All Aldi articles – Page 63

  • Spot the difference:
    Analysis

    Netto effects: discounters boom in credit crunch

    2008-08-07T09:11:00Z

    The credit crunch is turning out to be the coming of age for hard discounters in the UK. Jennifer Creevy tours Netto’s latest store with managing director Richard Lancaster.

  • Opinion

    Discounters have a chance to turn shoppers for good

    2008-07-25T11:59:28Z

    Shoppers are voting with their feet and figures released this week show that consumer spend in discount supermarkets has reached record levels.

  • Analysis

    When Aldi came to town

    2008-07-10T14:23:37Z

    Aldi is attracting middle-class shoppers with its low prices and no-frills approach. Liz Morrell reports from the front line on how it is winning hearts, minds – and wallets

  • Opinion

    Don’t discount the discounters

    2008-06-27T15:38:00Z

    Michael and Vicky are a couple in their early 30s. They have one child, both have secure, professional jobs, are comfortably off and own their own home in a nice south London suburb. They live five minutes from one of Sainsbury’s flagship stores. But they choose to drive past it ...

  • News

    Grocers’ shares tumble as shoppers embrace discounters

    2008-06-27T11:08:00Z

    TNS data showing rapid market share growth by hard discounters contributed to a fall in the share prices of quoted grocers. Meanwhile, general stores slipped still further as trading difficulties – real and imagined – undermined sentiment.

  • News

    Grocery market to head into decline, Nielsen claims

    2008-06-25T08:28:00Z

    Grocery market growth has stalled and the sector is poised to slide into decline, according to information company AC Nielsen.

  • Opinion

    A discounter’s market

    2008-05-29T16:43:39Z

    Shoppers, of course, have been watching the pennies this year. Yet, with the trend leaning towards staying in rather than going out to restaurants, the grocers have still achieved growth in sales of quality food.

  • Opinion

    The best of both worlds

    2008-05-05T18:12:50Z

    It seems we can never get enough small food shops and the news that Waitrose has joined the scramble for smaller format stores is a case in point.

  • News

    Aldi plans to open first eco store in Shropshire

    2008-03-05T14:45:54Z

    Discounter Aldi is to open its first eco-store at Ludlow in Shropshire this year.

  • News

    Morrisons achieves record grocery market share

    2008-03-04T15:35:01Z

    Morrisons has achieved record grocery market share and continued growth in the 12 weeks to February 24, according to figures from TNS Worldpanel.

  • The Works
    Analysis

    Why low prices are not enough

    2008-02-07T15:42:00Z

    People may be watching what they spend, but that hasn’t saved value specialists from collapse. George MacDonald surveys their prospects as they enter another tough year

  • News

    Morrisons' market share soars

    2008-02-05T15:45:20Z

    Supermarket group Morrisons’ resurgence continues unabated, according to the latest grocery market share data from TNS Worldpanel.

  • News

    Aldi Christmas trading solid, capping strong year

    2008-01-11T15:34:12Z

    Discounter Aldi has reported “satisfactory” trading over the Christmas period, closing a year in which its sales rose 12.1 per cent.

  • News

    Tesco to equal discounters’ prices

    2008-01-07T13:49:20Z

    Tesco will match the prices on more than 2,000 Aldi and Lidl product lines, a sign of the grocer’s concern over the rising popularity of its discount rivals.

  • News

    Tesco to match discounters’ prices

    2008-01-07T12:55:48Z

    Tesco will match the prices on more than 2,000 Aldi and Lidl product lines, a sign of the grocer’s concern over the rising popularity of its discount rivals.

  • News

    Aldi plots to gatecrash big four with expansion offensive

    2007-07-09T10:10:00Z

    Hard discounter aims to grab 12% of UK grocery market