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Nigeria: The new market leader is a discounter

Last weekend hard discounter Bokku Mart opened their 26th and 27th store in Lagos (Mushin area) and became the largest store chain in...

USA: Aldi will convert a ‘significant’ number of acquired stores from Win-dixie and Harveys

Sep 1, 20235 min read

USA: Aldi will convert a ‘significant’ number of acquired stores from Win-dixie and Harveys

Aldi’s move to acquire 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores was a power move in the Southeast territory. Aldi now appears as...

USA: Aldi far outpaces rival Lidl in share of wallet

Aug 30, 20232 min read

USA: Aldi far outpaces rival Lidl in share of wallet

Discount Retail Chains Aldi and Lidl are two German grocery retail rivals on different paths in the U.S., but despite these opposing...

Nigeria: Hard discounter Bokku Mart opens 25th store

Aug 27, 20231 min read

Nigeria: Hard discounter Bokku Mart opens 25th store

Discount Retail Chain Bokku Mart (owned by Nigerian Atreos Ltd.) opened last weekend its 25th store in Lagos. The copy-cat of the...

Ireland: Unlike in the UK Lidl performing better than Aldi in Ireland

Aug 27, 20232 min read

Ireland: Unlike in the UK Lidl performing better than Aldi in Ireland

Lidl and Aldi ranked fourth and fifth place with 13.8% and 12.6% respectively. Worldpanel by Kantar data for 12wks to 06/08/23 sees...

UK: Sainsbury expands its Aldi Price Match campaign

Aug 27, 20231 min read

UK: Sainsbury expands its Aldi Price Match campaign

Sainsbury’s has expanded its Aldi Price Match campaign with its ‘biggest ever’ value offering, passing on price cuts to customers as...

USA: Trader Joe's chosen as the most innovative grocer

Aug 27, 20232 min read

USA: Trader Joe's chosen as the most innovative grocer

The American Innovation Index, based on research from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business and others, listed the Trader Joe's...

USA: Aldi opens first-ever store in Miami

Aug 16, 20231 min read

USA: Aldi opens first-ever store in Miami

Aldi opened its first store in Miami, Florida. The discount retailer has six other stores in Miami-Dade county, but this will be the...

USA: Aldi takes over Winn-Dixie and Harvey's and acquires 400 locations

Aug 16, 20232 min read

USA: Aldi takes over Winn-Dixie and Harvey's and acquires 400 locations

Aldi expansion has reached historical heights, as the company announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement the acquire...

Aug 16, 20231 min read

Research

Research: Food price inflation exceeds total inflation

According to Kantar Research food price inflation continues to be a significant contributor to total inflation in most major countries....

Aug 16, 20232 min read

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)...

UAE: Discounter Gala opens 15th store in Dubai

Aug 13, 20231 min read

UAE: Discounter Gala opens 15th store in Dubai

Along the success of discounter Viva in the Emirates, neighborhood discounter Gala (owned by Western International Group) is working well...

Saudi Arabia: Discounter Dukan wants to be a good neighbor

Aug 11, 20231 min read

Saudi Arabia: Discounter Dukan wants to be a good neighbor

As a part of Dukan’s expansion plan, the Saudi discounter demonstrates his interests in Dukan’s neighbors by providing a...

Egypt: discount chain Kazyon attracts $165m equity investment

Aug 10, 20232 min read

Egypt: discount chain Kazyon attracts $165m equity investment

Kazyon, the Egyptian discount retailer, has received a $165m equity investment from private equity company DPI. Co-investors include...

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

Aug 1, 20231 min read

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

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...

USA: Dollar General preps to open $35M cold storage center in New York

Jul 30, 20231 min read