Aldi
This coverage examines Aldi’s strategy, operations, and influence within the UK grocery and discount retail sector. Reporting highlights store expansion, pricing strategy, product innovation, supply chain developments, marketing campaigns, financial results, and leadership decisions. Focused on commercial performance and competitive positioning, it offers insights for professionals managing grocery, discount, and high-volume retail operations.
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Sep- 2023 -21 SeptemberNews
Aldi to sponsor nationwide beach cleanup project
Aldi has announced it is backing the Marine Conservation Society’s Beachwatch programme with a £50,000 sponsorship. The supermarket has become the biggest corporate funder of the Marine Conservation Society’s beach cleaning and litter survey project, Beachwatch, which aims to support more than 15,000 volunteers to participate in 1,200 local beach…
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21 SeptemberSupermarkets
Tesco’s chief customer officer to step down
Tesco has announced that its chief customer officer, Alessandra Bellini, is set to step down from her role at the end of September. Following her departure, Ashwin Prasad will lead Tesco’s customer and product teams as chief commercial officer. Bellini, who joined in March 2017, will leave Tesco after nearly…
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19 SeptemberSupermarkets
Unexpected September heatwave helps UK grocery sales bounce back
The late summer and unexpected heatwave in early September helped lift grocery sales at UK supermarkets, with Total Till sales growing +10.3% in the last four weeks ending 9 September 2023, according to new data released today by NIQ. NIQ revealed that growth at supermarkets during the four week period…
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13 SeptemberNews
Aldi appoints new marketing director
Supermarket Aldi has recently announced the appointment of Kyrsten Halley as new marketing director. She joins fellow Aldi’s marketing director Jemma Townsend in jointly leading Aldi’s marketing team and strategy. Halley was previously marketing director at The Flavourists, part of the Samworth Brothers Group, the British food manufacturer, where she…
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12 SeptemberNews
Aldi announces biggest round of price cuts on fruit and vegetables
Aldi, the UK’s cheapest supermarket, has recently lowered the prices on an extensive range of fruit and veg products. This week, shoppers can enjoy even lower prices on items including bananas, apples, spinach and courgettes, as well as on a range of specially selected products such as cotton candy grapes. …
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12 SeptemberSupermarkets
Grocery price inflation drops to 12.2%
Grocery price inflation has dropped to its lowest level in over 12 months at 12.2% for the four weeks to 3 September 2023, according to the latest data from Kantar. Take-home sales from the grocers rose by 7.4% compared with the same period in 2022, a slight increase on the…
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11 SeptemberEconomy
Retail leaders call for business rates freeze
Leaders of major retail businesses have written to chancellor Jeremy Hunt calling for a freeze in business rates in the upcoming budget, according to the Times. The CEOs of 44 of the UK’s biggest retailers such as Aldi and Ikea believe that more than £400m would be added to rates…
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7 SeptemberNews
Aldi opens 1000th store and targets 500 more
Aldi is opening its 1,000th UK store in Woking, Surrey, today (7 September) and has committed to a new long-term target of 1,500 stores in the UK, which will see the company invest billions of pounds into the UK economy. The Woking store is one of over 150 sites that…
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6 SeptemberSupermarkets
Aldi named cheapest supermarket for 15th month in a row
Aldi has been named the cheapest supermarket for the fifteenth month in a row, according to Which’s Cheapest Supermarket Price Comparison data. The data looks at the cost of a basket of items, including groceries and household essentials. The latest research shows that in August Aldi was £14.30 cheaper than…
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1 SeptemberNews
Asda appoints new chief customer officer
Asda has announced that David Hills has joined the supermarket today (1 September) as its new chief customer officer. Hills joins from Aldi, where he was previously group director marketing and communications. He joined the discounter in 2007 and held a number of senior commercial roles before taking up his…
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