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Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK and Ireland has achieved its 2019 target of becoming a 'net-zero' business, after investing in a carbon offsetting programme last year. The company has confirmed that it will purchase carbon credits equivalent to 160,000 tonnes of emissions this year – the total annual footprint of all operations related to its 900 stores and 11 distribution centres across the UK and Ireland. These #CO2 credits will be used to support a range of “green” projects across the globe, including reforestation schemes, habitat protection programmes and work to build water infrastructure in #India. Delivered through environmental consultancy #ClimatePartner, projects supported by the offset scheme will also see low-carbon cookstoves installed in developing countries and children in #peru given lessons on conservation. Aldi UK and Ireland’s surpassed its 2020 target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions generated per m2 of sales floor in the #UK and #Ireland by 30%, three years early. By taking measures such as switching to 100% renewable energy, upgrading its fridges and freezers to more energy-efficient models and installing onsite solar arrays, the company has reduced its emissions per m2 of sales floor by 53%, against a 2012 baseline. “We are proud to now be a carbon neutral business in the UK and Ireland - however, this is only the start of our journey, as we will continually review our operations and look to reduce emissions wherever possible for many years to come,” Walleczek said. The announcement from Aldi UK & Ireland comes as Aldi South Group, which operates across Germany, Austria, the UK, Ireland, the US, and Australia, is working to align its future sustainability strategy with the "well below two degrees" target set through the Paris Agreement. The group’s current sustainability strategy targets a range of 2020 emissions reductions goals against a 2012 baseline, but none have been certified as science-based yet. Click on image for more:

Discount Retail and Supermarket chain X5, the leading Russian food retailer, announces that Perekrestok.ru online supermarket and X5 subsidiary 5Post, which offers parcel delivery services, have launched a pilot click-and-collect service from grocery lockers in its Discount Retail Chain Pyaterochka and supermarket chain Perekrestok. This food delivery option is complementary to existing home food delivery services, as well as in-store pick up of parcels at checkout counters or pick-up points. Currently 31 lockers for Perekrestok.ru orders have been installed in Moscow (21 at Perekrestok supermarkets and 10 at Pyaterochka discount stores). During the pilot stage, pick-up from grocery lockers is only available for orders prepaid through the website. The new Perekrestok.ru app will also feature this option in the near future. The minimum order is about $7, and delivery to the locker is free of charge. Grocery lockers have cells with two temperature regimes: ambient temperature and zero to five degrees centigrade. Orders of frozen and bulky goods to the grocery lockers are limited during the pilot stage, and the maximum order weight is 20 kg. Click-and-collect orders for locker pick-ups are assembled at Perekrestok.ru dark stores and delivered to the lockers by the online supermarket's couriers. To collect an order, the customer enters the a code sent by text message. Purchases are stored in grocery lockers for a maximum of 12 hours (from 10 am to 10 pm). The average check for orders collected from chilled lockers is about $36, and during the service testing stage promotional and entry price items were the most commonly ordered goods. "The grocery lockers pilot project is aligned with X5 Retail Group's omnichannel strategy, and represents a synergy between –the 5Post parcel delivery service and our Perekrestok.ru online food delivery service. During the COVID-19 outbreak, when we have seen heightened demand for online food services, this offering is especially relevant," said Igor Shekhterman, X5's Chief Executive Officer. Click on image for more:

Discount Retail Chain Aldi Suisse is giving its stores a makeover. Aldi Suisse is serious about its plans: this week the Swiss discounter is starting the renovation of the first 30 branches according to a new store concept. In the mid term, the discounter wants to expand the new store concept to all of Switzerland. Click on image for more:

Discount Retail Chain Lidl challenges the competition with a large-scale renewal of the deli range. The introduction of the new Fresh & artisanal concept first takes place in 80 stores in the Netherlands. After Aldi, Lidl identified the potential of this category for its sales, marketing and margin. Click on image for more:

Discount Retail Chain Lidl has stopped distributing weekly leaflets in Slovakia. Sustainability is not an empty concept for Lidl, instead of words, the discount company takes concrete steps to protect the environment as a responsible company. Next to that the saved funds are invested by Lidl in more long-term better prices for customers. Showing its continuous efforts in digital marketing is paying off: Quick look into social media in Poland: FACEBOOK: Biedronka 457,000 followers LIDL 1,188,000 followers Netto 146,000 followers Aldi 32,000 followers YOUTUBE: Biedronka 258,000 followers Lidl 14,900 followers KUCHNIA LIDLA (Lidl's Kitchen) 458,000 followers Netto 1,500 followers Aldi 226 followers INSTAGRAM: Lidl 201,000 followers Netto 26,400 followers This shows how modern marketing concepts with a storyline (Lidl's kitchen), influencers and adding customer value are more successful than standard retailer webpages and leaflets. Source: Sebastian Rennack When do the the other Lild countries in Europe and its competition follow? Click on image for more:

Discount Retail Chain Lidl is considering the elimination of the 9 cent rule. As of July 1st, VAT in Germany is to be reduced from 19% today to 16%. Supermarkets and discounters also want to pass this reduction on to customers. The changeover could turn out to be a mammoth task for Aldi, Lidl, Rewe and Edeka. The reduction could also bring a change for the customer: the so-called rule of 9 cent could finally be abolished. The extra effort for retailers is not only to change the price tables and digital displays. Many branches also have to take inventory rounds, reschedule planned sales, and all of this shortly before the summer and holiday periods. Retailers also believe that customers pounce on certain products because they are now cheaper. These include drugstore items and coffee. This would also affect ordering processes and margins. Discounters Aldi and Lidl want to pass on the tax cut directly. Customers should benefit from all everyday products. Supermarket chains Rewe and Edeka have also announced that they will reduce the price in such a way that their customers can shop cheaper. While the supermarket giant Tegut is apparently considering withdrawing VAT at the checkout (a clever and efficient way, saving OPEX), Lidl wants to say goodbye to the 9-cent rule for the first time reports the "Lebensmittel Zeitung". Food prices should drop by 1.9 percent (lower tax rate). Promotional in & out products are down 2.5 percent (normal VAT). Rounding down would make many products 2 or 3 percent cheaper overall. It will be seen at the end of June whether Lidl will actually implement the concept in this way. Industry circles said that the idea had been positively received by the competition. - The battle is on, will discounters or supermarkets gain most of these tax reduction? - What retailer reduces its prices with an additional 2% or 3% on top of the VAT reduction showing its price-leadership?

Discount Retail Chain Tiendas D1 (owned by KOBA) understood what customers are demanding, so, in alliance with Mi Águila and Picap, D1 decided to offer a home delivery service in the country. Click on image for more:

Discount non-food Retail Chain Dollar General has been flagged by many an investor in the recent market turmoil as something of a safe haven, with shares of the discount retailer rising slightly in the past month versus the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index’s drop of more than 20 percent. That positive perception definitely didn’t hurt executives’ efforts last week to complete a $1.5 billion debt offering to give them a cash cushion. Click on image for more:

Discount Retail Chain DA! (owned by O'Key Group) presented successful results over 2019. Click on image for more:

Discount Retail Chain Aldi South has now transported over 200 tons of pasta from Italy to Germany in special trains, to prevent empty supermarket shelves. In addition to toilet paper, noodles have become a new currency in the corona crisis. Click on image for more:

Discount Retail Chain Save A Lot has secured $350 million in new capital to help fuel the discount grocer’s business transformation plan. Click on image for more:

Discount Retail Chain Dollar General Opens First Store in Washington State. Click on image for more: