All Discounters (grocery) articles – Page 9
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NewsLidl joins retailers returning business rates relief with £100m payback
Discounter Lidl has become the latest retailer to agree to waive the business rates relief it received at the start of the pandemic by repaying £100m to the government.
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NewsAldi becomes latest grocer to commit to repaying business rates relief
Discount grocery chain Aldi has said this morning it will pay back over £100m in business rates relief, becoming the fourth grocer to do so in 24 hours.
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NewsAldi extends Deliveroo trial as discounter ramps up online capacity
Aldi is accelerating its move into grocery home delivery by expanding its existing trial with Deliveroo to nearly 130 stores.
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NewsGrocery sales rise in October as record numbers flock online
Grocery sales jumped last month as a record number of shoppers turned to online.
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VideoWatch: Kevin the Carrot returns for Aldi’s Christmas ad
Aldi’s 2020 Christmas ad brings the next instalment in the adventures of Kevin the Carrot.
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NewsAldi boss Hurley eyes ‘significant’ click-and-collect opportunity
Aldi UK boss Giles Hurley believes the grocer has “significant” potential to grow its burgeoning click-and-collect proposition as it expands its online presence.
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NewsAldi to plough record £1.3bn investment into UK as profits surge
Aldi has pledged to invest £1.3bn into upgraded stores and distribution centres over the next two years after it saw record sales figures last year.
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AnalysisAnalysis: The discounters do digital
The discounters have lost share during the pandemic as more and more grocery shoppers switched to online. But digital moves are afoot at Aldi, Lidl and Poundland. Retail Week reports.
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NewsAldi makes click and collect available to customers for first time
Discounter Aldi has rolled out its click-and-collect trial to its first store, making the service available to customers for the first time.
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NewsAldi launches click-and-collect trial as it ramps up digital capabilities
Aldi has launched a click-and-collect trial for staff at one of its stores in the Midlands, with a view to rolling the service out for customers in the “coming weeks”.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Does a new golden age beckon for UK grocers following pandemic?
Morrisons boss David Potts described the first half of the year as the “renaissance of the British supermarket”. Retail Week analyses whether the stats back up his assertion and what it means for the wider grocery market
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NewsLidl launches Plus rewards and app in the UK
Discount supermarket Lidl has rolled out its Plus rewards and loyalty app in the UK today, a month after it first launched in Ireland.
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NewsAldi to create 1,200 new jobs before Christmas in store expansion drive
Aldi is to create more than 1,200 new jobs before the end of the year as it presses ahead with ambitious expansion plans despite the coronavirus crisis.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Three strategic headaches facing Sainsbury’s boss Simon Roberts
Sainsbury’s new boss Simon Roberts unveiled a healthy set of numbers this morning in his first City outing since succeeding Mike Coupe as chief executive.
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AnalysisAnalysis: What Tesco’s ‘coronavirus quarter’ reveals about the future of grocery
Tesco chief executive Dave Lewis signed off his tenure by detailing a trading period “beyond imagination” as the coronavirus pandemic transformed food shopping patterns. We look at the implications for Tesco and the grocery market.
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NewsAldi extends Deliveroo partnership into London
Aldi has extended its trial with Deliveroo into London, less than a month after launching the pilot in the Midlands.
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DataData: New forecasts for the post-pandemic retail landscape
New data from Edge by Ascential shows a vastly changed outlook for retail channels across the UK as the Covid-19 pandemic has drastically altered the retail landscape and consumer spending habits.
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NewsLidl launches online collection lockers at UK stores
Discount supermarket chain Lidl has rolled out delivery and collection lockers in stores for the first time to allow customers to “maximise” their shopping trips.
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NewsGrocery sales soar in April as consumers acclimatise to lockdown
Supermarket sales grew in April as customers spent an extra £524m on groceries compared with last year as the UK settled into life in lockdown.
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NewsAldi launches first online grocery service delivering food parcels
Discounter Aldi has made its first foray into the online grocery market, offering food parcels on its website for vulnerable customers during the coronavirus pandemic.