All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 71
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Lidl raises hourly pay to £10.85 in London and £9.50 elsewhere
It’s set to make Lidl the best-paying supermarket outside London, at 10p more than rival Aldi, while inside the capital Aldi remains the top payer, at £10.90
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Aldi rolling out click & collect to 200 stores by Christmas
It means customers across the UK will be able to order online from Aldi’s full grocery range and have their shopping brought out to their car
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Jim Broadbent plays Santa Claus in Aldi Christmas ad
The ad picks up where Aldi’s Top Gun-style teaser ended, with Kevin the Carrot plummeting to Earth after falling out of a plane
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Retailers relieved as shoppers resist panic-buying
Supermarkets breathed a sigh of relief this week as England entered its second national lockdown with little sign of panic-buying
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Lidl launches new donations scheme to help tackle hunger
Shoppers can donate products costing between 35p and £2.45 by having a flyer scanned along with their shopping at the checkout
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Lidl GB chief reassures customers over store safety measures
In an email to customers today, Christian Härtnagel said that during peak hours a staff member would be positioned at entrances to control shopper numbers in stores
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M&S ‘lobbying hard’ for Sunday trading extension
CEO Steve Rowe said it would give people more time to shop for food safely in the run-up to Christmas
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Redundancies as Poundstretcher closes Huddersfield office
About 30 members of staff will be affected by the closure
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Oops frozen food chain opens first stores in Lancashire
The retailer offers food that would otherwise be destined for landfill, but which remains safe to eat
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Poundstretcher FD Jonathan Foister exits after three months
Jonathan Foister was appointed as the struggling variety discounter’s FD on 23 July, replacing Hemant Patel, who had been in the post five years
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Aldi’s Kevin the Carrot back in Top Gun-style Christmas ad
Aldi has kickstarted its latest Christmas campaign with a 40-second ‘teaser’ ad, inspired by Top Gun
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Shopping centre landords call for emergency government support in second lockdown
Revo, which represents shopping centre landlords, has called for business rates relief to be extended beyond April 2021 and for financial support for retailers that can’t pay rent
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Channel 4 to track Poundland’s transformation in new series
The two-part documentary, Inside Poundland: Secrets From The Shop Floor, will focus on Poundland’s reinvention through new ranges at a time when rivals are failing
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40% say they will grocery shop online this Christmas
More people are aiming to shop online than locally, according to research
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Analysis & Features
From pound shop to fmcg destination: the growth of Poundland
In the space of a year, Poundland has added multi-price points, chilled food and booze. The Grocer visited its two new ‘destination’ store formats to see the results
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Account behind Woolworths claims suspended by Twitter
The topic was trending yesterday after @UKWoolworths claimed three stores would open in late 2021
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Co-op extends 10% student discount until 2023
The offer is an extension of Co-op’s partnership with student discount platform Totum, formerly NUS Extra
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Woolworths ‘returning to high street’ claims met with scepticism
A newly-created Twitter account is trending after posting a series of tweets about plans to open stores
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Grocers could have to share online boom with landlords in new leases
The new model is said to be particularly relevant to grocers in travel hubs or shopping centres who have seen online sales rise through the likes of Deliveroo
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Aldi opens 900th UK store as it pursues target of 1,200 by 2025
The Sandhurst store is Aldi’s 75th in the south east