All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 3
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NewsSupermarket Income REIT’s portfolio value up 24% to over £2bn
Its portfolio of more than 130 stores – including supermarkets operated by Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons, M&S, Waitrose and Aldi – grew 24% in value to just over £2bn, according to its annual results
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NewsLidl lets app users vote for local charities to access £500k fund
From 24 September, Lidl Plus users will be able to vote for one of five causes in their local area
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News‘Exceptionally strong buyer demand’ outstripping supply of c-stores
Both convenience and forecourt sectors are seeing ‘exceptionally strong buyer demand’, according to property advisor Christie & Co’s 2026 Retail Market Review
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NewsLidl signs up to Fairtrade living income premium for new tea
The discounter is paying farmers a Fairtrade living income reference price for its new Way To Go Single Origin Kenyan Tea, launching during Fairtrade Fortnight
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NewsFarmfoods turnover exceeds £1bn for third year in a row
Farmfoods’ turnover rose by 18.4% to £1.2bn in the 53 weeks to 3 January 2026, according to newly filed accounts at Companies House
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NewsAsda back in growth over 12 weeks for first time since March 2024
Sales at Asda were up by 0.1% year on year in the 12 weeks to 6 September
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NewsM&S offering cut-price surplus bakery products on Too Good To Go app
From today, over 350 M&S Food stores will offer Too Good To Go ‘surprise bags’ made up of surplus bakery products for customers to collect at the end of each day
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NewsSupermarket Income REIT snaps up six major grocery assets for £104m
The latest acquisitions include a 74,000 sq ft Sainsbury’s supermarket in Macclesfield, an 80,000 sq ft Morrisons in Leeds, and a 10,000 sq ft M&S in Glasgow
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NewsBoots launches major brand campaign including 60-second TV and cinema ad
The multi-channel campaign aims to inspire confidence in customers and capitalise on the level of trust enjoyed by the 177-year-old retailer
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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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NewsTesco scuppers Lidl’s plans to provide town with 260 jobs
The store opened earlier this year, but because delay cost Lidl its development partner the 260 additional jobs have yet to be delivered
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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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NewsPoundstretcher boasts of 15 store openings in three months
It comes after Poundstretcher was granted rent reductions to zero on a number of existing stores
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Analysis & FeaturesPoundland: what would a new owner’s game plan be?
Where will a buyer take its ‘delicate’ recovery?
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NewsPoundland owner sounding out Modella for interest
The owner of TG Jones, which is closing up to 150 stores after a restructure was launched in July, is said to be among potential Poundland suitors
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NewsPoundland latest retailer to knock loyalty cards and ‘fake discounts’
Poundland has dubbed itself ‘the home of anti-silly prices’ in ads featuring a wrestler – the Poundland Pounder – tearing downs signs that say ‘fake discount’
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NewsPoundland accounts reveal £60m in overstated sales in 2024
The error had no impact on profit for the year because cost of sales was overstated by the same amount, according to newly filed accounts at Companies House
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NewsPoundland owner appoints Alvarez & Marsal to advise on sale
Gordon Brothers has chosen Alvarez & Marsal to run an auction of discount chain
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NewsM&S Food opens new, bigger airside store at Heathrow T5
The new airside store at Terminal 5 is in a more prime location, at the entrance to the departure lounge
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NewsPoundland like-for-like sales continue to fall in nine months to June
Like-for-like volume sales rose by 5% over the first three quarters of its current financial year, but price drops meant it did not feed through to value sales growth