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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Comment & OpinionThe backlash against Lidl’s loyalty revamp misses the point entirely
Lidl’s move to points may have frustrated shoppers, but the long-term logic is sound, says Sam Panzer, director of GTM strategy at Talon.One
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NewsAldi calls on public to nominate new store locations
The discounter wants members of the public to submit suggestions for its property team to review as it makes a previously announced £370m investment in opening new stores this year
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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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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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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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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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NewsLidl matches Morrisons in grocery market share again
Lidl’s sales rose by 8.8% year on year in the 12 weeks to 19 April 2026, to put it again level in market share with Morrisons
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NewsAldi announces £1.1bn investment in UK egg supply
The discounter sells over 1,500 tonnes of British eggs every week – equivalent to around 2.5 million packs – and is the second-largest retailer in the UK for free-range egg volume
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NewsFull-scale reuse model coming ‘within a year’ in new Packaging Pact
The successor to the Plastics Pact, which launched in 2018, aims to revolutionise the way consumers interact with packaging
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NewsHistoric Aldi court case farmer ‘stonewalled by Adjudicator’ says MP
Sprout and brassica supplier John Clappison was at the heart of an extraordinary case against Aldi after he and his business partner took the discounter to court in 2024
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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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NewsAldi rolling out ‘singular global trading format’
The “new global model” will be “modularly adaptable for different store formats and building types”
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NewsAldi makes £122m price cuts so far in 2026
The price cuts span fresh and frozen food, cupboard staples, household essentials and personal care products
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NewsAldi sets prawn welfare commitments across global markets
The German discounter has pledged to implement electrical stunning (or similarly effective methods) for all warm water prawns by 2035 and to phase out eyestalk ablation by the end of 2030 for king prawns, and the end of 2031 for tiger prawns.
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Category ReportHow budget beauty brands are winning share
Savvy shoppers are no longer ashamed to buy budget items
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NewsAldi encourages shoppers to donate petfood during ‘National Pet Month’
The discounter is marking ‘National Pet Month’, a campaign co-ordinated by trade bodies UK Pet Food and the National Office of Animal Health, by calling for donations throughout April
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NewsLidl matches Morrisons in grocery market share
It means Lidl has become the joint fifth-largest UK supermarket