Matthew Barnes news, comment and analysis – Page 2
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Analysis & FeaturesWho holds the power at Britain’s biggest supermarkets?
From established giants to emerging disruptors, billionaires to loyal ladder climbers. Journey through the boardrooms of the country’s leading supermarkets
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Comment & OpinionJason Tarry leaves incredible Tesco legacy for Matthew Barnes
Barnes is one of the finest retailers this country has ever produced
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NewsJason Tarry quits to be replaced by Matthew Barnes as Tesco UK CEO
Tarry has worked for Tesco for more than 33 years, including six as UK CEO
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Analysis & FeaturesWho will replace Sharon White as chairman of John Lewis Partnership?
With JLP chairman Sharon White stepping down after only five years in 2025, attention turns to the process of finding a suitable replacement
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NewsMedia Bites 13 February: Tesco/Apprenticeship Levy, Pub closures, Bestway/Sainsbury’s
Tesco’s chief executive has complained that thousands of staff are missing out on new training because of restrictions on the government’s Apprenticeship Levy fund
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NewsFormer Aldi UK CEO Matthew Barnes to step down from role at parent company
Barnes was Aldi’s UK & Ireland CEO from 2015 until 2018
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NewsFormer Aldi UK boss Roman Heini moves to Lidl
Heini was joint-MD of Aldi UK between 2010 and 2014
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Comment & OpinionIt's business as usual at Aldi - but a bit faster
That mix of British premium quality with astonishing value is rattling a lot of cages
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Analysis & FeaturesGrocer Gold Awards 2018: all the winners revealed
Aldi, Budweiser, MuscleFood and Spoon Guru among winners as disruptors and innovators dominate The Grocer Gold Awards
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NewsAldi and B&M both to open new DCs in Elstow, Bedfordshire
Planning permission has been granted for an 800,000 sq ft Aldi facility and one million sq ft B&M site
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NewsAldi's 'second-stage' £70m HQ extension now complete
New facilities at the enlarged Atherstone site in Warwickshire include a ‘state-of-the-art’ development kitchen
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NewsAldi makes 2022 plastics pledge for own-label products
Discounter also pledged its ‘support in principle’ of a national deposit return scheme for plastic bottles
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NewsMatthew Barnes promoted to top table seat at Aldi South
The promotion, effective 15 April, follows the retirement of Robert Ochsenschläger. Barnes will add responsibility for Aldi South’s fast-growing US business while also overseeing its UK and Ireland operations
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NewsCity snapshot: US brief for Aldi UK boss Matthew Barnes
Aldi UK boss Matthew Barnes has been promoted to a new role at the Aldi South group, overseeing its growing US business as well as UK and Ireland. Plus, fast-growing fresh ingredients supplier Freshcut Foods has sold a majority stake to private equity player Perwyn and all the latest news from the City.
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Analysis & FeaturesPower list 2018: Who is pulling the property strings?
The rise of online, the discounters and multichannel have all rewritten the rules in supermarket property
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Category ReportOriental express: ready meals & soups category report 2018
Brits’ passion for Eastern cuisines is the engine behind another year of solid growth in ready meals. And own label is raking it in
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NewsMedia Bites 5 January: Aldi, Nisa, Whitbread, Steinhoff, Colman's Mustard, Boots
A stellar Christmas for Aldi gets blanket coverage this morning as the discounter scored another record festive trading period. Plus, a strong Christmas for Nisa, a new chairman for Whitbread and yet more woe for Steinhoff.
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NewsAldi UK sales up by 15% in December as shoppers switch from 'expensive' rivals
A surge in demand for its premium range helped the discounter to a record Christmas period
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NewsCity snapshot: Record Christmas for Aldi as shoppers switch from 'expensive' rivals
A surge in demand for its premium range has helped Aldi to a record Christmas as year-on-year UK sales shot up by more than 15% during December.
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NewsAldi predicts premium Specially Selected will reach £1bn in 2018
The discounter said sales of Specially Selected had already soared by 32% this year