The archive
Aldi
99 pieces written from the shop floor, 2011 to 2023. Store visits, results reaction, pricing and range changes, kept as they were written.
2023
- Issue 490 - Tesco cutting prices (Sample) · 28 July 2023
- Issue 490 - Tesco cutting prices · 26 July 2023
2022
- Issue 482 - Sainsbury's Price Lock expanded · 2 September 2022
- Retail by Email - Issue 481 - Tesco · 8 August 2022
- Retail By Email - 479 - Mars and Heinz · 14 July 2022
- Retail by Email - Issue 474 · 5 May 2022
- Retail By Email - Issue 472 - Tesco delivered · 25 April 2022
- Week 15 in stores · 25 April 2022
- Why Aldi win at the front end · 14 March 2022
- Retail by Email - Issue 469 - Value is for ever · 11 March 2022
- Retail by email - No. 4468 - Tesco pushing margin · 1 March 2022
- Lidl strong on value · 18 January 2022
2021
- Tesco expand their Aldi price comparison · 13 September 2021
- Retail by Email sample – Mere · 16 August 2021
- Mere - Austerity retailing · 16 August 2021
- Sainsbury's - New strapline ahoy · 27 May 2021
- Apologies and Updates · 13 April 2021
- Imitation is flattery? · 17 February 2021
2020
- Key themes for Christmas 2020 · 18 December 2020
- Price activity in own label · 9 September 2020
- Lidl - out of the firing line · 10 August 2020
- Tesco vs Aldi - hotting up · 28 July 2020
- Tesco Q1 · 26 June 2020
- Tesco prices in Health and Beauty · 23 June 2020
- Tesco v Aldi · 5 March 2020
- Aldi - XL packs and Special Buys · 5 February 2020
- Sainsbury's - Change afoot - the long read · 29 January 2020
2019
- Tesco own label - Prioritisation continues apace · 23 July 2019
- Tesco v Aldi - Another shot fired · 16 July 2019
- Lidl - Onwards and upwards · 19 June 2019
- Tesco - 100 years of value phase 2 · 13 May 2019
- Aldi - Range growing? · 4 February 2019
- There's always a price war · 10 January 2019
- Happy New Year 2019 · 8 January 2019
2018
- Aldi - Peak Carrot · 3 December 2018
- Waitrose - the longer term outlook · 30 October 2018
- Sainsbury's - Messages to the customer · 15 October 2018
- What did we learn from the Tesco slides / statement? · 4 October 2018
- Aldi - What is their reaction to Jack? · 1 October 2018
- Jack's - part of the Tesco family · 28 September 2018
- With Jack's - what is the discount reaction(?) · 27 September 2018
- Jack's - Images · 24 September 2018
- Jack’s – Part of the Tesco family · 20 September 2018
- Jack's open today! · 20 September 2018
- Jack’s – Exclusively Tesco(?) · 15 September 2018
- Ireland - Price central · 3 September 2018
- What about the Tesco discount format(?) · 1 August 2018
- Tesco - Further brands update · 10 July 2018
- Tesco - More of their 'brands' · 19 June 2018
- A brief interlude - More brands from Tesco · 8 May 2018
- Lidl and the Free From category · 24 April 2018
- Waitrose - where from here? · 14 March 2018
- Iceland - Value signposting · 19 February 2018
- Asda - Rolled Back... · 17 January 2018
- Express Checkout – Christmas 2017 · 11 January 2018
- Christmas 2017 - Tesco · 8 January 2018
2017
- Profits down, sales up at Aldi · 26 September 2017
- Discounters and brands · 8 September 2017
- Asda - Green shoots of recovery? · 29 August 2017
- Larger packs at Tesco... · 9 August 2017
- Lidl Cheaper? · 27 July 2017
- Sainsbury's - own label progression · 18 July 2017
- Big suppliers - need to do more? · 28 June 2017
- Discount category killers - 2) Nappies/Diapers · 5 June 2017
- Lidl - Ongoing banality · 19 May 2017
- First look – new format Aldi in the UK · 30 March 2017
- *exclusive* New format Aldi · 30 March 2017
- Lidl - A bit up and down · 29 March 2017
- Aldi - Intriguing developments · 6 March 2017
- Aldi - Dilution in the ranges? · 24 February 2017
- Aldi - Are specials all that special? · 25 January 2017
- Market Overview - Christmas 2016 · 10 January 2017
- Aldi - Good news(?) · 10 January 2017
- It's a long read! Market Overview - Christmas 2016 · 3 January 2017
2016
- Aldi - Looking strong for Christmas · 22 December 2016
- *flash* Produce war for Christmas · 15 December 2016
- Branded invasion at Aldi · 30 November 2016
- Sainsbury's - The slides that matter · 10 November 2016
- Is the value tier on the way out? · 1 November 2016
2015
- Tesco Full Year Results – 4 feet to glory · 21 April 2015
2014
- Tesco: 66 points for Dave Lewis – No.26 – Household · 22 August 2014
- Tesco: 66 points for Dave Lewis – No.25 – Bebivita · 21 August 2014
- Tesco: 66 points for Dave Lewis – No.14 – Price Down · 10 August 2014
- Tesco: 66 points for Dave Lewis – No.11 – Produce · 7 August 2014
- Tesco: 66 points for Dave Lewis – No.9 – Discounter brands · 5 August 2014
- Asda - trying to be more than just price. · 19 June 2014
- Tesco Q1 - What's been happening? (9 June 2014) · 9 June 2014
- Tesco Q1 - What's been happening? (4 June 2014) · 4 June 2014
- There are chinks within the Aldi armour - price isn't one, health is... · 29 May 2014
- Price - Not everyone can be the cheapest. · 7 May 2014
- Insight from the trenches. · 30 April 2014
- Tesco results – How bad is it? Part 1 – Sir Terry Leahy · 15 April 2014
- Comparing Apples and Apples... · 2 April 2014
- Range change will do you good · 25 March 2014
- Tesco Fuel Save - No Petrol Stations for Aldi. · 17 March 2014
2013
- Morrisons Sales Slide – Get Rid of Fresh Formats, Go Online! A Panic & Hysteria Special · 12 March 2013
2012
- Hysteria and panic – It’s the half year for Morrisons · 14 October 2012
- ‘Tes-go’ ‘big price flop’ – Forget the cliches, what are the real issues facing Tesco? – Part 2 · 9 March 2012
2011
- Asda, ‘super’markets ‘super’ centres and pure EDLP? · 6 October 2011
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