Giles Hurley news, comment and analysis – Page 10
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NewsAldi may open more than 50 Local stores in London, says Giles Hurley
Hurley said Aldi’s London estate could grow from the current 45 to 250, more than 50 of which could be Aldi Locals
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NewsCity snapshot: Aldi pledges to double London store count despite 18% profits drop
Aldi has announced plans to double its store footprint inside the M25 after posting an 18% drop in pre-tax profits despite a double digit sales increase. Plus, second half growth surges at Finsbury Food Group and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsAldi redesigns packs of 'copycat' Ashfield Farm sausages
The discounter was accused last July by Heck owner Andrew Keeble of “mimicking” the brand’s Chicken Italia sausages
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NewsAldi overtakes Morrisons in market share, Nielsen data shows
Lidl was the only other supermarket to see growth, with share rising from 5.9% to 6.3%
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NewsAldi extends Team GB sponsorship to Paris 2024 Olympics
The move will take the length of the sponsorship to three Olympics over nearly a decade
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NewsAldi increases basic hourly store wages
The new rate exceeds the Living Wage Foundation’s recommended ‘real living wage’ of £9.00 per hour nationally
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Analysis & FeaturesQuotes of the year: soundbites that summed up 2018
Here’s how industry figures summed up 2018 in our pick of the year’s most memorable quotes
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Comment & OpinionReasons for grocery to be cheerful this Christmas, despite the doom and gloom
In our final blog of the year, here are The Grocer’s five reasons for cheer this festive season
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NewsAldi set to open 24 new stores through end of 2018
The new openings will take Aldi to 825 UK stores by the end of the year
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Grocer 33Aldi wins Grocer 33 but the margin slips to just 8.8%
Will Aldi mind the narrowing gap to Asda?
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Analysis & FeaturesSainsbury's-Asda report: retailers and trade bodies respond
The Grocer summarises the industry’s responses to the CMA investigation, published yesterday
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NewsAldi urges CMA to put a stop to Sainsbury's-Asda merger
Aldi claimed it and Lidl should have been excluded from the CMA’s inquiry as they are not in the same league as the big four
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NewsTwo-hour delivery of Aldi groceries to launch in London
Covering 20,000 postcodes in north, central and south-west London, Home Run’s service includes the entire Aldi fmcg range
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Comment & OpinionTesco cheaper than the discounters? A bold but risky claim
Tesco CEO Dave Lewis risks a price war with the discounters
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NewsTesco is now 'cheaper than discounters', says Lewis
The UK’s biggest retailer is set to launch a major in-store campaign this weekend in a bid to reposition its price reputation
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NewsAldi will cut prices to stay cheaper than Jack’s, says UK CEO
A recent price comparison by The Grocer found Tesco’s new discount chain was £1.87 cheaper for a basket of 35 items
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NewsCity snapshot: Aldi UK and Ireland sales top £10bn as it pledges 130 new store openings
The UK and Irish arm of German discounter Aldi grew annual sales by 16.4% last year to £10.2bn and has pledged to open a further 130 stores over the next two years
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Comment & OpinionSleeping with the enemy will become retail's 'new normal'
Partnerships, networks and ecosystems will enable companies to create customer value and drive growth, says Accenture Strategy’s Richard Wolff
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NewsAldi promotes comms boss to new role of group director
Richard Thornton steps up into communications director post