Sep 28, 20232 min read

Netherlands: Aldi Nord expands self-scanning and self-checkout test

Discount Retail Chain Aldi Nord (German family owned) is expanding its self-scanning and self-checkout pilot to 18 stores in the...

Germany: Aldi's great potential for store project business developments

Sep 27, 20232 min read

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Germany: Aldi's great potential for store project business developments

Discount Retail Chain Aldi Süd (German family owned) is making progress in modernising and expanding retail locations, while current...

UK: Aldi reveals wishlist of new store locations

Sep 27, 20232 min read

Europe

UK: Aldi reveals wishlist of new store locations

Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK has set out where it most wants to open new stores as it continues its expansion across the UK. The...

France: Action revolutionizes consumption in an innovative & sustainable way at Paris Retail Week

Sep 27, 20233 min read

Europe

France: Action revolutionizes consumption in an innovative & sustainable way at Paris Retail Week

Discount Variety Retail Chain Action France's managing director Wouter de Backer discusses the logistical challenges, corporate culture...

UK: Aldi offers staff body-worn cameras amid shoplifting surge

Sep 27, 20232 min read

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UK: Aldi offers staff body-worn cameras amid shoplifting surge

Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK (German family owned) has become the latest supermarket to offer staff body-worn cameras in a bid to deter...

UK: tackling the rise in shoplifting is top priority as staff offered body cameras

Sep 25, 20231 min read

Europe

UK: tackling the rise in shoplifting is top priority as staff offered body cameras

The trial of the technology was revealed by Aldi UK & Ireland as Aldi announced the discounter’s annual results. Shoplifting is a...

UK: Aldi looking for 100 new area managers, with salaries rising to £90k

Sep 25, 20231 min read

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UK: Aldi looking for 100 new area managers, with salaries rising to £90k

Employer of the year, Aldi UK, has opened applications for its latest Area Manager scheme intake. The supermarket is looking to fill up...

UK: Aldi reports record UK sales as shoppers change habits in cost-of-living crisis

Sep 25, 20232 min read

Europe

UK: Aldi reports record UK sales as shoppers change habits in cost-of-living crisis

Discount chain says it has attracted an extra 1 million customers to its 1,000 UK stores in the past year Aldi has reported record sales...

Italy: Todis the Italian cooperative discounter

Sep 25, 20234 min read

Europe

Italy: Todis the Italian cooperative discounter

Discount Retail Chain Todis, a brand born in Rome, owned by Iges Srl, controlled by the PAC2000A. It is a Conad cooperative that includes...

Germany: Action opens its 500th German store

Sep 25, 20232 min read

Europe

Germany: Action opens its 500th German store

Discount Variety Retail Chain Action (owned by UK PE investor 3i Group) has opened its 500th store in Germany, a market where it has been...

UK: Aldi to invest £1.4bn in expansion spree as profits triple

Sep 25, 20232 min read

Europe

UK: Aldi to invest £1.4bn in expansion spree as profits triple

Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK (German family owned) will invest £1.4bn over the next two years to support its expansion spree across the...

Germany: Lidl changes the fruit and vegetables range

Sep 25, 20232 min read

Europe

Germany: Lidl changes the fruit and vegetables range

Discount Retail Chain Lidl Germany (owned by the German Schwarz Group) usually has is Fruit and vegetables category directly at the...

UK: Aldi trials new loose fruit & vegs items to reduce plastic waste

Sep 22, 20231 min read

Europe

UK: Aldi trials new loose fruit & vegs items to reduce plastic waste

Aldi has revealed that it is trialing four new loose fruit and vegetable lines in a bid to further reduce plastic waste. Starting in...

Germany: Lidl for the 7th time best in fruit and vegetables

Sep 20, 20233 min read

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Germany: Lidl for the 7th time best in fruit and vegetables

Discount Retail Chain Lidl Germany (owned by the German Schwarz Group) has been chosen the number 1 fresh food discounter: 'Lidl wins the...

UK: Lidl for now relaxed on losses and focuses on opportunities

Sep 18, 20232 min read

Europe

UK: Lidl for now relaxed on losses and focuses on opportunities

Discount Retail Chain Lidl UK (owned by the German Schwarz Group) brushed aside a 76 million pound ($95 million) annual loss, saying the...

Research: The 4 growth drivers of discounters

Sep 13, 20237 min read

Europe

Research: The 4 growth drivers of discounters

Discount Retail Chains, food and/or non-food, are often bacon buyers when things are not going well economically. Yet a budget formula is...

Sep 11, 20233 min read

Europe

Research: Poland is the largest food retail market in Central and Eastern Europe

McKinsey has prepared a report in which it presents data on the development of individual store formats in Poland, Romania, the Czech...

Spain: Lidl will invest € 13 million in the opening of two supermarkets in September

Sep 11, 20231 min read

Europe

Spain: Lidl will invest € 13 million in the opening of two supermarkets in September

Discount Retail Chain Lidl Spain will open two stores this September in Catalonia and the Community of Madrid, specifically in Barcelona...

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