All articles by Steve Farrell – Page 8
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NewsHome Bargains’ turnover and profits soar as store estate grows
The retailer opened 31 new stores in 2024 and is set to launch a ‘highy automated’ new one million sq ft distribution centre in spring
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NewsPoundland appoints CJ Antal-Smith as commercial director
Antal-Smith replaces Tim Bettley, who has moved on from the business after six years
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NewsMedia Bites 7 January: golden quarter sales, Aldi’s ‘best ever’ Christmas, looming inflation
Underwhelming golden quarter retail sales figures from the BRC are dominating this morning’s headlines
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Comment & OpinionIs Aldi’s ‘record-breaking’ Christmas really that impressive?
Despite the headlines, this year’s was Aldi’s slowest Christmas growth since 2021, when the numbers were skewed by unusually high grocery spend during lockdown
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NewsPoundland hikes number of products at £1 or less from 1,500 to 2,400
It means nearly half of the total core range of 5,000 products is now £1 or less
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NewsAldi posts record Christmas sales of £1.6bn
It capped another ‘astonishing’ year, in which Aldi overtook Asda to become the country’s second-largest supermarket by shopper numbers, the discounter said
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NewsAldi launches its biggest-ever plant-based range for Veganuary
The discounter is adding a raft of new additions to its Plant Menu range from 30 December
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News10 Aldi customers to win £100 vouchers for their Christmas food shop this weekend
The competition is a ramp-up of a ‘Big Advent Giveaway’ announced by Aldi in November
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NewsMedia Bites 20 December: Christmas dinner prices, Aldi’s sprout dispute and strong supermarket sales
The price of Christmas dinner is back in the headlines, while The Grocer’s exclusive on the GCA’s intervention in a legal dispute between Aldi and a supplier has also rippled into the national press
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NewsKatherine Jenkins appears as M&S Christmas ad special guest
‘Singing at Christmas is always such a special experience for me, and to bring that joy to M&S’s magical advert was truly an honour’, Jenkins said
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NewsCheap Christmas veg wars: Asda, Aldi and Lidl slash prices to 8p
The Christmas veg price wars are in full swing, in a day of fierce undercutting
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NewsInside M&S documentary returns for third year
The latest documentary, which airs at 8pm on Wednesday on ITV, follows the journey of one of M&S’s biggest store renewals, at Cribbs Causeway in Bristol
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NewsThatchers vs Aldi trademark battle reaches Court of Appeal
Thatchers is appealing a High Court ruling in January that Aldi’s Taurus Cloudy Lemon Cider had not infringed its trademark
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NewsAldi to invest £650m in expansion in 2025, adding 30 new stores
‘We recognise there are still areas without an Aldi store, so our expansion plans for 2025 are designed to address some of these gaps,’ said Aldi UK chief Giles Hurley
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NewsAldi launches ‘Christmas pudding exchange service’ for Gen Z
The discounter polled 2,000 adults who celebrate Christmas and found those aged under 29 were turning their back on traditional festive food, with the classic dried fruit sponge cake among the most disliked
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NewsLidl enters Christmas dinner wars with £11.26 meal for six
It comes after Aldi and Tesco also pulled together value Christmas meal offers last week
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NewsLidl named as official sponsor of UEFA Women’s Euro 2025 tournament
The discounter said the move solidified its role as a ‘holistic partner’ of football while also showing its dedication to promoting women in sport
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RankingsBagged snacks 2024: soggy snacks find price hikes and HFSS reformulation hard going
Inflation is past its worst, but it’s not yet done with bagged snacks
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NewsLidl and Asda join 15p veg club as latest supermarkets promising Christmas price cuts
It follows 15p festive veg offers from a number of other supermarkets
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NewsLidl and M&S fastest-growing bricks & mortar grocers as Christmas nears
Lidl’s sales were up 11.6% year on year in the 12 weeks to 30 November according to NIQ, while M&S’s rose 10.6%