All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 35
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NewsDefra meeting with supermarkets over fruit & veg shortages ‘achieves little’
Retail bosses are understood to have been irritated by headlines at the weekend saying they were being ‘hauled in front’ of ministers to explain fruit & veg shortages
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NewsNew Northern Ireland deal solves ‘Rubik’s Cube’ protocol, says M&S chairman
The ‘Windsor Framework’, agreed yesterday by prime minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, is set to replace the NI protocol
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NewsCheryl Potter appointment gives M&S women majority board
Potter has previously held roles as head of the global consumer team at private equity firm Permira and non-executive director of Dr Martens and Homebase
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NewsLidl ‘conceded battle to be UK’s dominant discounter’, says former boss
Lidl’s slowdown of store openings this year will make it almost for it to catch Aldi, according to Ronny Gottschlich
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NewsAldi brings global sourcing division into talks with UK suppliers
The aim is to drive efficiencies of scale for products sold in more than one country
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NewsWilko appoints new leadership team amid hundreds of job cuts
The changes include Karen Mackay stepping down as chief finance officer
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NewsAldi aiming to ‘almost double’ its London store count
It is a clear signal of intent from Aldi, for the second time in a week, that it will press on with store openings at pace as rival Lidl slows
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NewsAldi creating 6,000 jobs this year as expansion continues
It comes a week after The Grocer revealed Lidl had dramatically scaled back its opening plans for the year ahead
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NewsBusiness rates still ‘broken’ despite savings for retail, says BRC
BRC CEO Helen Dickinson was responding to an announcement from the Treasury this morning that retail’s business rates bill will drop by a fifth from April
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NewsTesco adds more products than ever to Aldi Price Match campaign
All of the new additions are own label lines
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NewsFree meals for kids: M&S and Tesco relaunch offers for half-term holiday
Tesco and M&S have relaunced free kids’ meal offers, which also ran last year
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NewsAldi donates 10,000 books to charities to entertain kids during holidays
The books contain games, activities and recipe ideas
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NewsLidl to signpost hygiene products as needed by charities, in response to soaring demand
It follows research by Lidl’s redistribution partner, Neighbourly, which found 72% of local charities needed both food and toiletries
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NewsM&S CEO Stuart Machin joins calls for reform of Apprenticeship Levy
M&S would be able to train more young people without the levy system, according to Machin
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NewsEarthquake support: supermarkets rally to aid Turkey and Syria relief efforts
Asda, Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Co-op are among those to have publicly announced donations
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NewsM&S legal win is new ‘line in sand’ for copycatting
Aldi was last week held by High Court to have infringed M&S’s registered designs for a range of gin-based liqueurs
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NewsWilko rolls out click & collect to all stores
Any online purchase can be ready to collect from store in as little as three hours, at no extra charge
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Comment & OpinionWhy would Lidl decide to slow down store openings now?
Lidl may well need to let the warehouse distribution structure catch up this year
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NewsLidl accuses Tesco of deceiving customers in High Court trial
It is the latest instalment in a battle that began last year with Lidl launching a passing off lawsuit centring on Tesco’s Clubcard Prices logo
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NewsLidl scales back store opening plans
The slowdown comes as the cost of living crisis drives shoppers from traditional supermarkets to the discounters