All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 7
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NewsLords vote for anchor high street stores to be excluded from planned business rates hike
Peers have voted for a series of amendments to the bill, including exempting anchor high street stores from the higher tax rate
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NewsAldi asks Mother's Day shoppers to nominate mum to win free flowers
It is the latest in a long series of email-based competitions staged by Aldi in recent months, as it seeks new ways to communicate directly with customers while not having an app-based loyalty scheme
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NewsLidl sells 72 bars of Dubai-style chocolate a minute on TikTok Shop
The limited run of 6,000 Lidl Dubai Style Chocolate bars went on sale at 9am, priced at £3.99 plus £1 postage, and sold out by 10.24am
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NewsGrocery propping up high streets as supermarkets expand convenience footprint
Convenience stores were the fastest-growing type of outlet in 2024 based on net openings, fuelled by a ‘space race by large chains’, according to a report from PwC
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NewsLidl to invest £500k in teaching schoolchildren about healthy eating
The discounter’s Lidl Foodies programme aims to help schools ‘bridge the gap’ in healthy eating lessons
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NewsAldi promotes from within for customer interaction director
The communications director position previously held by Thornton has been filled by Rebecca Heley, who has transferred from global customer strategy director
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NewsSuperdrug planning to open 25 UK stores in 2025
Superdrug said retail parks and destination stores would be a focus of the expansion, after sales in its 100 largest branches grew by 25% last year
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NewsFormer Wilko chief Mark Jackson made Poundland CFO
Poundland MD Barry Williams is understood to have been keen to bring Mark Jackson on board because of his turnaround experience
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NewsMedia Bites 19 March: Trump’s tariffs, wine exports, Oxford Street
Trump’s trariffs are causing more turmoil, but could be good for UK wine exporters
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NewsAldi providing free period products in stores as of today
Pads and tampons are available for free from fixtures in Aldi toilets, in recognition the products are a basic need which many struggle to afford
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News‘600 shops and 5,500 jobs at risk’ from government plans to raise business rates
Consumers will also face higher prices as many affected businesses plan to pass the costs on, according to High Streets UK
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NewsLidl launches second TikTok Shop sale, with its own version of viral treat Dubai chocolate
Lidl is set to sell a limited run of 6,000 Dubai-Style Chocolate bars on TikTok Shop later this week
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NewsFormer Morrisons boss David Potts is ‘leading candidate’ to be new B&M CEO
David Potts is said to have been in talks with B&M for weeks
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Analysis & FeaturesPoundland: who would buy it and what would they do?
As it faces the indignity of a potential £1 sale, Poundland has major ranging problems to solve. What will a future owner need to prioritise?
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NewsTesco ‘keen to buy stores’ as it pays 7% over the odds to buy back site
Supermarket Income REIT said the £63.5m Tesco paid for its Newmarket store was 7.4% more than its valuation in June 2024
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NewsLidl sharing loyalty scheme member data with Google and Meta
A notification in the app was this week asking users for new permissions to personalise the ads they are shown on the platforms
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NewsM&S goes public as first retailer to back Neighbourly’s new surplus food initiative
As revealed by The Grocer last month, M&S is the first retailer to trial a new redistribution scheme allowing individuals to collect donations of unsold food directly from stores for the first time
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NewsEssential spending down as consumers brace for rising bills
Total card spending was up 1% year on year – lower than both January’s 1.9% and the latest CPIH inflation rate of 3.9%
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NewsAldi calls on children to design anti-food waste posters
The supermarket will pick winners to receive a £250 voucher, in a competition to mark Food Waste Action Week
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NewsAldi middle aisle products to be sold in Salvation Army charity shops
The partnership will see unsold non-food products from Aldi’s middle aisle, such as kitchen accessories, home furnishings and clothing, given to Salvation Army charity shops across the country