...1. Keeping customers at the heart! ! Aldi keeps its customers at the heart of everything it does, ensuring that the shopping experience is made as simple and stress-free as possible. This strategy is focused on the discounter's core model which ensures that prices and SKU count are kept low, along with the twice weekly rotation of Specialbuys. To keep improving its offer, Aldi listens to its customers, engaging directly through social media, specifically Facebook and Twitter. Parents are important customers for Aldi and so the discounter has created the Mamia Parent Club and Lunchbox app to engage them with the Aldi brand from pregnancy onwards. This strategy has helped Aldi to increase loyalty and add new aspects to the discounter's appeal. Launched an organic food range to attract middle class. For Christmas it has introduced a number of luxury products to appeal to these shoppers - including caviar, scallops, whole goose and lobster. Now it has announced that it will also be beefing up its 'specially selected' range - a higher quality range introduced for more selective shoppers.! ! 2. Swap & Save! ! Aldi's core marketing campaign is very simple in that it encourages shoppers to swap branded products for Aldi's non-branded products in order to save up to 40% on price. Understanding that purse strings have been tightened over recent years, Aldi has confidence that its own products are as good as the brands, but at lower price points. The campaign has been successful...
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...FOUNDATION TO BUSINESS STRATEGY ALDI ALDI is one of the world’s leading grocery retailers with more than 7,000 stores across 70 countries. The company originates from Germany, where it was founded in 1913 as one of the first retailers to offer self-service. Since opening its first store in 1913, ALDI has established itself as a reputable retailer operating in international markets including Germany, Australia, UK, and the U.S. What distinguishes ALDI from its competitors is its pricing strategy without reducing the quality of its products. In fact, in some cases ALDI’s products are 30% cheaper than those offered by its competitors. ALDI can do this because the business operates so efficiently. ALDI has operated in the UK since 1990, and now has over 500 stores in the UK and Ireland employing in excess of 20,000 people. ALDI’S POLICIES: ALDI does not have a clear defined Vision and mission statements, however it has clearly defined policies based on which it could create its competitive position in the market. ALDI’S Policies are based on ‘What if a grocery store challenged the typical retail business model?’ALDI’s business model enables to provide the customers the highest quality products at the lowest possible prices. This value stems from the numerous efficiencies and innovations instituted at every level of ALDI’S operation. The following are the cost saving strategies that ALDI adopts: * Customers bring their own bags or buy our reusable bags to save money ...
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...Will Hurt Profits–The Guardian Feb 02nd 2015 3 2.2 Aldi and Lidl set to win holiday season again as shoppers shy away from Asda, Tesco, Morrison and Sainsburys- The Guardian Dec 16th 2014. 5 3. Conclusion 6 4. References 8 1. Introduction This report aims to recognize key economic factors that are affecting three different firms and provides a clear link between the discipline of economy and real life examples. The first story focuses on the merge between BT Group plc and EE that could result in economies of scale and scope as finalisation of the purchase would create the UK's biggest fixed and mobile operator that offers a multiply services. Further benefits of merge give the company a possibility to eliminate rivals therefore the firm is becoming close to achieve a monopoly. The second story concentrates on the drop of oil price caused by increased supply against demand. The organisation involved is RyanAir which is budget airlines. Budget airlines are able to offer cheap fares by reducing their operation costs mainly by hedging fuel; however economic and political factors affected the forecasts of future fuel rate in disadvantage for the company. This company has hedged fuel at the £61 while in 2014 the oil price dropped to £33 per barrel which gives competitors a chance to purchase cheaper fuel and reduce their fares against RyanAir. The final story describes how major UK Supermarkets Tesco and Sainsbury are affected by changes in microeconomics caused by rise...
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...ASDA Market share: 2014: 17.2% (second highest behind Tesco) http://www.statista.com/statistics/279900/grocery-market-share-in-the-united-kingdom-uk/ 2013: 17.2% 2012: 17.6% http://www.theguardian.com/business/2013/nov/19/britain-supermarkets-market-share-fall-tesco-sainsburys-lidl 2011: 17.1% 2010: 17.6% http://www.theguardian.com/business/2011/aug/16/supermarkets-market-share-kantar 2009: 17% http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/6288/economics/uk-grocery-market-share/ The table on the right shows ASDA’s market share from 2009 to 2014, as you can see they have had a mixture of growths, at times the growth declined. Currently their market share is at 17.2%, which means they have the second highest percentage, they are only behind Tesco. ASDA’s newest news on what’s going on within the company would be the false advertising, this has been a big problem for them. The problem was that they stated in their advertisement that they had many products cheaper than Argos, although that may be true the way the stated it was wrong. They had said to have around 139 products that were cheaper than the ones sold In Argos and they also said that an independence price checker found out this information. However this figure that ASDA had generated and advertised was completely wrong. In fact Argos had much more cheaper products, Argos had claimed to have around 336 products which were cheaper in their stores compared to ASDA. Due to this problem, it caused many ASDA...
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...Strategic Analysis of ALDI Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Brief Background on Aldi 3 3. Market Identification of Aldi 4 4. Environmental Analysis 5 4.1 PESTEL Analysis 6 4.1.1 Political factors 6 4.1.2 Economical factors 6 4.1.3 Social and cultural factors 7 4.1.4 Technology factors 8 4.1.5 Environmental Factors 8 4.1.6 Legal factors 9 4.2 Key Trends affecting the industry 9 5. SWOT Analysis 10 5.1 Strengths 10 5.2 Weaknesses 11 5.2 SWOT Table 12 6. Identification and evaluation of the Strategies pursued by Aldi 13 6.1 Strategies implemented by ALDI 13 6.2 Critical Evaluation of the Strategies 14 7. Conclusion 16 8. References 16 1. Introduction Albrecht Discount Inc., globally known as Aldi, is a German based family owned global discount chain of supermarkets. Aldi constitutes of two independent groups, that are Aldi Nord (North) and Aldi Sud (South) legally and economically independent but family related (Aldi Sud Business, 2013). It is the market leader in the industry of international grocery retailing and owns and operates chain of discount grocery stores in Europe, Australia and United States. It’s stores retail and supply general merchandise and food including meat products, fresh meat, frozen and refrigerated foods, sweets and snacks, dairy and bakery products, beverages and pantry items in addition to home care and personal care products (Report Linker, 2013). In the present Aldi Inc.’s strategic analysis...
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...After doing well in Germany, Netherlands, United States and Austria Aldi decided to enter the UK market in 1989. Nowadays Aldi is about to open its 500th store within the borders of the UK (BBC 2013). According to the Reuters (2013) Aldi has a 3.9% of market share within the UK where its competitors, that are called “big four” (Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury, Morrison), dominated the market with cumulative of 75.3% shares. PESTEL Analysis: Political factors: It is noted form (thinketc, 2008) that for employment regulations, the government inspires the retailers to offer a mix of job prospects from flexible, less-paid and locally-based works to highly-skilled and higher-paid, centrally-located jobs (Riboldi, 2013). Economical: One of the most significant factors on economy is great unemployment ranks that reduces the effective demand for goods, unfavourably upsetting the demand required to create such products (Riboldi, 2013). These economic aspects are mainly outside control of company but their special effects on the marketing mix and performance can be insightful (Gill, 2013). Social: Aldi have improved the amount of non-food substances presented for sale (Riboldi, 2013). Aldi is adjusting its product mix that is to accommodate improved demand for organic products (thinketc, 2008). Demographic variations such as aging population rise in female staffs and a drop in the home meal preparation means that UK sellers are also concentrating on added-value goods and services (Baymoh...
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...ALDI IN AUSTRALIA: WHAT WILL BE THE IMPACT? May 2000 Aldi in Australia Aldi will become a small but significant player in the Australian market OVERVIEW I. Aldi is the world’s lowest cost grocery retailer II. The United Kingdom provides an excellent model for the development of Aldi in Australia III. The arrival of Aldi in Australia will have a focused impact, felt mostly on key line pricing and by Franklins Aldi 2 Aldi in Australia I. Aldi is the world’s lowest cost grocery retailer – Ia. Aldi acts as a category killer in core grocery lines – Ib. Aldi has a low-cost logistics and operational system that works on a 12% gross margin – Ic. Privately owned Aldi has a long investment horizon and plenty of patient capital – Id. There are few threats to Aldi or the limited assortment store. Aldi is immune to competition, even from WalMart Aldi 3 Aldi in Australia Ia. Aldi acts as a category killer in core grocery lines – Aldi is a limited assortment discount grocery store, a format characterized by a high turnover on a narrow range of grocery items in a small space – The main appeal of limited assortment stores is low prices – Packaged grocery accounts for almost 50% of a German Aldi store’s turnover and 50% of an American store’s SKU mix – In Germany, over 70% of German households shop at Aldi, mostly for basic staples Aldi 4 Aldi in Australia Aldi is a limited assortment discount grocery store… TYPES OF DISCOUNT...
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...Task 2 Economic environment Sainsbury- the current economic environment for Sainsbury is one of coming out of recession as even though the recession started in late 2008 , because of this buyer confidence is low and currently cheaper supermarkets such as Aldi are more favoured due to price. Currently the UK GDP is 41,787.47 USD which is a 2% increase over 2015, this is good for Sainsbury as a rise in GDP suggests that more people are making money in the UK which means lower levels of unemployment and this is what Sainsbury wants as that means that there are more people with more disposable income around in the UK. This will change the customer’s confidence in the market as since they have more money, their confidence will go up making them far more likely to spend money on more things resulting in an increase in sales for Sainsbury. Inflation in the UK has dropped to 0.3% in this month which in the short term will be good for Sainsbury as if the inflation remains stable at this level; investors will be far more confident about investing into businesses, this will allow Sainsbury to access a higher rate of growth for a period of time. However in the long term low inflation wouldn’t be good for Sainsbury as a business as low inflation can lead to rises in unemployment levels, particularly in the younger generations, this means less people with disposable income and Sales decrease for Sainsbury, in addition to that, low unemployment levels has a high correlation with high levels...
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...MARKETING STRATEGY FOR SAINSBURY by Student’s Name Code + Course Name Professor’s Name University Name City, State Date Table of Contents MARKETING STRATEGY FOR SAINSBURY’S 3 Introduction 3 External Audit for Sainsbury’s 3 SWOT Analysis of Salisbury’s 5 Fundamentals Areas of Marketing Objectives 6 Marketing Strategies 7 Marketing Mix 7 Reference 8 MARKETING STRATEGY FOR SAINSBURY’S Introduction Sainsbury’s is a chain of supermarkets in the U.K. it is mainly focused on the sale of groceries. The supermarket was established in the year 1869 in Central London. It is the third largest grocery chain in the U.K after Tesco and Asda. It is indicated that Asda outdid Sainsbury’s in large after it acquired Netto. The U.K has recently registered a change in the shopping habits of the groceries consumers. Many of the consumers are now preferring online shopping and discounted chains as opposed to supermarkets. It is for this reason that this paper is going to give a report to the Board of Sainsbury’s on the marketing position that Sainsbury’s should adopt over the next three years. External Audit for Sainsbury’s A research conducted by the City analysts has predicted that Sainsbury’s is likely to register a decline in its grocery sales by 2.5% for the preceding three months. This is with the exclusion of fuel. This is going to be a big setback for Salisbury’s given that it has, for the last decade, registered only an increase in the sale of its groceries...
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...References 20 Bibliography 21 TASK 1 Since the first store was opened in the German town of Essen in 1913, by Karl and Theo Albrecht, Albrecht Discount has continued to flourish into the successful, global organisation we know as Aldi. Aldi has over 8000 stores worldwide and continues to expand in Europe, North America and Australia. The finance section of The Telegraph (October, 2012) reported that Aldi hope to have 500 stores open in the UK by the end of 2013, 40 of them new stores with an estimated cost of £181m, will create 4,500 new jobs. Despite hours of research on Aldi, it proved extremely difficult to find their mission statement. As an international organisation they have many websites but none appear to display their mission statement; nor does their Corporate Responsibility Policy (Aldi, UK 2013). The reason for this difficulty became clear with the discovery of a book, Bare Essentials: The Aldi Way to Retail Success, Brandes and Brandes (2012). Dieter Brandes contributed for many years to the policies which brought success to Aldi; he was initially a regional general manager and then for 10 years, until he left in 1993, was a managing director for the Executive Board. In his book, he explains how Aldi never had a mission statement, because they never needed one. The company’s goals of lowest prices and best quality are sensible, understandable and simple, so how could anyone else write anything which would make them any clearer? Understandable...
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...Recommendations 9 7 References 9 8 Appendices 9 1. Introduction 2.1 Purpose The purpose of the report is to decide whether supermarkets have become too big to the extent that they are damaging competition by explaining and analysing the changes in legal framework and economic and political structure that has enabled them to become dominant in UK grocery retailing. 2.2 Supermarkets background: The first supermarket opened in the UK after World War 2 (1948), which introduced the cheap agricultural food revolution. Today there are several different supermarkets and grocery stores all over the UK. In the supermarket industry the most dominating firms are Tesco with 30.4% of the market share, Asda with 16.6% of the market share, Sainsbury with 16.2% market share, and Morrisons with 11.2% market share. All these supermarkets opened their first self-service stores during 1950 – 1963. Joanna Blythman, SHOPPED The shocking power of Britain’s Supermarkets (2004: 4) states that ‘in 1950, supermarkets had only 20 per cent of the grocery market while small shops and traditional Co-ops had 80 per cent between them’. The average size of the Big 4 supermarkets has increased significantly in the past years. However, the Big Four have also incurred some problems with merging or taking over with many firms in the same industry too quickly as seen in the case of Morrisons, which led to them going through financial strains. This was because Morrisons had an aim to convert their Safeway...
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...Strategy Contents Introduction 2 Aldi 3 Buyer's bargaining power: 4 Suppliers' bargaining power: 4 Threats of substitutes: 4 Threats of new entrants: 5 Recommendations 6 Bibliography 7 Introduction Retailers differentiate themselves from one and other, this terminates the consumer's perception of competing stores. This is promoted through the strategic development, the marketing‐oriented application of technology, and precise targeting of consumer demands. The author's Strategic Choice Grid indicates that, through insightful and innovative marketing, UK grocery retailers can avoid the stagnation threatened by saturation. Aldi Aldi started in 1946, when the Albrecht brothers took over their mother’s grocery store in Germany. According to (Ruddick, 2014) from the small provincial store, they built one of Germany’s biggest retailers, which is renowned for its low prices. Aldi arrived in the UK in 1990 and has opened over 500 stores and has over 9000 stores in 18 countries. Aldi’s product range specialises in their own brand, which are cheaper than well-known brand labels. This is because they can control their prices at its distribution level. Aldi does not only stock food products, they also stock items such as; underwear, toiletries and fishing equipment. Comparing Aldi to the four major supermarket chain retailers there is a stark difference to how they function to how Aldi functions. (Keynote, 2007) Illuminates that Aldi stocks around one thousand product...
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...types of development processes to ensure that the organization has the required proficiency and competent manpower it requires. Being one of the leading retailers Aldi engages in a variety of training and development methods all aimed at ensuring their staff are competent and well trained for their individual tasks. With the current growth rate and the demand for more staff within many areas across the organization the need to be able to identify precisely needed skills for each role is a main concern for Aldi. Armstrong (P10, 2009) states that ‘the concept of hard HRM is based on a management- and business-oriented philosophy. It is concerned with the total interests of the organization – the interests of the members of the organization are recognized but subordinated to those of the enterprise. Hence the importance attached to strategic integration and strong cultures, which flow from top management’s vision and leadership, and which require people who will be committed to the strategy, who will be adaptable to change and who fit the culture.’ Aldi approaches this situation by engaging in rigorous recruitment, training and development processes aimed at selecting the best possible candidates for each role, then undergoing a series of different training programs which are meant to allow the new employee to represent Aldi while also being taught the necessary skills to be able to perform their duties well and while at it Aldi’s development scheme is centred around making this same...
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...to Wal-Mart, Carrefour and is operating around 2,440 stores and employing over 4,00,000 people www.Tesco.com is recognized as the world¶s largest online grocer, with a customer base of little less than 1 million and more than 250,000 orders a week. Tesco¶s market share of UK retailing is 12.5%. 4 Company overview Tesco has moved into areas such as clothes, consumer electronics, consumer financial services, internet services, consumer telecoms and gas stations. Tesco now controls over 30% of the grocery market in U.K. As of March 2008, Tesco have a store in every postcode of the UK. 1960 1970 1980 1960 2000 5 Competitors Competitors ASDA Group Limited BP Plc Carrefour S.A. ExxonMobil Corporation The Big Food Group Plc J Sainsbury plc Marks and Spencer Group plc Royal Dutch/Shell Group Safeway Inc. 6 Safeway plc Somerfield SPAR HandelsAktiengesellschaft The Boots Group PLC Wm...
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...Pass 1 Tesco Information from Tesco’s website suggests that Tesco PLC is the largest retailer in the UK and the fourth largest in the world. Tesco is an international company as their stores are scattered around twelve different countries around the world. The company employs 500,000+ people across the countries that work for and supply Tesco supermarkets. Out of the 500,000+ people working for the company internationally, over 310,000 work in the 3,378 UK stores. Their profit gain before tax is £2.3 billion. Internationally, there are exactly 6,784 stores, with the business making £70.9 billion group sale. Tesco compete against a wide range of supermarkets such as, Morrison’s, Sainsbury, Co-Operative, Aldi, Lidl and Waitrose, ASDA. They compete with them for customers to purchase their product for a fair price however, Tesco still need to make a profit on it. Tesco is a retailer and is therefore part of the tertiary sector, as it provides a service and sells goods for the publics’ needs. Its main intention is to make a profit for its shareholders. Tesco believe that success depends of people. “The people who shop with us and the people who work with us.” More evidence to suggest that Tesco is a retailer is that the company makes profits on their products. Tesco is a Public Limited Company (PLC) which is a business that is owned by its shareholders, run by directors, and more importantly, whose liability is limited. Limited liability means tat the investors can only lose...
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