All Discounters articles – Page 9
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NewsAldi creating 500 apprenticeship roles in 2026
Store apprentices will start on a minimum £12.02 an hour
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NewsPoundland partners with the Retail Trust to support staff
Poundland workers will get access the Retail Trust’s wellbeing helpline, counselling services and financial hardship grants
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NewsModella receives bids for The Original Factory Shop
The interest led Modella to extend a notice of intention to appoint administrators for The Original Factory Shop
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NewsAldi brings back ‘New Parent Fund’, with £100 vouchers up for grabs
The discounter has brought back its ‘Mamia New Parent Fund’ following ‘strong engagement from shoppers in 2025’
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Grocer 33Aldi edges out Lidl to be cheapest supermarket in Super Grocer 33
Just 1.1% separated Aldi’s winning £55.49 basket from Lidl’s £56.10
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Grocer 33Waitrose is best supermarket in Bristol mystery shop
Our shopper said the 18,208 sq ft Waitrose store’s housekeeping was ‘of a very high standard’
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Grocer 33Waitrose Bristol deputy Nathan Boyd on south west investment and trading momentum
Nathan Boyd was talking to Stephen Jones What’s it like to be a retailer in Bristol? When one of our partners started the other day she was welcomed by a regular to “their shop”. It’s that kind of feel. We’re a little bit out from the city ...
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NewsPoundland like-for-like sales continue to fall after 2,200 jobs shed
The decline in like for like value sales was despite an uplift in like for like volumes, as prices were cut
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NewsProfit warning at B&M as turnaround soaks up margin
Issuing its third quarter results this morning, the discounter slashed its adjusted EBITDA forecast from £470m-£520m to £440m-£470m after like-for-like sales at B&M UK fell 0.6% in Q3
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NewsAldi adds InPost lockers to 50 more stores
It means the lockers, which shoppers can use to collect and return online parcels, are now at more than half of Aldi’s UK estate of around 1,080 stores
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NewsLidl launches investigation after food waste exposé
Recent videos posted on Instagram and TikTok by Food_waste_inspector_ show bins at Lidl stores filled with in-date steaks and ambient food, and fruit that still looks good to eat
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NewsLidl appoints new chief customer officer from within
Louise Weise has joined the board of directors to lead the discounter’s customer function
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NewsLidl opening 19 stores in eight weeks
Lidl is also investing £43m in refurbushing 70 existing stores
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NewsAldi raising pay for store workers from March
Aldi is already the highest-paying UK supermarket based on its national entry-level store worker rate
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NewsAldi donates 1.5 million meals over Christmas and new year
The discounter worked with community redistribution platform Neighbourly, its long-term partner, to get both fresh and chilled food to local food banks daily
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NewsThe Original Factory Shop to enter administration
Private equity owner Modella Capital said administration was the ‘only option’ in an ‘extremely challenging’ climate
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NewsLidl the ‘demonstrable Christmas winner in the discount channel’
Lidl and Aldi battled to promise the cheapest festive feast for a family in the run-up to Christmas
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NewsChristmas volumes under pressure despite highest ever supermarket sales
Supermarket sales in December hit a record £13.8bn but volumes declined as growth came in below grocery inflation, with hard-pressed shoppers leaning heavily on promotions in the run-up to Christmas
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NewsFood prices rise at a faster pace in December
Rising food prices led to a rise in overall retail inflation in December and pushed shoppers to seek out savings ahead of Christmas, new data out this morning has revealed
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