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Asda’s share of UK grocery market slips while Lidl draws in shoppers
Consumer spending at Asda fell 5.5% year-on-year, according to analysts Kantar.
Sainsbury’s brings Aldi price-match scheme to local stores
The UK’s second-largest supermarket said it was the first in the country to make such a commitment.
Aldi plans seasonal recruitment drive
The supermarket chain will hire 3,500 workers in the run-up to Christmas.
Grocery price inflation edges up as shoppers turn to promoted items
Analysis shows supermarket prices are 2% more expensive than a year ago, up from August’s 1.7%.
Supermarket own-label baked beans beat well-known brands in taste test
Aldi’s Bramwells Baked Beans In A Rich Tomato Sauce costing 41p for a 410g can achieved a top score of 76% in the blind taste test by Which?
Morrisons sales growth slows amid ‘softer’ UK grocery market
The supermarket group said its like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, grew by 2.9% in the three months to July 28.
‘Dozens’ of Tesco products price-matched to Aldi not like-for-like – report
Of 122 Tesco products, 38 were found to have at least five percentage points less of the main ingredient than the matched Aldi product.
140,000 apple juice cases sold in likes of Walmart and Walgreens recalled over arsenic levels
The FDA has expanded its recall notice to include 11 apple juice products sold across the US
‘I’m optimistic we’ll see more prices drop by Christmas’, says Aldi boss
It came as the grocer reported surging sales and profits for last year and unveiled plans to spend £800 million to ramp up expansion plans.
Aldi plans record £800m store investment after sales and profits jump
The discount supermarket said it was opening 23 stores by the end of the year and revamping another 100 shops as part of the record investment plans.