All Discounters articles
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NewsLidl working with Olio food sharing app to further cut waste
The trial adds Olio’s network of ‘food waste heroes’ – volunteers who collect unsold edible food – to Lidl’s existing redistribution work with Neighbourly
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NewsAldi renames loaf after complaint to Trading Standards
Aldi is renaming a loaf from ‘Dark Rye Sourdough’ to ‘Wheat & Rye Dark Sourdough’
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NewsAldi pokes fun at Lidl’s loyalty changes with cucumber giveaway
Aldi leapt on the fact that a free cucumber costs 100 points by giving away cucumbers at a store on Friday and posting the video on Instagram
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NewsAldi celebrates raising £13m for Teenage Cancer Trust
To mark the occasion, Aldi staff across the UK are set to walk 13,000 steps a day over two weeks in a charity event
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InterviewsApps, loyalty and customers: Louise Weise on Lidl’s winning way
As Lidl revamps its loyalty scheme, chief customer officer Louise Weise explains why getting the basics right is key to the discounter’s stellar growth
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Comment & OpinionWhy Morrisons calling Aldi ‘attractive’ is a killer point for the CMA
The row – and consultation – is about whether Aldi and Lidl should be banned from putting clauses in property deals to stop competition opening nearby, a practice that’s been outlawed for other major supermarkets since 2010
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NewsLidl launches scan & shop to the public for the first time
The service, called Lidl & Go, means customers can now scan items with a smartphone as they put them in their shopping basket
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NewsSainsbury’s, Morrisons and Iceland demand CMA acts on Aldi and Lidl
Competition is being ‘distorted’ by their ability ‘to restrict entry and expansion by competitor grocery retailers in local markets’, Sainsbury’s said
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NewsLidl gives students chance to win one of 100 £10 vouchers
Lidl said a recent survey of students and apprentices aged 16 to 18 found their eating habits suffered around exam time
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Comment & OpinionWhy has Lidl scrapped Coupon Plus rewards in favour of Points?
Lidl says the loyalty move is based on customer feedback, but not all shoppers are convinced
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NewsLiberty X hit reimagined as ‘Just a Lidl’ for launch of loyalty points
The 2002 hit Just a Little has been reimagined as ‘Just a Lidl’ to promote the launch today of Lidl Plus Points in the discounter’s loyalty app
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NewsLidl overhauls loyalty app with new Points system
Lidl Plus users will earn one point for every £1 spent in store, replacing Coupon Plus rewards for reaching monthly spending thresholds
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Comment & OpinionGSCOP needs a revamp – a move to Defra provides the opportunity
GSCOP under Defra makes sense – we need more intervention, and those against the Defra change seem to fear that, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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NewsTesco launches Aldi Price Match across Express stores
Aldi Price Match will run alongside Clubcard Prices in Tesco’s conveniece stores
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NewsCDS distribution centre becomes one of UK’s largest solar installations
The newly completed 2.5MW rooftop solar installation at its Avonmouth warehouse is now exporting surplus power into the wider energy network
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NewsLidl publishes latest ‘wish list’ of new store locations
The discounter is offering a ‘finder’s fee’ of either 10% of the first year’s rent or 1.5% of the freehold value
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NewsCompany Shop Group celebrates redistributing a billion items
It includes 117 million items in the past 12 months alone, amounting to 47,000 tonnes of food and drink, according to its latest impact report
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NewsAldi to to open eight new London stores in £40m investment
Planned new locations include Hanworth, Willesden, Watford, Marble Arch, Hoxton, Orpington West, Epsom and Stepney Green
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NewsAldi gifting £300,000 to fund 50 apprenticeships in childcare
The gift has enabled chilcare provider Partou to recruit 50 additional apprentices
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NewsLidl GB joins the United Nations Global Compact
The discounter follows in the footsteps of Tesco, which signed up to the UNGC in 2015