All Discounters (grocery) articles – Page 32
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Opinion
Can Morrisons stay on top?
Morrisons delivered a strong performance in its third-quarter results this week, while Tesco reported its lowest sales growth in 15 years.
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Opinion
Woolworths' fall is an opportunity for grocers
The supermarkets' move into general merchandise played a role in accelerating Woolworths' downfall. They are also sure to play a big part in what happens next.
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News
Tesco launches Christmas dinner for £7.93
Tesco has hacked the price of a family Christmas dinner with all the trimmings to just 7.93 – less than the cost five years ago.
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News
Aldi set to offer cheap holidays on travel site
Discounter Aldi is set to launch a travel website offering customers cheap holidays.
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News
Netto UK boss Richard Lancaster quits
Netto UK managing director Richard Lancaster has resigned to join another retailer.
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News
Food discounters' market share at record level
The discount food retailing sector is soaring and has reached a record 6.2 per cent of the market for the 12 weeks to November 2, according to figures from TNS.
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News
Aldi and Travelodge to open on joint premises
Aldi and Travelodge have joined forces to launch hybrid supermarket-hotel developments to serve cost conscious consumers in the downturn.
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AnalysisMartin Bailie: A Lidl goes a long way
It’s been one of the biggest retail successes of the year, but Lidl has stayed silent — until now. In an exclusive interview, Lidl UK director Martin Bailie explains the secret of its success.
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News
Lidl store opening causes stampede
Shoppers clashed in their rush to secure a bargain at the opening of discount grocer Lidl’s new store in Southall yesterday.
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News
Aldi responds to launch of Tesco Discounter range
Aldi has said “it is very much business as usual” for the discount grocer after yesterday’s launch of Tesco’s 100 million Discounter range.
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News
Crunch drives sales at discount grocers
Grocery sales rose 7.3 per cent in the 12 weeks to September 7, according to the TNS Worldpanel grocery market share figures, as inflation fuelled sales.
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OpinionAre discount grocers a threat?
Defiant grocers Morrisons and Waitrose both delivered results yesterday and were predictably having to explain their position in light of the growth in the discounter sector.
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News
Discount retail's meteoric rise expected to continue
The growth of discount retail is set to continue unabated, with global sales in the discount grocery sector on course to rise 65 per cent by 2012.
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News
Waitrose challenges Aldi prices
Waitrose boss Mark Price has thrown down the gauntlet to the discounters, claiming the upmarket grocer is cheaper than Aldi on its entry price points in five out of 25 product categories.
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News
Aldi signs celebrity chef
Discount grocer Aldi has struck a deal with celebrity chef Phil Vickery as part of its quest to push its market share in the UK to 10 per cent.
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News
Family finances stretched in August
A survey by German discount grocer Aldi has found that the average UK family spent an extra 500 in August, adding more pressure to already overstretched purses.
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News
Aldi becomes latest BRC member
German discount giant Aldi is the latest retailer to become a member of the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
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Opinion
Are discount grocers the new black?
Aldi and Lidl are no longer dirty words for the majority of consumers. In the same way that Primark was once sneered at, discount grocers are becoming fashionable. The question is, how long can it be sustained?
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News
Netto launches non-food Sale
Discount grocer Netto will launch a discount bonanza for the end of August to drive shoppers to its stores.