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Analysis & FeaturesIs it time Aldi and Lidl were roped into restrictive land deals ban?
The CMA is consulting on whether to extend a ban on restrictive clauses in property deals to the two discounters
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NewsIceland boss: Aldi and Lidl should not ‘wriggle out of competition’
Richard Walker was commenting on the prospect of Aldi and Lidl arguing their limited ranges meant they should remain exempt from the land rules faced by seven other major supermarkets
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NewsCMA consulting on whether to ban Aldi and Lidl from restrictive land deals
Rivals Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Waitrose, Marks & Spencer and Co-op are already banned from having so-called restrictive covenants in new property deals under the 2010 Controlled Land Order
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Comment & OpinionIs ‘the UK’s most sustainable neighbourhood’ pie in the sky?
It posed questions for supermarkets, but two years on the most pressing question seems to be whether it will actually happen
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NewsSupermarket Income REIT identifies £500m of potential grocery assets
Property investor Supermarket Income REIT has identified a strong pipeline of opportunities in the grocery real estate market, with £500m of assets available in its core target of UK supermarkets
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NewsPlans for ‘UK’s most sustainable neighbourhood’ saved by council
Backed by The Food Foundation, The Phoenix Project in Lewes, East Sussex, was billed as promising a new blueprint for the UK’s food system when initial planning approval was granted in 2024
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NewsInternational Taste Solutions expands capacity with banking support
The expansion is set to increase capacity of liquid and powdered flavours by more than 20 times at the new site
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NewsJohn Lewis Partnership to drop ‘build to rent’ property arm
The partnership said it was pulling the plug on the property operations due to ‘a fundamental shift in the economic conditions that underpinned the venture’
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NewsLidl set to open five stores on Thursday
Lidl is looking to maintain its 31-month streak as the UK’s fastest-growing bricks & mortar supermarket
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NewsAldi gets go-ahead for Rye store as Jempson’s pledges continued local focus
Rother District Council’s planning committee voted unanimously in favour of Aldi’s proposal on 12 February
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NewsJempson’s warns of major ‘harm’ from proposed Aldi store in Rye
The proposed Aldi store on the Winchelsea Road trading estate is due to be considered by Rother District Council’s planning committee on 12 February
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NewsSuperdrug to open 30 new UK stores in 2026
The health & beauty retailer said it continued to see strong demand for experience-led physical retail, and was reinforcing its commitment to bricks & mortar shops
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NewsTesco snaps up former Amazon Fresh stores in convenience expansion
The former Amazon Fresh stores in Kensington High Street, Hounslow, Moorgate, Aldgate East and Wembley will reopen as Tesco Express
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NewsAldi and Lidl should not be exempt from land rules, says minister
Investment minister Jason Stockwood was responding to a question in the House of Lords about the CMA’s review of Aldi and Lidl’s exemption from rules that bind other major supermarkets
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NewsIceland boss accuses CMA of giving Aldi and Lidl a ‘free pass’
Richard Walker said the CMA was “kicking this bucket down the road” by putting off its conclusion of a review of supermarket land rules
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NewsAldi investing £370m in new stores in 2026
It is part of £1.6bn two-year investment programme announced by Aldi in September last year, as it works toward its goal of eventually having 1,500 UK stores
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NewsBRC and UKHospitality demand Reeves go further with rates reform
The Chancellor today granted pubs and music venues 15% business rates relief for 2026/27
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NewsChancellor expected to announce business rates support for pubs
Rachel Reeves’ announcement will follow a warning from UKHospitality that the average pub faces paying £7,000 extra in business rates by 2029
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NewsScottish budget leaves shops ‘worse off than those in England’
The Scottish Retail Consortium says shops have been short-changed on business rates compared with their English counterparts
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NewsLidl opening 19 stores in eight weeks
Lidl is also investing £43m in refurbushing 70 existing stores