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Comment & OpinionEditor’s picks: EasyShop, Asda and budget concerns
EasyShop’s Stelios Haji-Ioannou is confident, but the likes of Amazon have struggled to establish a foothold in grocery
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Analysis & FeaturesWill Deliveroo’s rider-pick model take off beyond Aldi?
It could ease pressure on staff, but riders may need convincing
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NewsPoundland owner appoints restructuring experts as independent directors
Gordon Brothers has parachuted in Andrew Kirkpatrick, Stephen Welch and Dominic Young
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NewsPoundland management buyout still on the table as it hires for Christmas
The recruitment push comes as a clutch of bidders vies for parts of the business in auction process by owner Gordon Brothers
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NewsCautious shoppers constrain supermarket growth, NIQ figures show
Supermarket sales growth has slowed as consumers continue to keep a close watch on household budgets
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NewsUnion ‘deeply concerned Poundland is being pushed into administration’
Usdaw said it had persistently sought talks with Gordon Brothers to no avail and feared a decision could be made on Poundland’s fate as soon as Tuesday
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NewsPoundland makes second trading update in weeks amid buyout talks
Poundland said like-for-like sales growth had continued in the first week of its current quarter, which started on 28 September, climbing by 9.8% on an adjusted basis and 6.7% unadjusted
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NewsLidl investing £75m in loyalty offers between now and Christmas
Lidl said it had already ploughed £400m in price cuts and promotions this year as it announced the new investment today
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Comment & OpinionSainsbury’s, Morrisons, Tesco & Majestic: inside grocery’s consolidation rush
Sainsbury’s explored a Morrisons merger before walking away and Tesco is circling Majestic Wine. What does it tell us about where the grocery sector is heading?
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NewsAldi goes live on Deliveroo
The new courier-picking model will help the discounter keep prices low, according to Aldi UK CEO Giles Hurley
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Comment & OpinionLoyalty schemes: Lidl is flying, but does Aldi boss have a good point?
In one corner, Aldi’s UK chief Giles Hurley has said loyaly schemes are ‘duping’ customers; in the other, Lidl is beating Aldi on every metric of sales growth, thanks partly to its loyalty scheme
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NewsLidl wins shoppers from rivals to boost sales and profits
The increased demand led to a 10.8% rise in turnover to £13bn in the 12 months to 28 February, Lidl revealed this morning
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NewsPoundstretcher opening wholesale clearance store at head office
The warehouse is ‘stacked high’ with ‘case stock at knockout prices’, according to Poundstretcher CEO Andy Atkinson
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NewsAldi names locations of 24 stores to open by Christmas
The discounter is opening stores at a rate of about 40 a year
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NewsLidl rolling out ‘fancy pants’ new self-checkout machines to all stores
The machines will appear in all new stores and gradually retro-fitted into existing ones
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NewsPoundland bosses joined by Andy Bond in management buyout talks
A team formed by Poundland leadership and Andy Bond, the former CEO of Asda and Pepco Group, is in advance talks over a management buyout funded by one of the bidders in the auction for Poundland
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Comment & OpinionAldi on Deliveroo: a logical step or sign of weakness?
‘We always want to meet customers where they want to shop,’ says Aldi chief Giles Hurley. But that’s not what Aldi is known for, unless that place is one of its stores
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NewsAldi chief claims rivals are ‘duping customers’ with loyalty discounts
Giles Hurley used Aldi’s annual results as a new opportunity to ‘call out’ rivals’ loyalty discounts as ‘perceived rather than real’
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NewsAldi sets sights on tackling food affordability as it reveals record sales for 2025
Aldi has earmarked a record £900m investment for store openings and new distribution centres
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NewsPoundland hails return to like-for-like sales growth in Q4
The trading update comes with Poundland owner Gordon Brothers in talks to sell the variety discounter