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01 December 2020
Aldi Süd plans to introduce new bakery counters in 1,000 stores in Germany by Spring 2021 to improve quality and freshness perception. Whilst most products will be baked directly in-store, the discounter will also expand its partnerships with regional bakeries. Replacing the vending machines with qualitative counters Aldi Süd’s famous bread vending machines are about to become a thing of th...
25 November 2020
The French Competition Authority body has approved the purchase of 554 Leader Price stores (owned by Casino) by Aldi. For the Casino Group the sale is part of its ongoing debt reduction plan, which will enable it to focus on its other more profitable banners, such as Monoprix and Franprix. Aldi France to reach more than 1,400 stores and €5.5 bn turnover The purchase of 554 Leader Price stor...
23 November 2020
Aldi has announced the expansion of its home delivery trial with Deliveroo to almost 130 stores across the UK. Now available near select stores in Scotland and Wales Last month, the trial has been expanded to a total of 42 stores, including new locations such as Liverpool, Brighton and Bristol. The trial has now been rolled out to an additional 90 stores, and is available to customers ba...
17 November 2020
Tesco, Sainsbury's and Lidl are the latest to launch their Christmas adverts, taking light-hearted approaches to bringing seasonal cheer to shoppers. Tesco Tesco takes a fun approach with its Christmas advert this year. Acknowledging how we've all done something that earns us a place on the naughty list (even Santa), in a year like no other, everyone deserves a treat this festive season. A ...
17 November 2020
Growth in the Irish grocery market accelerated to +14.4% in the 12 weeks to 1st November, according to the latest results from Kantar. As the nationwide lockdown came into place growth continued to rise, reaching +18.8% in the last four weeks. All retailers saw an increase in sales compared to the previous reporting period, when overall market growth was +11.9%. Growing basket size and moving ...
10 November 2020
Market growth in the 12 weeks to November 1st slowed slightly to 9.3%, from 9.4% in the previous reporting period, according to the latest Kantar results. We look at key retailers' sales growth and market share in more detail, including standout performances from Iceland, Lidl, Morrisons and Waitrose, who all grew above the market. Panic buying has not returned to levels seen before the first ...
10 November 2020
Aldi is due to extend its trial of click and collect service to more than 200 additional stores by Christmas. Full range available online The retailer first  launched the service  in September as a trial in one of its stores in the Midlands. The service was initially available only to Aldi colleagues before being made available to consumers in 18 stores last month. Shoppers can choose fr...
03 November 2020
On October 31 st , Aldi Süd opened a 2,000 sq. m. store near its global headquarters in Germany. This is the group’s largest store in the world. In this article, we consider what can we learn from this unusually large store format for the discounter Expansion of an already large store The renovation works added 300 sq m to the existing store in Mulheim an der Ruhr. This created a new total ...
26 October 2020
Aldi UK looks set to reach its 1,200 store target by 2025 as it opens its 900th store. Slowing expansion, but still on track to meet target Aldi has said it expects to open around 100 stores over 2020 and 2021. Typically over the past few years Aldi would have opened between 120 and 140 stores over a two year period, therefore the new forecasts represent a slight slowing down of expansion. ...
14 October 2020
In the 12 weeks ending 4th October market growth was +9.4%, according to Kantar, the first time we have seen it drop from double digits since April. In this article we explore the growth in more detail, leading retailers' performance, and highlight key pieces of content you may have missed in September and October. Changing restrictions once again impact behaviour Despite the overall drop f...