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B&M hits out at grocery loyalty schemes in new ‘no gimmicks’ food campaign

Retail Gazette

The news comes after Sainsbury’s recently unveiled its latest value offering, ‘Low Everyday Prices’, which it said gave shoppers “market low prices” on selected big brand products, many of which aren’t available in Aldi.

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Exclusive: The thinking behind Coles’ revamped Chadstone flagship store

Inside Retail

Further, the new store provided Coles with a platform to innovate, a key focus for the supermarket giant. “While we have delivered an incredible product, some of the innovations are really at ‘stage one’. Trial and error For Coles, the ability to learn from the Chadstone store is key.

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Aldi named cheapest supermarket of the year amid ‘significant’ price rises

365 Retail

Aldi has narrowly beaten its rival Lidl to be named the cheapest supermarket of the year, as grocery prices rose by up to 9% over the past 12 months, according to an annual survey. For one month – January last year – Aldi and Lidl were tied, with a basket of 19 items coming in at £18.45 at both discounters.

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Less is more: How Metcash’s Supa Valu is doing things differently

Inside Retail

In certain instances, they are even moving to value-focused supermarkets for their daily shop. Metcash’s IGA-adjacent value supermarket Supa Valu, which launched almost a year ago , has seen an increase in foot traffic in recent months as customers continue to look around for the best value.

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April Fools’ Day: worth the effort, or a waste of time?

Inside Retail

Given all the downfalls of getting it wrong, we asked Louise Grimmer, a senior lecturer in marketing at University of Tasmania, and Phoebe Netto, managing director of Pure Public Relations, to weigh in on what makes for a great April Fools’ Day campaign, and whether it’s worth the effort. According to media reports, it’s not.

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The Value Shopper – How to understand shoppers in an economic downturn

Mike Anthony

In an economic downturn, value shoppers trade ‘value’ for ‘cost’. At its simplest, we see cost-factors given more weight, and value factors less. Not all shoppers will become ‘value shoppers’ over night. Many will continue shopping, or at least some of their shopping, in the same way they always have.

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Has John Lewis Partnership finally turned a corner with its ‘refreshed’ turnaround plan?

Retail Gazette

Stores Waitrose is set to open its first supermarket in almost 10 years as the upmarket grocer embarks on an expansion of its store network. Waitrose is also looking to refurbish 80 of its existing supermarkets as part of a near £1bn investment into “renewing and refreshing our shops for our customers”, says Bailey.

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