Giles Hurley news, comment and analysis – Page 5
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NewsAldi ‘stepping up search’ for new store sites as part of £400m push
It is Aldi’s third announcement of expansion ambitions in as many weeks since The Grocer revealed Lidl was dramatically scaling back store openings this year
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NewsAldi creating 6,000 jobs this year as expansion continues
It comes a week after The Grocer revealed Lidl had dramatically scaled back its opening plans for the year ahead
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NewsLidl scales back store opening plans
The slowdown comes as the cost of living crisis drives shoppers from traditional supermarkets to the discounters
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NewsAldi raising minimum pay for warehouse workers again from next month
It follows two raises for Aldi warehouse workers in 2022 and means they will earn 20% more than in January last year
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NewsAldi axing home delivery of Specialbuys and booze
It will leave click & collect of groceries, which Aldi launched 2020 and is available from over 200 stores, as its only online service
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Analysis & FeaturesStory of 2022: Cost of living crisis strikes fear into all
The impact of inflation this year has gone far beyond just rising prices
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NewsCity snapshot: Aldi festive sales surge 26% to record high
Sales at Aldi through December jumped by 26% to a record high of £1.4bn as Christmas trading was boosted by the World Cup. Plus, Hotel Chocolat agrees new Japanese partnership and post-Christmas footfall rises.
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NewsAldi boss writes to customers pushing commitment to value at Christmas
‘We know lots of our customers are worried about the rising cost of living, so we have been working hard all year to keep prices as low as possible,’ Hurley’s email tells customers
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NewsMedia Bites 15 December: inflation, Aldi, Pepco, insolvencies
The main stories in today’s papers is the fall in the UK inflation rate.
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NewsHeron Foods continues to fall short of long-term estate growth plans
The B&M-owned frozen food retailer opened 16 stores in the year 26 March 2022 but also closed 11 under-performing ones as leases ended
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Comment & OpinionWilko’s woes highlight its unlikely challenge in the cost of living crisis
Perhaps counter-intuitively, the squeeze on incomes is not playing into the hands of the variety discounters
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NewsAldi struggling to hit 2022 plastic reduction target
The change is taking longer than expected for the final 1% of own label packaging, thanks to a lack of viable alternatives
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NewsAldi set to reclaim highest-paying supermarket title from Lidl
Lidl and Aldi have been swapping places as the highest-paying supermarket based on store worker starting rates this year
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NewsAldi accelerating its gains from other major supermarkets including Lidl
Aldi is also causing particular pain for Morrisons
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NewsIceland launches online Christmas page, telling shoppers it’s ‘never too early’
The retailer is tapping into the long shelf life of frozen with a banner on the page suggesting shoppers ‘spread the cost of Christmas’ by buying sooner rather than later
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Comment & OpinionWho is Tesco’s Aldi Price Match campaign benefiting most: Tesco… or Aldi?
Tesco’s repeated value benchmarking of Aldi in a cost of living crisis will be a ‘marketing case study in years to come’
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NewsAldi creating 3,000 new jobs to support its ‘biggest ever Christmas’
It’s looking for more than 2,000 temporary and permanent store workers and over 850 warehouse recruits
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Comment & OpinionAldi’s new ‘eco concept store’ is about much more than saving energy
The discounter is closing legacy sites – some of which are 30 years old – and opening bigger ones nearby
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NewsLidl to offer warehouse jobs on the spot as it hunts for 1,000 new workers
To make it as easy as possible to start work, Lidl plans to offer successful candidates an employment contract immediately at a series of open days at its distribution centres
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NewsLidl and Aldi’s store opening programmes facing barrage of rival planning objections
With shoppers switching to the discounters in their droves due to the cost of living crisis, the objections are thwarting their ability to serve yet more