Aldi to remove plastic applicators from own-brand tampons
Aldi is scrapping all plastic applicators from its own-brand tampons, saving over 14 tonnes of plastic a year.
Aldi’s sales in the four weeks to Christmas Eve break £1bn for the first time
Aldi has enjoyed its best-ever Christmas in the UK, with sales in the four weeks to 24 December topping £1bn for the first time – an increase of 7.9% compared to the same trading period of the previous year.
Aldi boosts plant-based offering for Veganuary
With a staggering 3.5 million people expected to take part in 2020, Veganuary is growing each year, and so is supermarket Aldi’s vegan offering. With an array of new product launches set to hit stores in the New Year, Aldi
Christmas trading predictions in grocery sector
Christmas. Love it or hate it it’s approaching fast. As the annual Christmas Day feasting approaches grocery retailers are vying for our business. With Kantar predicting that each UK household will spend an average of £380 on groceries
Aldi has you covered this Christmas with festive showstoppers and delicious Scottish produce
Aldi is renowned for its innovative, high quality and great value Christmas range, and the supermarket’s 2019 collection brings customers a menu that is sure to get people’s taste buds tingling this festive season.
Kevin the Carrot is 2019’s ‘Greatest Showman’, as UK viewers rate Aldi’s Amazing Christmas Show the most powerful Christmas TV ad of the year
Aldi’s Amazing Christmas Show is the most powerful ad of Christmas 2019, according to Kantar’s annual research into which festive TV advertising campaigns work best with viewers. Kantar, the world’s leading data, insights and consulting firm, tested 19 ads with
Gin-gle all the way with Aldi and McQueen’s new festive limited-edition
Supermarket Aldi has revealed a new limited-edition gin from Callander-based McQueen Gin that is the perfect tipple for the festive season.
Aldi launches 12 Gins of Christmas from Eden Mill distillers
Aldi is kicking off this year’s festive celebrations with the launch of a limited-edition gin cocktail selection box; the 12 Gins of Christmas from St Andrews-based distillers, Eden Mill.
Aldi scraps more single-use plastic with reusable bags for loose fruit and veg
Aldi, Britain’s fifth largest supermarket, is trialling reusable bags for loose fruit and vegetables as part of its efforts to cut single-use plastics.
Aldi to roll out greetings cards nationwide
Britain’s fifth largest supermarket, Aldi, is to introduce a range of everyday greetings cards into all 840 of its UK stores for the first time, following a successful trial.
Aldi appoints ArrowXL to provide two-person home delivery for online shoppers
ArrowXL, the leading home delivery and fulfilment expert, has secured a contract to provide home delivery services to Aldi across the UK.
Aldi sets sights on London following another year of double-digit growth, says GlobalData
Following today’s release of Aldi FY figures for 2018, Thomas Brereton, retail analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, comments: ‘‘Aldi has once again impressed the grocery sector, revealing yet another year of double-digit revenue growth for 2018
Aldi extends its partnership with iForce
Aldi, the UK’s fifth largest and fastest growing supermarket, has extended its relationship with iForce - an Eddie Stobart company - for the future growth of its online platform for non-food products.
UKCM brings ALDI to Tunbridge Wells retail park on long lease
UK Commercial Property REIT Limited, which is managed and advised by Aberdeen Standard Investments and owns a diversified portfolio of high quality income-producing UK commercial property, announces that it has agreed a 27,000sq ft part-surrender of B&Q’s lease at Great
Aldi raises the steaks with new Specially Selected Scotch Wagyu Gourmet Burgers
As part of Aldi’s 25th anniversary in Scotland, the supermarket is launching a gourmet burger made using one of the world’s most expensive meats. At just £3.49 per pack, the Specially Selected Scotch Wagyu Gourmet Burgers, released in partnership with
First Scottish Strawberries of the year go on sale at Aldi
Today (29 April), Aldi is set to be the first supermarket of 2019 to stock punnets of fresh, Scottish-grown strawberries in every store in Scotland, just in time for National Strawberry Month (May).
Aldi extends food donation scheme with Neighbourly following a trial
Following a successful trial, Aldi will donate surplus food directly to charities across the UK through a partnership with the community engagement platform, Neighbourly.
Small manufacturers can keep the voracious supermarkets at bay, and turn a profit, says West Coast Foods
For many ambitious, innovative, smaller manufacturers, supplying to national supermarket chains is something of a Holy Grail, a game-changing relationship which allows them to scale up to undreamt heights.
Newton: shoppers choose convenience and quality over low prices
When it comes to choosing a supermarket, shoppers are being driven by convenience and quality rather than cost, research by retail consultancy Newton has found.
Sainsbury’s and Asda safeguard future from Amazon threat with proposed deal
Sainsbury’s proposed tie-up with Asda to create a leading grocery, general merchandise and clothing group with 2,800 stores and combined revenues of £51bn, will provide the scale to fend off the threat posed by Amazon in the UK supermarket sector,
Aldi swims ahead of British supermarkets in sustainable seafood
Just under 80% of Aldi’s seafood range is certified sustainable in comparison to M&S at 19%. Results show also that all other supermarkets are selling more sustainable seafood than ever before, a 60% jump over the last two years.
Shoppers in Ireland spent an extra €90m on groceries over the festive period, Kantar Worldpanel reveals
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland, published today for the 12 weeks ending 31 December 2017, reveal that shoppers spent an extra €90m on groceries over the festive period. David Berry, director at Kantar Worldpanel, comments:
Prices rising at fastest rate in four years, latest Kantar Worldpanel data shows
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today for the 12 weeks to 5 November 2017, show supermarket sales have increased in value by 3.2% year on year in the run up to Christmas.
300 jobs to be delivered by new plans for Beehive site in Ulverston
Plans for a new business and retail development adjacent to the Blue Light Hub at the Beehive in Ulverston will deliver almost 300 jobs and aims to bring leading food retailers M&S and Aldi to the town.
Aldi and Lidl grow at fastest rate since 2015, latest Kantar Worldpanel data shows
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today for the 12 weeks ending 21 May 2017, reveal that inflation continues to rise – up 2.9% during the past 12 weeks – contributing to another period of growth
