All Discounters articles – Page 82
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NewsOne Below brings haulage in-house with new fleet of lorries
The Mercedes Actros trucks are delivering to One Below’s 60 stores across the UK
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NewsWilko appoints CEO plus retail and trading directors in transformation drive
Jerome Saint-Marc has been promoted from the joint roles of group transformation director and MD of Wilko.com
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NewsIceland appoints new stores and operations director
Ian Williams has moved from the role of new business and international director for the frozen food specialist
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NewsIceland to roll out to 19 more branches of The Range by April
The expansion will take the number of branches of The Range with an in-store Iceland to more than 50
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NewsAldi opens its biggest UK distribution centre yet
The discounter’s 11th UK DC will serve as a hub for 80 stores across the East Midlands and create 400 jobs
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NewsIceland to trial plastic alternative packaging for 38 fresh fruit & veg lines
Overall the measure reduces plastic packaging used on the lines by 93%, according to Iceland
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NewsAldi claims UK’s cheapest Valentine’s dinner
Aldi is offering two starters, mains, sides and desserts for only £9.66
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NewsMedia Bites 27 Jan: Iceland, Poundland, Unilever
Frozen-food chain Iceland is preparing to axe jobs as it wrestles with a heavy debt pile and tough competition, PE firms circle Poundland and Unilever vulnerable to activist investors,
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NewsNumber of shoppers using Aldi and Lidl rises by a half in four years, claims survey
Shoppercentric’s latest consumer trends survey found 67% of 1,000 respondents had shopped in Aldi or Lidl in the past month
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NewsLidl to give away £10,000 worth of vouchers to celebrate 100th Scotland store
The first 100 customers to shop at a Scottish Lidl from 25 January can claim a ‘goody bag’, one of which per store will contain a £100 voucher
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NewsAldi to become UK’s top paying supermarket with basic rate boost
Aldi store employees will receive a minimum hourly rate of £9.40 nationally and £10.90 inside the M25 from 1 February
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NewsAldi adds ‘XXL’ bulk packs of meat to rolling weekly offers
The first “super-sized XXL” offers kick off this week with the arrival of 2kg packs of chicken breast fillets for £7.99 and four-packs of 21-day matured rump steaks for £7.49
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Grocer 33Lidl knocks Asda off top spot with convincing win
The discounter was widely hailed as the grocery retailer that won Christmas last week
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NewsIceland secures long-term lease on Livingston distribution centre
The site will continue to serve as a base for Iceland’s national operational logistics
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NewsSecond Superdrug in Scottish Borders to convert to Savers
Superdrug in Hawick is due to close and reopen as Savers, after its store in Galashiels was given the same treatment
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NewsIceland adds over 40 multi-temp trailers to HGV fleet
The tri-axle trailers, which can carry a bigger payload than tandem axle ones, are the first to bear the branding of both Iceland and The Food Warehouse
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NewsAldi rolls out compostable carrier bags to all UK stores
The discounter said the compostable bags had proved more popular with customers than paper ones in a trial
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NewsLidl scores highest Christmas sales surge with double digit growth
Overall sales for the four weeks to 29 December rose 11% year-on-year, higher than any other supermarket over the festive period - including main rival Aldi
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Comment & OpinionLidl parties into 2020 with KT Tunstall tour of Scotland
If you think the dawn of January means party season is over, get thee to Scotland
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NewsAsda follows Lidl in removing cartoon characters from own-label cereals
Asda has become the second retailer to remove cartoon characters from its cereals