Aug 21, 20235 min read

Netherlands: 6 reasons why the Lidl NL formula works

Discount Retail Chain Lidl Netherlands (owned by the German Schwarz Group) comes in market share after Albert Heijn and Jumbo. Market...

Aug 19, 20232 min read

Europe

Poland: Biedronka goes green

Discount Retail Chain Biedronka Poland (owned by Portuguese Jeronimo Martins) is the largest retail chain in Poland. With such a scale of...

UK: Aldi to create 1,700 new jobs amid expansion drive

Aug 19, 20231 min read

Europe

UK: Aldi to create 1,700 new jobs amid expansion drive

Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK (German family owned) is to recruit more than 1,700 workers by the end of the year as it continues its...

Aug 16, 20232 min read

Europe

UK: Aldi prints 21,2% more sales

Aldi continues to grow at the highest rate at 21.2% (and this is growth on growth with +14.4% reported in the same period last year)...

Germany: Netto tests app-based shopping trolley lock

Aug 13, 20231 min read

Europe

Germany: Netto tests app-based shopping trolley lock

Edeka Group-owned discounter Netto is testing Wanzl’s Hybridloc app-based shopping trolley system. According to the manufacturer, it is...

Aug 12, 20232 min read

Europe

UK: Aldi wants to control shoplifting

Some Aldi stores in the UK are ensuring that checkout staff check shopping bags for theft, as shoplifting rates increase amid the...

Netherlands: Dutch customers opt more for discounters and private label due to continued inflation

Aug 12, 20232 min read

Europe

Netherlands: Dutch customers opt more for discounters and private label due to continued inflation

The prices of our groceries will remain at a high level in the coming months. As a result, consumers are buying more and more creatively....

UK: Aldi partners with Shell to introduce new EV chargers at 11 Aldi stores across UK

Aug 11, 20232 min read

Europe

UK: Aldi partners with Shell to introduce new EV chargers at 11 Aldi stores across UK

Aldi has partnered with Shell to introduce new Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers at 11 Aldi stores across the UK. Four 50kW rapid chargers...

Germany: Penny joins Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

Aug 9, 20231 min read

Europe

Germany: Penny joins Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)

Discount Retail Chain Penny Germany (owned by the German REWE Group) have committed to setting short- and long-term company-wide...

Turkey: BİM publishes 2022 Sustainability Report

Aug 9, 20231 min read

Europe

Turkey: BİM publishes 2022 Sustainability Report

Discount Retail Chain BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş. (listed BIST: BIMAS) aims to meet 25% of its total electricity consumption with...

Research: Living with and responding to uncertainty – The State of Grocery Retail 2023

Aug 6, 20231 min read

Europe

Research: Living with and responding to uncertainty – The State of Grocery Retail 2023

For the European grocery sector, 2022 was all about inflation and growing consumer price sensitivity. This led to the biggest decrease in...

Germany: Discounter Penny trials charging true climate cost of foods

Aug 6, 20232 min read

Europe

Germany: Discounter Penny trials charging true climate cost of foods

Discount Retail Chain Penny Germany (owned by the German REWE Group) raises price of products including wiener sausage, cheese and...

North Macedonia: Lidl enters with its first store

Aug 6, 20231 min read

Europe

North Macedonia: Lidl enters with its first store

Discount Retail Chain Lidl North Macedonia (owned by the German Schwarz Group) enters the North Macedonian market with the construction...

Aug 6, 20232 min read

Europe

UK: Poundland brings back £1 price point on big A-brand products

Discount Variety Retail Chain Poundland UK (owned by Pepco Group) has brought back the £1 price point on big brand family favourite...

Research: Private label accounts for nearly 22% of global grocery spend

Aug 6, 20232 min read

Europe

Research: Private label accounts for nearly 22% of global grocery spend

New research from Market Reseach company Kantar has found that private labels currently account for nearly 22% of global grocery spend,...

Netherlands: After cutting down the number of DCs, Aldi is expanding the selected DCs

Aug 1, 20231 min read

Europe

Netherlands: After cutting down the number of DCs, Aldi is expanding the selected DCs

Aldi will continue to optimize its distribution network in the Netherlands. The sub-decentralization at Aldi in the Netherlands is still...

France: Lidl fails to take over Casino Group

Aug 1, 20231 min read

Europe

France: Lidl fails to take over Casino Group

Lidl, which wanted to take over 600 stores of the French chain, is losing out. Lidl parent company Schwarz intervened at the last minute...

Netherlands: Customers more often opt for PL and discounters know that groceries remain expensive

Jul 31, 20232 min read

Europe

Netherlands: Customers more often opt for PL and discounters know that groceries remain expensive

The prices of our groceries will remain at a high level in the coming months. As a result, consumers are buying more and more creatively....

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