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Aldi is forecasting its biggest ever Easter

20 March 2024 Editor

Aldi has said its gearing up for the “biggest and best Easter yet” and expects to sell around 20m hot cross buns and 8.6m own-label chocolate eggs over the season. With Easter falling earlier this […]

Aldi launches the first supermarket own-brand paper wine bottles

17 March 2024 Editor

Aldi is launching the UK’s first, supermarket own-brand paper wine bottles. The bottles are made from 94% recycled paperboard and lined with a food-grade pouch to contain the wine, the new bottles are fully recyclable […]

John Lewis Partnership returns to profit

14 March 2024 Editor

Following a “challenging set of results in 2022/23” John Lewis group made a £120m improvement turning a loss of £78m into a £42m profit before tax and exceptional items for 2023. With profit before tax […]

Lidl named “Grocer of the year”

8 March 2024 Editor

A panel of industry experts named Lidl GB ‘Grocer of the Year’ at the Retail Week Awards. Judges included former CEO of Sainsbury’s and current Chair of New Look and Oak Furnitureland, Mike Coupe, Managing […]

Aldi trials InPost lockers outside stores

1 March 2024 Editor

Aldi is trialling the use of parcel lockers outside a selection of its UK stores. Customers will be able to collect and return online orders from other retailers at select Aldi stores, thanks to the […]

Sainsbury’s launches a dedicated ‘Best of British’ area online

23 February 2024 Editor

Sainsbury’s has launched a dedicated ‘Best of British’ page on its groceries website, in a move to better champion and profile British grown and produced products with its millions of online customers. The new page […]

Aldi is to create 5,500 new roles across the UK this year.

21 February 2024 Editor

Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket, which currently has more than 1,000 stores and employs more than 45,000 colleagues, plans to continue growing at speed throughout 2024. Roles available include Store Assistants, Managers and Cleaners at new stores […]

Sainsbury’s celebrates opening of new flagship store in Wales

15 February 2024 Editor

Sainsbury’s has opened a long-awaited flagship supermarket in Talbot Green, Wales. The 53,000 sqft store is centred around a state-of-the-art food hall that is designed to help customers “rediscover the joy of food” Additionally the […]

Aldi set to invest £550m in store and distribution network

12 February 2024 Editor

Aldi will invest more than £550m in expanding and further improving its store and distribution network during 2024. This includes plans to open stores in new locations up and down the country, as well as […]

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CMA begins its review of supermarket loyalty pricing

30 January 2024 Editor

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is starting an investigation into supermarket loyalty pricing. Back in November last year the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced it would be starting an investigation into supermarket loyalty […]

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