All Discounters articles
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NewsLidl overhauls loyalty app with new Points system
Lidl Plus users will earn one point for every £1 spent in store, replacing Coupon Plus rewards for reaching monthly spending thresholds
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Comment & OpinionGSCOP needs a revamp – a move to Defra provides the opportunity
GSCOP under Defra makes sense – we need more intervention, and those against the Defra change seem to fear that, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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NewsTesco launches Aldi Price Match across Express stores
Aldi Price Match will run alongside Clubcard Prices in Tesco’s conveniece stores
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NewsCDS distribution centre becomes one of UK’s largest solar installations
The newly completed 2.5MW rooftop solar installation at its Avonmouth warehouse is now exporting surplus power into the wider energy network
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NewsLidl publishes latest ‘wish list’ of new store locations
The discounter is offering a ‘finder’s fee’ of either 10% of the first year’s rent or 1.5% of the freehold value
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NewsCompany Shop Group celebrates redistributing a billion items
It includes 117 million items in the past 12 months alone, amounting to 47,000 tonnes of food and drink, according to its latest impact report
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NewsAldi to to open eight new London stores in £40m investment
Planned new locations include Hanworth, Willesden, Watford, Marble Arch, Hoxton, Orpington West, Epsom and Stepney Green
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NewsAldi gifting £300,000 to fund 50 apprenticeships in childcare
The gift has enabled chilcare provider Partou to recruit 50 additional apprentices
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NewsLidl GB joins the United Nations Global Compact
The discounter follows in the footsteps of Tesco, which signed up to the UNGC in 2015
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NewsAll Original Factory Shop stores and head office closed
TOFS entered administration in January, with its PE owner Modella Capital – also owner of TG Jones – blaming weak consumer confidence
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NewsThe Range boosts online marketplace with new provider Mirakl
The move will give third-party sellers new ways to advertise to the millions of visitors to the marketplace using targeted Mirakl ads
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NewsAldi makes £122m price cuts so far in 2026
The price cuts span fresh and frozen food, cupboard staples, household essentials and personal care products
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NewsB&M interim finance chief steps down
Peter Waterhouse has been appointed to the interim role with immediate effect
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NewsLidl to open 50 stores in 12 months in £600m investment
The plans are set to create about 2,000 jobs, according to the discounter
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NewsAldi encourages shoppers to donate petfood during ‘National Pet Month’
The discounter is marking ‘National Pet Month’, a campaign co-ordinated by trade bodies UK Pet Food and the National Office of Animal Health, by calling for donations throughout April
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NewsAsda, Morrisons and Lidl make £1bn worth of sale and leaseback deals
The three supermarkets struck sale and leaseback deals totalling £943m in 2025, according to Colliers
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Comment & OpinionAmazon’s failure in UK grocery has opened the door to Joybuy
Amazon has left the door open to a challenger in exactly the parts of the market where loyalty for it is weak – the most significant being grocery, says David Sables, CEO of Sentinel Management Consultants
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NewsLidl matches Morrisons in grocery market share
It means Lidl has become the joint fifth-largest UK supermarket
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NewsAldi and Lidl battling it out for the Easter shop with big discounts
Aldi has promised £16m in price cuts across Easter ranges while Lidl is offering loyalty members £5 off a £50 Easter shop
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NewsAldi premium Specially Selected sales up 11% in a year to £1.6bn
Almost 16 million households bought more than 500 million Specially Selected products over 12 months, making Aldi the UK’s second most popular supermarket for premium own-label food and drink