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Germany: Schwarz Group's attack on Aldi's price leadership
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Germany and Kaufland Germany are advertising their new price reduction of sugar. The new price per kilo is 0.99 euros. ALDI Nord and ALDI SOUTH seem to have been caught off guard by the price reduction. The prices for Raffinade Zucker were still at the old price of 1.49 euros/KG when the shops opened in the morning. The falling world market prices on the futures exchanges for sugar provide the scope for this price reduction. Year-on-year, prices
Sep 27, 20243 min read


Germany: ALDI SOUTH Group among the first global grocery retailers to set science-based net-zero targets
Discount Retail Chain ALDI SOUTH reaches a significant milestone after gaining SBTi approval of new emissions reduction goals. The...
Sep 27, 20242 min read


USA: Dollar stores surge across the U.S., while CVS shutters stores
Discount Retail Dollar stores continued to open rapidly across the U.S. in the second half of August 2024, with Dollar General and...
Sep 14, 20241 min read


Germany: How Lidl & Co urge its customers to use the app with free items and instant discounts
Discount Retail Chain Lidl also seems to have recognized the superpower of free items: In September, users of the Lidl Plus app will have...
Sep 14, 20244 min read


Portugal: Lidl in first place "in the practice of good prices and special offers"
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Portugal was considered a benchmark retail brand in price perception by consumers, "reinforcing its commitment...
Sep 14, 20242 min read


Philippines: Robinsons Enters Into Hard Discount Retailing
Discount Retail Chain O!Save, founded in 2021, currently has over 300 stores in the Philippines. “We just opened our 300th store a few...
Sep 13, 20242 min read


Germany: Aldi expands online shop with drugstore category products
Discount Retail Chains Aldi Süd and Nord have jointly concentrated mainly on non-food in their online shop. Now the discounters are also...
Sep 10, 20242 min read


UK: ALDI announces £800M investment in Britain after record sales last year
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK has announced its largest ever package of annual investment to accelerate its expansion across Britain. ...
Sep 10, 20243 min read


Research: Bolivian neighborhood stores, discount chains and markets compete on prices
A study requested by EL DEBER from the firm Zoomin Group revealed that in Santa Cruz de la Sierra there is a competitor that faces...
Sep 10, 20245 min read


UK: Where will Aldi open its new stores in London
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK is set to open three more supermarkets in London as part of an £800m plan to ramp up expansion across the...
Sep 10, 20242 min read


Denmark: Netto’s Digital Makeover
Discount Retail Chain Netto Denmark signals the growing importance of digital transformation in the grocery sector. Netto Denmark is...
Sep 9, 20242 min read


Spain: Aldi to buy 40,000 tonnes of fruit from local suppliers for its stores in 2024
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Spain will buy nearly 40,000 tonnes of fruit from Spanish suppliers throughout 2024 to distribute among its...
Sep 9, 20241 min read


UK: Most influential women in the UK world of discounting
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK finally broke the long-held dominance of the ‘big four’ supermarkets. Much as Aldi might argue its...
Aug 24, 20244 min read


Poland: Complaints handled in a new way at Aldi
Discount Retail Chain ALDI has decided to modernize its organization and implement a business process automation tool. The choice fell on...
Aug 23, 20242 min read


Romania: EBRD, CEECAT Capital and Morphosis Capital take a share in discount hypermarket chain La Cocoş
Discount Hypermarket Retail Chain La Cocoş has added new shareholders The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), CEECAT...
Aug 23, 20244 min read


Canada: 'No frills' owner Loblaw opens 'No Name' store pilot
Grocery Retailer Loblaw Companies will pilot 3 new “ultra hard discount” stores called the 'no name' store, and its goal is to help...
Aug 22, 20243 min read


Belgium: Lidl rolls out ambitious non-food strategy
Discount Retail Chain Lidl wants to significantly increase the share of its higher margin non-food in & out category with a share of 7%...
Aug 22, 20241 min read


Mexico: Bara wants to compete with discounter Tiendas 3B
One of the bets within FEMSA's new business strategy is Bara , a format that it wants to underpin and grow to compete in a segment that...
Aug 19, 20242 min read
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