All Discounters articles – Page 14
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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
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ArticleLidl buyers confirm range refresh
Senior buying managers at Lidl UK, Emma Byrne and Jon Covey, chat to Nina Pullman about range development, promotions and ‘phenomenal’ growth
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ArticleAldi buying directors lift the lid on future strategy
In an exclusive interview with FPJ's Martyn Fisher, five buying directors from Aldi talk efficiency, growth and limited SKUs
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ArticleShoppers save £5 a month at discounters
Aldi and Lidl shoppers do not make large savings despite choosing them in order to reduce monthly spend, report finds
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ArticleAldi UK names new joint MDs
Discounter promotes Giles Hurley and Dan Ronald as new joint group managing directors, following Matthew Barnes’ rise to CEO
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Article£11m cocaine delivered to Aldi
Major drugs shipment found in boxes of bananas from Colombia accidentally delivered to 13 discounter stores
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ArticleSpar poaches Iceland head of buying
Brigid Davidson has joined Spar wholesaler A.F.Blakemore & Son as trading director
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ArticleAldi's major new DC will create 400 jobs
Discounter announces plans for ‘urgent’ new 600,000 sq ft distribution centre in Midlands to keep up with retail growth
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ArticleFood firms forced to close by price wars
Race to cut prices among major supermarkets is forcing more food producers out of business than last year, report finds
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ArticleAldi welcomes visit from PM
Prime minister David Cameron and chancellor George Osborne visited Aldi’s HQ as discounter announces plans to create 35,000 jobs
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Article99p Stores to offer more fresh produce
High-street chain sets sights on joining discount grocery market with drive to increase fresh produce supply base
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ArticleNetto opens doors of first UK store
MD of Sainsbury’s and Dansk Supermarked JV says ‘there is room for more’ in UK discount market at opening of first store today
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ArticleRetailers must 'prioritise' low prices over promotions
IGD chief executive's rallying cry comes on the back of a continued strengthening of the discounters' power
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ArticleAldi co-founder Karl Albrecht dies
Albrecht, who founded the German discounter with his brother Theo, passed away on 16 July
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ArticleShopper confidence at nine-year high
British consumers are more optimistic than they have been since 2005 while grocery market growth rises to 2.8 per cent
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ArticleTesco will pay for produce price cuts
Retailer will shoulder cost of latest reductions to produce, while one analyst says Tesco’s produce price strategy needs rethink