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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...
Aug 27, 20231 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...
Aug 27, 20232 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...
Aug 27, 20231 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...
Aug 27, 20232 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...
Aug 16, 20231 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, 20232 min read


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, 20231 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)...
Aug 16, 20232 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...
Aug 13, 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...
Aug 11, 20231 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...
Aug 10, 20232 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...
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...
Aug 1, 20231 min read


USA: Dollar General preps to open $35M cold storage center in New York
Dollar General will start construction next year on a $35.4 million cold storage center after the discount retailer was awarded tax...
Jul 30, 20231 min read


EU: Aldi completes European roll-out of reusable crates for fruits & vegetables
Logistical efficiency, greater sustainability - extended freshness! With reusable crates for fruits and vegetables, the Aldi Nord Group...
Jul 30, 20232 min read


Colombia: Portuguese owned bulk discounter Bodega del Canasto opens 49th store in Colombia
Discounter Bodega del Canasto (owned by the Portugese Jeronimo Martins group) opened 6 stores in 2023. Source: Bodega del Canasto...
Jul 30, 20231 min read


Netherlands: A-brand discounter Nettorama takes over Boni supermarkets
The Dutch supermarket chains A-brand discounters Nettorama and Boni are going to merge. The new combination, with more than 80 stores and...
Jul 30, 20232 min read


Workshop: DRC at Coca Cola event
Today (22.06.2023), DRC was hosted at the Coca Cola Global Discounters Accelerate workshop. We are happy with the enthusiastic feedback...
Jun 25, 20231 min read
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