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Scentre Group has announced the opening of two Aldi stores at its Whitford City and Stirling shopping centres, representing the supermarket’s first foray into Westfield shopping centres in WA. The new Aldi stores are expected to open next year. Scentre’s…
The first professional photos have emerged of Aldi China’s two pilot stores in Shanghai, which opened weeks ago. Designed by Australian-headquarted Landini Associates for Audi Sud (South), the two stores are both about 336sqm in size. They feature a more…
Aldi will launch in China a week from now opening the first of 11 stores initially planned for Shanghai. But the Aldi China store format will be considerably different to the German discount grocer’s shops in the other 11 offshore markets it has entered:…
Discount grocer Aldi is bringing its new food truck to MiniRoos football clubs across Australia to offer kids healthy food options. The Mighty Mini Chefs Food Truck has an accompanying app with interactive games for kids to create healthy lunch box based on…
Aldi has taken the Transport Workers Union to Federal Court, following what the supermarket claims is a string of false and misleading claims. The TWU has made a number of claims toward Aldi, including that its drivers have faced harassment when they have…
Woolworths and Aldi have increased their share in Australia’s grocery market, while Coles and IGA have slipped slightly, according to the latest research from Roy Morgan. Woolworths remains Australia’s top grocery retailer, increasing its share of the market…
British supermarket operator Tesco is set to unveil a new network of Jack’s stores: a budget grocery concept it hopes will take the fight directly to German discounters Aldi and Lidl. While the company has not made an official announcement, sources are…
International grocery giants Aldi and Costco are driving down fruit and veg prices in Western Australia at a faster rate than anywhere else in the country, according to new research. Analysis conducted by Bankwest has found that Perth shoppers spent 6.9 per…
Aldi South, the German discount supermarket giant, is planning to open up to 50 branches in China, as reported on Thursday. Aldi South, one of the leading low-budget supermarket chains in Germany, has put together a team for its expansion in China, the…
Tesco is to introduce new safety warning stickers on its trolleys after a social media storm saw it accused of “gender apartheid”. The warnings feature drawings of a woman and a child demonstrating how to allow children to ride in trolleys safely. A…
German discounter Aldi is taking a bigger share of the $100 billion Australian supermarket sector as IGA and Foodland fall further behind, new figures show. Industry market researcher IBISWorld has analysed the supermarkets’ latest revenue figures and has…
Aldi UK plans to open 70 new stores next year as it eyes 1000 by 2020. The German discount grocer says its sales increased by 13.5 per cent to £8.74 billion last year as it grew market share and continued to expand its store network. Gross profit, however,…
The UK Discount Retail market is set to soar by 36.1 per cent by 2022, reaching £32.5 billion by 2022 according to research by GlobalData. The company’s latest report UK Discounters 2017-2022 reveals discount retailers could gain an extra £9 billion slice of…
Supermarket chain Aldi has signed up to its first TV cooking show sponsorship deal as the German retailer escalates its market share fight with local behemoths Coles and Woolworths. Aldi will feature its pantry on Channel Seven’s new production, Hell’s…
The German retailer has a unique retail model that has captured market share around the globe, but it’s entry in China will be a little bit different. On April 25 the company announced it had launched its Chinese presence through a collaboration with online…
Aldi China plans to open a flagship store on Tmall, Alibaba’s B2C marketplace platform, within the next few months. The German supermarket chain has just launched a corporate website in China to signal its upcoming entry into Asia. This features a…
