Steve Farrell
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Poundland launches price comparison campaign
The variety discounter has been comparing its prices to those of Asda, Morrisons and Wilko on in-store posters → Read More
Lidl to halve the environmental impact of a shopping basket
The supermarket has signed the WWF's Retailers' Commitment for Nature, joining Co-op, M&S, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose → Read More
Lidl boosts pay for store workers
Inside the M25, Lidl's rate is unchanged, putting it behind Aldi → Read More
Lidl appoints Maciej Tylkowski as new joint chief operating officer
It also announced GB chief HR officer Nan Gibson has been promoted to senior VP HR concepts at parent company Lidl Stiftung → Read More
Cheryl Potter appointment gives M&S women majority board
Potter has previously held roles as head of the global consumer team at private equity firm Permira and non-executive director of Dr Martens and Homebase → Read More
Lidl ‘conceded battle to be UK’s dominant discounter’, says former boss
Lidl's slowdown of store openings this year will make it almost for it to catch Aldi, according to Ronny Gottschlich → Read More
Aldi brings global sourcing division into talks with some UK suppliers
The aim is to drive efficiencies of scale for products sold in more than one country → Read More
Wilko appoints new leadership team amid hundreds of job cuts
The changes include Karen Mackay stepping down as chief finance officer → Read More
Aldi aiming to ‘almost double’ its London store count
It is a clear signal of intent from Aldi, for the second time in a week, that it will press on with store openings at pace as rival Lidl slows → Read More
Aldi creating 6,000 jobs this year as expansion continues
It comes a week after The Grocer revealed Lidl had dramatically scaled back its opening plans for the year ahead → Read More
Tesco adds more products than ever to Aldi Price Match campaign
Tesco has ramped up its Aldi Price Match campaign, with more products included than ever before. The supermarket is currently pledging to price-match Aldi on 669 products, up from 619 on 5 January, according to private label consultancy IPLC, which has been tracking the campaign. All of the additions are own label lines, including 12 produce lines, four breakfast cereals, nine canned bean SKUs… → Read More
Free meals for kids: M&S and Tesco relaunch offers for half-term holiday
Tesco and M&S have relaunced free kids' meal offers, which also ran last year → Read More
Aldi donates 10,000 books to charities to entertain kids during holidays
The books contain games, activities and recipe ideas → Read More
M&S CEO Stuart Machin joins calls for reform of Apprenticeship Levy
M&S would be able to train more young people without the levy system, according to Machin → Read More
Earthquake support: supermarkets rally to aid Turkey and Syria relief efforts
Asda, Sainsbury's, Aldi and Co-op are among those to have publicly announced donations → Read More
M&S legal win is new ‘line in sand’ for copycatting
Aldi was last week held by High Court to have infringed M&S's registered designs for a range of gin-based liqueurs → Read More
Wilko rolls out click & collect to all stores
Any online purchase can be ready to collect from store in as little as three hours, at no extra charge → Read More
Lidl scales back store opening plans
The slowdown comes as the cost of living crisis drives shoppers from traditional supermarkets to the discounters → Read More
Aldi donating £1m to fund apprenticeships at SMEs
Sectors to benefit will include early years education, operations management, hospitality and health and social care, as well as the food supply industry → Read More
Lidl offering shoppers chance to win £10,000 by buying fruit & veg
Every £20 spent on fresh fruit & veg from today (2 February) until 1 March earns one chance to win → Read More