All Aldi articles
Aldi is a privately owned grocer that has built its reputation on low prices and, as well as food, is famous for ‘special buys’ – bargain products that arrive in stores every Thursday and Sunday. The business was established in Germany in the 1940s by brothers Karl and Theo Albrecht and in 1960 split in two to form Aldi Nord and Aldi Sud. The UK and Ireland business is part of Aldi Sud, which also operates in countries including China, Australia and the USA.
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Analysis
Revealed: The UK’s top grocery innovators and what’s key to their success
As the most competitive retail sector in the UK, nothing comes easy for the grocers, making innovation and transformation an essential part of supermarket strategies as they fight for share of wallet.
Here we reveal three of the winning grocery innovations explored in Retail Week’s latest report, The Grocery Innovators: Redefining Food Retail -
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Aldi (Financials)
Aldi’s UK business has been growing at a phenomenal rate over the past few years and, alongside fellow German hard discounter Lidl, has brought about a transformation in the food sector, which resulted in an end to the era of the traditional big four supermarkets as Aldi overtook Morrisons in terms of market share.
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Data
Ranking: The most sustainable retailers according to shoppers
New data collected by Lumina Intelligence exclusively for Retail Week shows customers believe Marks & Spencer and Tesco are the most sustainable retailers.
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News
Aldi CEO Giles Hurley has emailed the ‘eye-opening’ Panorama investigation findings to customers
Aldi boss Giles Hurley has emailed customers to flag the BBC’s Panorama investigation into supermarket price-matching, warning shoppers to be wary of other retailer’s claims.
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Tesco’s Aldi price-match scheme is under scrutiny following Panorama investigation
Various products on Tesco’s Aldi price-match scheme are not like-for-like matches with those of the discounter, according to an investigation by BBC’s Panorama.
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Opinion
‘As Asda flounders and Aldi’s sales slow, the battle for this year’s Christmas table will dictate grocery success’
The seasonal showdown in grocery may be particularly interesting this year at the value end of the market where Aldi, Lidl and Asda will slug it out amid shifting dynamics, says George MacDonald
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Analysis
Aldi boss Giles Hurley on slower growth, ‘real loyalty’, Christmas prospects and more
Value grocer Aldi achieved record sales last year but some wonder whether its relentless growth can continue.
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News
Aldi is making an ‘unprecedented’ investment following record sales growth
Aldi is making its “biggest ever annual investment in Britain” to open and refurbish a raft of stores by the end of this year, following its highest-ever period of sales growth.
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Aldi launches a back-to-school fund for struggling customers
Discounter Aldi has launched a back-to-school fund to support struggling families, with three quarters of parents admitting they “worry about covering the costs at the start of the academic year”.
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Aldi to overtake Asda as UK’s third-largest supermarket in the next five years
Analysts have predicted that discounter Aldi will overtake Asda as the third-biggest supermarket in the UK within the next five years, based on current market share trends.
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Discounter Aldi axes its click-and-collect service
Discounter giant Aldi has axed the click-and-collect service it introduced in the UK at the height of the pandemic.
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Marks & Spencer raids Aldi to find new chief commercial officer
Marks & Spencer has poached a top Aldi director to become chief commercial officer of its food division.
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Morrisons’ sales and profits rise as focus on execution and loyalty pays off
Grocer Morrisons has reported a rise in quarterly sales and earnings, saying that listening to customers and other stakeholders is bearing fruit.
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Data
The retailers ranked among the most valuable global brands
With consumer habits changing and new brands entering the retail space every day, Retail Week takes a look at the global brands deemed the most valuable in 2024, according to Kantar BrandZ.
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Data
What the latest market share data tells us about the UK grocery sector
Retail Week sits down with Kantar’s head of retail and consumer insight Fraser McKevitt to look at the implications for the grocery sector from the latest market share data
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Aldi (Strategy)
Aldi’s ongoing investment is part of efforts to fulfil its long-term target of 1,500 locations. It has also been improving existing stores and in September 2024 announced plans to invest £800m to accelerate its expansion in Britain through a focus on lowering product prices, and refurbishing and opening stores.
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News
Aldi to revamp over 100 stores across the UK
Aldi is set to upgrade more than 100 of its stores across the country, with the first round of revamps happening over the summer.
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Analysis
Is Aldi losing shoppers to Lidl’s loyalty scheme?
With its discounter cousin Lidl growing ahead of it for the eighth month in a row and its total market share percentage slipping, Retail Week looks at whether Aldi’s decision to avoid membership schemes has let its advantage slip.
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News
Rapid-delivery firm Gopuff to price match against Aldi
Grocery delivery platform Gopuff has announced it is price matching against discounter Aldi on certain items for London-based customers.
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Aldi unveils fresh £125m investment to slash prices
Discounter Aldi has unveiled a fresh £125m round of investment in price cuts, as the grocery “reinforces its commitment to never be beaten on price”.