
The new recycling bins have been introduced at 20 stores across Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester
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NewsIceland expands Uber Eats trial beyond London
The trial has quietly grown to 20 stores, taking it as far beyond London as Letchworth in Hertfordshire and Colchester in Essex
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NewsCity Snapshot: Pepco offers share at a discount in upcoming €5bn IPO
Poundland owner Pepco is has set its price in the upcoming Polish IPO at a discount, valuing the budget retail chain at $5bn (£4.3bn).
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NewsTrustpilot investigates The Range over ‘incentives for reviews’
The consumer reviews platform has sent The Range a written formal warning based on evidence gathered from reviewers, following an enquiry by The Grocer
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NewsLidl and Wyke Farms team up to develop ‘carbon neutral’ cheese
Lidl claimed its Wyke-supplied cheddar would reach carbon neutrality by the end of 2021
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NewsNew discounter Mere looking for landlords across the UK
The Russian-founded chain has published a wish list of UK locations
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NewsAldi backs British seafood with UK-caught fish promotion
The seven-strong range of Specialbuy fish will come from fish markets in Plymouth, Brixham and Newlyn
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NewsIceland throws backing behind sepsis awareness campaign
The Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation has worked with the UK Sepsis Trust to co-develop and help fund an initiative encouraging businesses to educate staff about signs of the condition
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NewsLidl quits digital DRS group, amid confusion fear
The retailer, alongside Aldi, Co-op, Ocado, suppliers Diageo and Danone and the BRC, had been part of the Digital DRS Industry Working Group
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NewsRussian-founded discounter giant gearing up to open four UK stores
Svetofor was founded in Krasnoyarsk in Siberia in 2009 and has been opening stores in Europe since 2018 under the name Mere