All Discounters articles – Page 12
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ArticleLidl and Sainsbury’s hit by stock shortages
Customers of both supermarkets take to Twitter to complain about empty fruit and veg shelves at some stores
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ArticleFreshmax suspends sale process
Chairman of Australasian group says political change in New Zealand has forced the group to postpone its move to bring in fresh investors
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ArticleKevin the Carrot is looking for love
Aldi's popular root veg hero is returning to screens in the discounter's Christmas ad, alongside a new romantic interest
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ArticleAldi plans £75m DC for south-east England
New distribution centre will create 400 jobs and takes discounter's UK and Ireland investment to £2bn in five years
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ArticleOpportunity for discounters in France
Retail analyst IGD has identified various trends in the French retail sector that the country’s burgeoning discounters can take advantage of
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ArticleIGD forecasts grocery market growth
Research organisation predicts 15 per cent growth, with online channel growing fastest and discounters performing especially well
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ArticleLidl COO to leave the business
Martin Bailie's role will be absorbed by co-chief operating officers Tim Ulbrich and Robert Ryan
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ArticleThree new directors at Lidl UK
New CEO has named Tim Ulbrich and Robert Ryan as operations board directors, with Nan Gibson as HR director
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ArticleLidl GB appoints new CEO
The head of Lidl’s UK business has stepped down after spearheading the discounter’s booming success in the British retail market
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ArticleSainsbury’s scraps Netto JV
All UK Netto stores will close by August as Sainsbury's Mike Coupe says it would require 'significant investment' to expand
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ArticleVeggie Prêt experiment 'like a Beyoncé concert'
Sales at the branch have rocketed by 70 per cent, and there is talk of expanding the scheme to every fourth Prêt store
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VideoEurospin – hard discount retailing, Italian style
The hard discount chain is catching up with rivals in Italy and Slovenia by running a low-cost, low-price business model
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ArticleSainsbury's 'reviewing' what future holds for Netto
Sainsbury's is to 'review the performance of the business in light of the overall market' and report on its outcome in November
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ArticleSainsbury's back in profit as Big Four feel the heat
The group sales – excluding VAT but including fuel – figure for 2015-16 was down from £23.8bn to £23.5bn
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ArticleAldi to open 80 UK stores this year
Discounter targeting affluent locations in Chipping Norton and Harrogate with new expansion drive
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ArticleEasyJet founder's supermarket 'runs out of stock'
Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou wants the store - which has temporarily closed due to high demand - to eventually challenge the likes of Aldi and Lidl
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ArticleAldi Süd bans bee-harming pesticides from its products
The ban came into effect at the start of 2016 after lobbying from environmental organisation Greenpeace
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ArticleLidl UK makes 100% ethical banana pledge
The discount retailer is in the process of switching its sourcing of bananas across entirely to Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade farms
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ArticleSainsbury's boss: Online is 'profitable' and 'important'
Mike Coupe tells delegates at The Big Debate that supermarkets need to ensure that grocery shopping is 'personalised'
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ArticleAldi to start online sales for first time
Discounter will enter e-commerce market with wine and non-food products as it announces record sales for 2014