Oct 18, 2018 | News, Retailing
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has released an ‘Issues Statement’ about the key areas it expects to closely examine regarding the Sainsbury’s/Asda merge. The statement confirms that the investigation will now include Aldi and Lidl. The CMA says it will...
Oct 1, 2018 | News, Retailing
Aldi has announced ‘record’ results for its last financial year, with 1.1 million British shoppers reportedly swapping to the discount retailer. Sales in the UK and Ireland rose 16.4% to £10.2bn in the year to 31st December 2017 – a higher growth rate than the...
Sep 18, 2018 | Chilled Foods, News, Retailing
Aldi has been named the UK’s fastest growing supermarket in the latest figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks to 9th September. The grocery share figures reveal that, with sales rising 13.9%, nearly half of Aldi’s growth has come from the fresh and chilled...
Aug 20, 2018 | Food Packing, News, Retailing
Aldi is to save approximately 265 tonnes of plastic a year as it starts to use recyclable clear trays containing its fresh fruit and vegetables. The supermarket is phasing out hard-to-recycle black plastic trays on a range of fresh produce and replacing them with...
Aug 17, 2018 | News, Retailing
Aldi UK and Ireland has unveiled plans to become ‘carbon neutral’ by 2019 following investment in a long-term carbon management programme. The supermarket, which has more than 775 stores and 11 distribution centres across the UK and Ireland, has reduced its carbon...