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Understand how Salling group plans to help shoppers with rising costs and inflation, while Dagrofa and Aldi focus on creating and improving store concepts to compete in the market.   Salling group extends price caps on essential products Denmark based Salling Group announced it has prolonged its price cap until the end of 2022, to help during the current difficult living conditions, with ener...

September has proved an interesting month for Aldi, with it overtaking Morrisons to become the retailer with the fourth largest market share in the UK, alongside announcing a large fall in profits. Key figures from Aldi UK’s 2021 annual trading update Sales : £13.645bn from £13.531bn (+0.9%) Operating profit : £60.2m from £287.7m (-79%) Pre-tax profit : £35.7m from £264.8m (-8...

Yesterday marked a huge moment in UK grocery retail. Aldi has overtaken Morrisons to become the retailer with the fourth largest share in the market for the first time, according to the latest results from Kantar. The Big Four is no more? According to the latest Kantar market shares, in the 12 weeks to September 4, 2022, Aldi’s sales rose by 18.7%, increasing it to a 9.3% market share. At...

The latest release from Kantar, based on data from its 30,000-strong shopper panel, indicates that in the 12-weeks to 4 September 2022 total till roll consumer spend in Great Britain rose by 3.8%. It noted this was the third month in a row the market had seen growth, following more than a year of declines, due to challenging comparisons driven by the pandemic. Discounters benefiting from risin...

ALDI’s third Corner store in Australia is on Swanson St, one of the main streets in Melbourne's central business district, after the first two stores opened in Sydney. Convenience at the centre The new store opened on Thursday, 8 September, with cups of coffee on offer to entice shoppers. Grocery and fresh produce are still the core offering, but it is supplemented by an artisan bakery, a g...

As Metcash looks to invest in prices to remain competitive and launches SupaValu from IGA in Melbourne, Amazon offers free one-day delivery for Prime members, amongst other developments, we round up news from the market. Metcash aiming to remain price competitive… Metcash-owned IGA and Foodland stores, according to reports from The Australian, are aiming to remain price competitive by focus...

The German retailer has announced plans to open hundreds of shops in Shanghai and wants to expand into other Chinese cities. Major expansion plans revealed Aldi Süd plan to expand its physical store network in China into the hundreds, with Shanghai its first major target. The retailer has 26 stores in the city, following its entry into the physical market in 2019. Cities in the Yangtze Delt...

Several retailers have launched initiatives to support the government's new cost of living campaign, Help for Households, while others have introduced steps separately to help families over the summer holidays. We round up some of the steps launched so far. Divided shoppers research shows impact on families In our ShopperVista report on Divided shoppers , accessible to subscribers, we lo...

Aldi Nord has opened a cashierless store in Utrecht, Netherlands. This is the retailer’s first store to use the Shop&Go technology, and follows on from Aldi Sud's first cashierless store, which opened in January 2022.  Partnership with Trigo The in-store technology is powered by Trigo, a company that has also partnered with Tesco, REWE Group, Netto and Wakefern Food. The store is 370...

The latest release from Kantar, based on data from its 30,000-strong shopper panel, indicates, in the 12-weeks to 10 July 2022, total till roll consumer spend in Great Britain rose, very slightly, by 0.1% versus 2021. The market’s growth in the 12-week period saw it return to positive territory for the first time since April 2021. Inflation reaches second highest level ever recorded by Kantar ...