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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Aug- 2023 -24 AugustSupermarkets
Aldi calls for Wilko staff to apply for over 6,000 roles
Aldi has called upon staff at Wilko to get in touch with the company about jobs amid the news that Wilko looks unlikely to be saved in a rescue deal. The budget supermarket stated that it had more than 6,000 jobs currently available across its UK stores. It recently announced…
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17 AugustSupermarkets
Aldi to hire more than 1,700 employees amid expansion drive
Aldi is looking to hire more than 1,700 people in its warehouses by the end of the year as part of its nationwide expansion drive. The recruitment will include both full-time and part-time positions at its Regional Distribution Centres, with salaries of up to £53,000 per year. The supermarket plans…
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15 AugustSupermarkets
Supermarket sales slow as inflation falls
Overall take-home grocery sales increased by 6.5% in the four weeks to 6 August 2023, down from 10.4% last month, as grocery price inflation fell by 2.2 percentage points to 12.7%, according to the latest results from Kantar. Kantar revealed that the prices of some staples like milk have edged…
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11 AugustSupermarkets
Aldi lowers prices on over 30 products
Aldi has cut prices of more than 30 household grocery staples, marking the latest of more than 130 prices that Aldi has cut in the past two months across its entire range. Aldi said its shoppers will now pay less for fresh produce including apples, oranges and peaches. Essentials including…
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Jul- 2023 -31 JulyNews
Aldi to remove use by dates on milk
Aldi has announced it is removing use by dates from its fresh milk to help reduce food waste. Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket will instead begin using ‘Best Before’ dates on milk bottles, except for filtered milk, across its stores in England and Wales to prevent milk from being thrown away unnecessarily.…
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26 JulyNews
Aldi slashes prices of fruit and vegetable products
Aldi has announced price cuts on fruit and vegetable products in order to help customers during the cost of living crisis. Ten products are included in the price drop, from avocados, red peppers and easy peelers to potatoes and sweetcorn. The move is the latest of hundreds of prices that…
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21 JulyNews
Retail competition not responsible for high food inflation, CMA finds
A new report from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has found that high food price inflation has not been driven by retail competition. Over the past two months, the CMA has assessed how retail competition is working in the UK grocery sector, particularly between supermarkets such as Asda, Morrisons,…
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18 JulySupermarkets
Supermarkets see largest drop in grocery price inflation since its peak
Grocery price inflation has seen its steepest decline since inflation peaked in March this year, falling 1.6 percentage points to 14.9% in the four weeks to 9 July 2023, according to the latest data from Kantar. It comes as take-home grocery sales over the same period grew by 10.4% compared…
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17 JulySupermarkets
Grocery prices soar more than 25.8% in two years, says Which?
The price of groceries at supermarkets has gone up 25.8% since the cost of living crisis began, according to new data by Which? Which? looked at the prices of more than 21,000 food and drink products at eight major supermarkets – Aldi, Asda, Lidl, Morrisons, Ocado, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose…
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4 JulySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s returns to growth in Q1 as food inflation falls
Sainsbury’s welcomed a return to volume growth and strengthening market share outperformance in Q1, largely driven by a strong grocery momentum over the period, as the group noted that food inflation was starting to ease. Over the quarter, like-for-like sales (excluding fuel) were up by 9.8%, while total retail sales…
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