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The Irish market grew 16.4% in the 12 weeks to 24 January, according to the latest results from Kantar. Irish shoppers spent an extra €142.8m combined on take-home groceries compared to last year. Growth was driven by the festive season and the reintroduction of lockdown restrictions. A January like no other Growth has accelerated further in the last four weeks, with sales +16.8%. The retur...

Throughout 2020 we saw a shift in performance between the UK discounters, with Lidl growing much faster than Aldi. Traditionally Aldi has always been considered the more dominant discounter in the UK. It entered the market in 1990, four years ahead of Lidl, and since then has dominated the headlines about strong discounter growth. Over the years Aldi opened more stores and performed ahead of Lidl...

The COVID-19 pandemic proved to be a challenge, but also an opportunity to accelerate development for discounters. In several markets with high penetration of online, such as the UK, the lack of ecommerce proved to be a weakness for the discount channel. However, the value proposition of the channel resonated well with increasingly savvier shoppers, ensuring footfall and sales remained strong. ...

The GB market grew 12.2% in the 12 weeks to 24 January, according to latest results from Kantar. As restrictions once again increased, the online and convenience channels continued to benefit the most from changes in shopping habits. Increased restrictions drive up spend A combination of the festive season and the reintroduction of lockdown restrictions drove growth. With dining out no long...

The discount retailer opened its first two stores 20 years ago today in Sydney and today it has over 560 stores trading across the country.  Part of the Australian grocery fabric When Aldi brought its highly differentiated operating model to Australia on 25 January 2001, many could not have predicted the success that the retailer would have over the next 20 years. Rising to become Australia...

We take a detailed look at the new restrictions on alcohol promotions in Irish supermarkets that came into force this week. Reducing alcohol consumption by reducing promotional activity There are three new measures that will have an impact of grocery retailers; Retailers are banned from selling alcohol at a reduced price on the basis of the purchase of another product or service. This...

December was a record-breaking month for the Irish grocery market, with sales of €1.2 bn on groceries, according to the latest results from Kantar. The market grew 17% in the 12 weeks to 27 December, with lockdown restrictions and Christmas contributing to the strong sales increase. Dunnes retained the largest market share during the period. Notable performances also came from Lidl and Tesco, ...

Lidl Spain continues to grow its network, investing a further €60m to open 10 new stores during Q4 2020 as it also collaborates with a celebrity chef to launch a limited-edition range. Meanwhile, Aldi has revealed its plans to continue its expansion and claims it increased its space by 6.4% in 2019. Separately, Caprabo has launched a new online platform, which has enabled an increase in capaci...

The two discounters continue to work closer together in Germany. To better understand how their strategies are evolving we looked at the first folders of the year. Below are the key learnings we identified from the promotional offers on private label and branded products, Veganuary and the marketing messages. Two different folders but common offers on several categories In many European cou...

In the 12 weeks to 27 December 2020 the grocery market grew +11.4%, the fastest rate since August 2020, according to Kantar. Growth was driven by Christmas spending and changing shopping habits due to increased restrictions. Here we look at the results in more detail, including an overview of performance in the online and discount channels. Record four weeks of sales With the closure of ...