Aldi news

With the ongoing cost-of-living crisis changing consumer behaviour across the nation, discounter Aldi has reported annual sales of £15.5 bn and promises to bring value to even more communities in the UK A quick look at the numbers Annual sales up 14% to £15.5 bn Operating profit up to £178.7m,  a margin of 1.2% Circa 1 million additional shoppers through the doors The switch ...

I visited Aldi Nord’s Shop & Go store in Utrecht, the Netherlands, where the discounter has upgraded its cashierless store concept. Testing the concept in a high footfall location The store was first opened in July 2022, in the centre of Utrecht, an ideal location for testing a cashierless store. IGD visited in December 2022 and produced a store visit report , highlighting the technology...

I visited Aldi’s new store in Woking, its 1,000 th in the UK. Store 1,000 and more to come On 7 September 2023, Aldi welcomed its 1,000 th store to the UK, in the Lion Retail Park in Woking. The German discounter entered the market in 1990 and has risen to be the UK’s fourth largest grocery retailer in 2023, according to recent Kantar data . The discounter has also revealed its ambi...

Aldi Sud has made its first online delivery service available to shoppers after an employee only pilot. Pilot extended for shoppers to register Aldi shoppers in the Mülheim an der Ruhr, Duisburg and Oberhausen areas of Germany can now benefit from the discounter’s home delivery service. The Mein Aldi site and app have gone live, allowing shoppers to register their interest to be part of ...

As many retailers across the globe introduce self-checkouts to increase convenience and efficiency, Trader Joe’s is going against the grain and has announced that it will never add them to stores. We analyse this decision and look at the broader picture when it comes to self-checkouts and technology in store  Valuing people above technology  US’s Trader Joe’s is saying “no, thank you” to se...

In Düsseldorf, Aldi Sud has teamed up with parking reservation app ampido to offer overnight parking. We also look at other external to store revenue streams German retailers are using. Meeting the demand in urban areas An Aldi Sud store in Düsseldorf is piloting a new overnight parking scheme, allowing access for local residents who may struggle to park on the crowded streets nearby. Dr...

Australia is blessed with a strong economy and the latest results from the top two leaders, Woolworths and Coles , confirm shoppers’ spending ability. I visited Australia to see stores for the first time this year and got to all the latest flagship stores in Sydney and Melbourne. Which are the best stores in Australia?  Here are six stores that I recommend, with links to full reports and vi...

The locations are split across the 5 Southeastern states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Mississippi and will add to the existing network of over 2,300 stores  Scheduled to complete in 2024, solidifying the US footprint  The acquisition from Southeastern Grocers is currently subject to regulatory approval and likely to complete in the first half of next year. Aldi already had i...

The discounter has just revealed it is slashing the price of over 30 household grocery staples.  On average, prices have been cut by 7%, with the highest decrease being 15%. Items in the price reduction include fruit, butter and spread, personal hygiene products, canned food, and even pet treats.  This is not an unusual move for retailers in the current climate, and Aldi UK already cut the...

Following the introduction of this initiative across stores in Ireland in April, it is now being trialled in select stores in the Midlands and the North.  Tuesday evenings will be quieter  On Tuesdays between 6pm and 8:30pm, nearly 100 stores across Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, and Yorkshire will go quiet. Overhead announcements will not be made during this time, and till soun...