All Lidl articles – Page 11
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Analysis
Analysis: How Jack's shapes up versus Aldi and Lidl
Tesco has launched the Jack’s discount chain to take on Aldi and Lidl, but can Britain’s biggest grocer beat the German duo at their own game?
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News
Lidl to be first grocer to remove black plastic packaging
Value grocer Lidl will become the first supermarket group in the UK to remove black plastic packaging from fruit and vegetables later this month.
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Analysis
Jack’s – Great British discounter or Brexit bargain store?
One hundred years after Jack Cohen founded Tesco on a pile it high, sell it cheap strategy, the grocer has gone back to its roots.
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News
Tesco unveils Jack's in bid to stave off discounters
Tesco has unveiled its new fascia, Jack’s, launched as a rival to discount chains Aldi and Lidl.
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News
Tesco expected to launch discount chain next week
Tesco is poised to launch its new discount chain next week as Britain’s biggest grocer goes head to head with Aldi and Lidl.
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Analysis
Analysis: How the warehouse is becoming the new shop
Retail in the old days used to be so much simpler. Location, location, location was a guiding mantra and chains raced to grab the best sites on the best high streets and top malls and parks.
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News
Co-op sales soar as hot weather boosts grocery
The Co-op achieved its best sales growth in almost seven years as grocers generally benefited from the summer heatwave.
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Opinion
Opinion: Can Tesco achieve continental success?
At the very moment that Brexit is gesticulating two “je-m’en-foutiste” fingers across the English Channel, the UK’s leading retailer has chosen to launch two initiatives of distinctly continental inspiration.
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News
Grocery sales climb as World Cup boosts performance
Grocery sales climbed 3.6% in the last 12 weeks – the highest rate of growth this year as shoppers stocked up with drinks to watch the big England games in the World Cup.
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Opinion
Opinion: Can Tesco crack the discount code?
The rumours that Tesco is launching a discount fascia have revved into overdrive, leaving the market pondering what it might mean for the grocery giant.
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News
Tesco prepares to launch discount chain within weeks
Tesco could launch a new discount chain as early as September as Britain’s biggest grocer prepares to go toe-to-toe with Aldi and Lidl.
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Analysis
Blurred lines: Are the big four becoming discounters?
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that really is the case, Aldi and Lidl have every reason to be pleased with themselves.
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Opinion
Opinion: Improving is not winning in retail
The roll call of failed or struggling retailers is growing: Toys R Us, Maplin, Poundworld, Carpetright, Mothercare, House of Fraser.
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Cartoon
Retail cartoon: Rollercoaster of emotions on the high street
Retail Week cartoonist Patrick Blower’s take on the mixed fortunes facing high street retailers
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Opinion
Opinion: In Barcelona, shoppers are voting with their feet
“The people have spoken”, the clarion call of the Daily Mail, among other organs, is the mantra of people who voted for Brexit, airbrushing out the inconvenient detail of the millions of people who voted the other way.
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News
Morrisons outgrows big four amid May heatwave
Morrisons outgrew its big four rivals during May as warm weather, the royal wedding and the FA Cup final boosted overall grocery sales.
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Analysis
Analysis: Are chatbots the key to customer service?
As investment in artificial intelligence continues to gain momentum, will chatbots become central to retail customer service or a misstep reflective of an over-reliance on technology?
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News
Asda sales rise as Sainsbury's merger plan revealed
Grocery sales in April were hit by unpredictable weather and rose at the lowest rate in almost 15 months, and Asda outperformed suitor Sainsbury’s.
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News
Grocery sales survive Beast from the East battering
Supermarket sales increased during the first three months of the year despite much of the UK being battered by the Beast from the East snowstorm.
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Opinion
Opinion: Don’t write off Lidl’s US expansion just yet
There is very often a perverse sense of glee when a foreign entrant into a retail sector stumbles, or even falls entirely.