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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Feb- 2023 -13 FebruarySupermarkets
Former Aldi CEO in running to replace David Potts at Morrisons
Former Aldi CEO Matthew Barnes is reportedly in the running to replace David Potts as CEO of Morrisons, according to This is Money. The paper recently claimed that Tesco executive Jason Tarry was also lined up as a possible candidate to replace Potts in the role. Tarry is chief commercial…
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6 FebruarySupermarkets
Aldi to donate £1m in apprenticeship funding to SMEs
Aldi is set to donate £1m to small and medium-sized businesses in 2023, to help fund local apprenticeship schemes across the country. Aldi has donated over £1.7m of levy funding to date, including to nationwide not-for-profit Management Development Services (MDS), which offers leadership training opportunities in the food supply industry.…
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1 FebruarySupermarkets
Grocery Price inflation hits record 16.7%
Grocery price inflation hit a record 16.7% in the four weeks to 22 January 2023, according to Kantar, the highest level since it started tracking the figure in 2008. Overall take-home grocery sales rose by 5.7% during the 4 week period and by 7.6% over the 12 weeks. Aldi was…
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Jan- 2023 -25 JanuarySupply Chain
300 Amazon warehouse workers hold first UK strike
The GMB union has organised a strike for about 300 Amazon warehouse employees out of 1,000 at the e-commerce retailer’s Coventry depot today (Wednesday 25 January), the first to be held in the UK. The union has been working to boost its presence at the company, as today’s strike action…
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18 JanuarySupermarkets
Aldi increases pay rates for warehouse workers
Aldi has announced that it is increasing its pay rates for around 7,000 warehouse workers across the UK from 1 February 2023. Following two pay increases for hourly-paid warehouse colleagues in 2022, this further rise means colleagues will be paid up to 20% more than at this time last year.…
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10 JanuaryAnalysis
Could budget supermarkets dominate ‘the big four’?
The big four – Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Morrisons – were once the undisputed favourites for supermarket shopping. However, when the drastic cost-of-living crisis emerged in 2021, it made many households rethink their priorities when it came to buying their essentials and non-essentials. At the tail end of 2022, Aldi…
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10 JanuarySupermarkets
Supermarkets see spending surge in final weeks of December
Total Till value growth at supermarkets increased to 10.9% from 7.6% in the final four weeks ending 31 December 2022, according to the latest data from NielsenIQ. Nielsen said the increase was due to accelerated food inflation, weak comparatives and strong sales in the seven-day trading week up to 24…
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3 JanuarySupermarkets
Aldi hails record December as sales top £1.4bn
Aldi’s Christmas sales during December soared 26%, topping £1.4bn for the first time. The figures, which reflect an increase in demand, come as the UK’s cheapest supermarket helped millions of families celebrate together despite the rise in cost of living. Fresh meat sales saw particularly strong growth as poultry and…
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Dec- 2022 -20 DecemberSupermarkets
Tesco to consider ending its fresh food counters
Tesco is reportedly considering ending its butcher and fishmonger counters in its stores as consumer interest in them has dropped, according to the Telegraph. Tesco is the only one of the big four supermarkets, Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda and Aldi, that still offers a fresh food counter. Some 279 Tesco stores…
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19 DecemberSupermarkets
Sainsbury’s to invest £550m in keeping prices low
Sainsbury’s is set to invest £550m over two years to keep its prices low and be “more competitive”, CEO Simon Roberts has confirmed, with £15m to be invested over the Christmas period. Speaking to the Mail on Sunday, Roberts said that the move will mean that profits will be lower…
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