Iceland
This coverage focuses on Iceland’s operations and strategy in the UK retail sector, including store performance, product innovation, marketing campaigns, leadership decisions, and sustainability efforts. Reporting examines how Iceland addresses consumer trends, competitive pressures, and operational challenges — providing insight for executives, managers, and professionals in grocery, frozen food, and value retail.
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Jul- 2018 -16 JulyAdvice
Waking up to the opportunity of digital signage
Against a backdrop of declining footfall in retail, it’s hardly surprising that we’re starting to see more innovative approaches from retailers looking to drawing in customers. And one such tactic is the rise in the number of retailers opting for digital screens to lure in shoppers. A great case in…
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Jun- 2018 -26 JuneEconomy
British grocery market sees two years’ consecutive growth
Britain’s grocery sector has grown for two consecutive years, according to the latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks to 17 June 2018. The figures published today, 26 June, showed supermarket sales have risen for 25 consecutive months and now stand at 2.1% compared with…
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Apr- 2018 -10 AprilSupermarkets
Iceland to ban palm oil from own-brand products
Frozen food supermarket chain Iceland will stop using palm oil as an ingredient in all of its own label food by the end of 2018, it has announced. Iceland has already brought out 100 new lines without palm oil and by the start of 2019 will have launched over 200…
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Mar- 2018 -6 MarchSupermarkets
Morrisons and Tesco fastest growing, Co-op returns to growth
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today for the 12 weeks to 25 February 2018, show that grocery sales have increased in value by 3.2% compared to the same time last year. This marks the 12th consecutive 12-week period in a row that total market sales…
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Feb- 2018 -12 FebruarySupermarkets
Aldi reclaims title of ‘nation’s favourite supermarket’ in satisfaction survey
Aldi has been rated the nation’s favourite in-store supermarket in Which?’s annual best and worst supermarket satisfaction survey. Customers were impressed with Aldi’s special offers, as well as the quality of its fresh and own-label products and the ease of finding items on its shelves, Which? said. It is the…
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6 FebruarySupermarkets
Lidl keeps place as UK’s fastest growing supermarket
Lidl has proven itself to be the UK’s fastest growing retailer, according to data from market researcher Kantar Worldpanel. The supermarket saw a market share increase of 0.5% its sales increased by 16.3% compared to this time last year. Aldi came in second, with the food store increasing sales by…
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Jan- 2018 -16 JanuaryGovernment
Iceland pledges plastic-free products by 2023
Frozen food specialist Iceland has pledged to become the first retailer globally to completely remove plastic packaging from its own-brand products by 2023. The company plans to create a range of paper and pulp trays along with paper bags which are all fully recyclable. It has already removed disposable plastic…
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10 JanuarySupermarkets
Tesco’s £1bn Christmas sales lift amid supermarket boom
Tesco recorded a 3.1% rise in sales in the three months ending December 31, according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel UK grocery market share figures. Comparatively Asda’s sales grew by 2.2%, Morrisons by 2.1%, and Sainsbury’s 2%. Kantar reported that Aldi and Lidl attracted nearly one million additional households to…
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