All Discounters articles
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NewsPoundstretcher boasts of 15 store openings in three months
It comes after Poundstretcher was granted rent reductions to zero on a number of existing stores
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Analysis & FeaturesPoundland: what would a new owner’s game plan be?
Where will a buyer take its ‘delicate’ recovery?
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NewsPoundland owner sounding out Modella for interest
The owner of TG Jones, which is closing up to 150 stores after a restructure was launched in July, is said to be among potential Poundland suitors
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NewsPoundland latest retailer to knock loyalty cards and ‘fake discounts’
Poundland has dubbed itself ‘the home of anti-silly prices’ in ads featuring a wrestler – the Poundland Pounder – tearing downs signs that say ‘fake discount’
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Comment & OpinionDoes Morrisons’ new price promise mean Aldi Price Match is dead?
From today, Morrisons pledged to price match or be cheaper than Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda, Aldi and Lidl across 500 core grocery lines
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NewsPoundland accounts reveal £60m in overstated sales in 2024
The error had no impact on profit for the year because cost of sales was overstated by the same amount, according to newly filed accounts at Companies House
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NewsMorrisons to match all rivals’ prices on 500 lines in new price commitment
The new ‘Unbeatable Prices’ commitment will replace Morrisons’ existing Aldi and Lidl ’Price Match’
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NewsPoundland owner appoints Alvarez & Marsal to advise on sale
Gordon Brothers has chosen Alvarez & Marsal to run an auction of discount chain
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NewsPoundland like-for-like sales continue to fall in nine months to June
Like-for-like volume sales rose by 5% over the first three quarters of its current financial year, but price drops meant it did not feed through to value sales growth
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NewsPoundland owner exploring a sale a year on from buying the retailer
Gordon Brothers is said to be in talks with advisers over an auction process for the retailer
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NewsIceland’s use of crime-fighting AI reduces theft losses by 80%
SAI’s tech solution is able to detect missed scans, partial payment and walkouts at self-checkouts and concealment and consumption in the aisles
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Comment & Opinion‘Price gouging’? Grocery retailers hardly have the chance
Grocery retailing is fiercely competitive – if retailers get anywhere near being comfortable, they pay, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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NewsWorldpanel: shoppers lapping up promotions despite calls for clampdown
Deals were included in 31.3% of grocery sales in the four weeks to 9 August 2026, their highest level this year, as shoppers sought to save money
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NewsHeatwaves send shoppers in search of hydration and ice cream: NIQ
Shoppers spent about £1.5bn on soft drinks, ice cream and suncare in the past month at the supermarkets as the UK endured successive heatwaves, according to the latest industry data
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NewsBurnham urged to treat Aldi’s attack on ‘fake’ supermarket deals with caution
Aldi CEO Giles Hurley has waded in to the row over the government’s pledge to clamp down on retailer discounts
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Analysis & FeaturesThe juiciest revelations in the CMA’s decision on Aldi and Lidl
Behind a front of ‘nothing to see here, we’re just the same old limited-range discounters’, it turns out Aldi and Lidl have changed rather fundamentally over the past 15 or so years, with potential regulatory consequence
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NewsAldi and Lidl understated range size by 40%, according to CMA
The revelation is in the CMA’s 80-page decision that Aldi and Lidl are no longer limited assortment discounters and should face the same competition rules as large grocery retailers such as Tesco and Sainsbury’s
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NewsRetail leaders slam Burnham’s ‘rip-off’ discounts probe
As part of what has been billed a ‘cost of living’ tour of Britain, Burnham has promised a swathe of measures will be announced to help Brits struggling with everyday costs
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Comment & OpinionWith Argos deal done, Sainsbury’s faces big decisions
Freed of the Argos millstone, will Sainsbury’s turn to Asda, Morrisons or the wholesale sector?
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NewsAldi and Lidl should face same rules as rivals, CMA decides
The provisional decision has been delivered alongside a new call for views