Aldi news and analysis
Aldi is a discount supermarket chain, which operates more than 1,000 stores in the UK. It focuses on stocking private-label products and regularly rotates the Specialbuys found in its middle aisles. The Grocer covers Aldi with regular news, analysis, insight and opinion, including updates on store expansion, pricing strategy, and its impact on the grocery sector.
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InterviewsHow viral fame took Flake Bake from closure to four million sales
Flake Bake has gone from strength to strength since its co-founder took it to Aldi’s TV show. Now he’s planning expansion while preserving flavour
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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 boss answers Aldi chief over loyalty discounts
‘Listening to our customers is the most important thing,’ said Lidl GB CEO Ryan McDonnell
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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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NewsAldi tops UK supermarket ranking for use of sound and music
UK supermarkets performed poorly versus global rivals, with only Aldi appearing in the top third of the table of 100 supermarkets around the world that were assessed.
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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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NewsDeliveroo couriers to pick, pack and deliver Aldi rapid grocery orders
The new ‘Shop & Deliver’ service will be trialled across eight stores from early October
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NewsAldi begins handling produce at ‘UK’s largest automated DC’
The first outbound pallets of fruit & veg left the site on 17 September, Aldi revealed today
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NewsAldi donates 2.1 million meals during school summer holidays
The donations were the result of Aldi’s work with Neighbourly, the redistribution organisation that routes surplus food from supermarkets to local charities across the country daily
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NewsCo-op takes aim at ‘big shop faff’ in new value push
It marks the latest development of its ‘Pop to Co-op’ campaign, which launched earlier this year in partnership with VCCP
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NewsAldi UK to open a new store every week in September
Following the opening of a new Balsall Common store on 3 September, the grocer will open a further three stores this month
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NewsNeighbourly launches ‘participation badge’ for partner retailers
Shoppers can scan the mark to find information on the food banks and other community causes that benefit from the surplus of retailers including Marks & Spencer, Aldi, Lidl and Sainsbury’s
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NewsVolume sales tell different story of Asda and Aldi’s performance
The Worldpanel numbers are ammunition for Aldi CEO Giles Hurley after he was branded ‘desperate’ for attacking rivals’ loyalty schemes
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NewsJoybuy encourages shoppers to scan supermarket receipts to earn loyalty points
Users can upload up to five receipts a month, earning points equal to 2% of their supermarket basket total.
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NewsAldi potato supplier invests £1.7m in automation and future growth
Cockerill has supplied Aldi since the supermarket first arrived in the UK and provides potatoes across bagged and loose lines including more than 16 million loose baking potatoes annually