freezer case—the first freezer she had seen in a dollar store that day. This DG was doing just as well, to judge from this glimpse, as the Family Dollar she’d walked past half an hour earlier at North Valley—but no better than the Aldi store she had visited in the morning. That Aldi trip was interesting: a bright and spotless mini- supermarket, run by a giant firm from Germany that carried one-tenth the food items that a Reed did and sold virtually no brand names, only private-label—but still posed a threat
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Aldi has received Canstar Blue’s Most Satisfied Customers Award – Supermarkets for the third time in four years. It is also the fourth consecutive year the discount supermarket chain has received a five star rating from the Australian public for offering value for money. Of the other supermarkets mentioned in the study, Foodland received five star ratings for quality of products, customer service and accessibility of staff, layout of store, and freshness of fruit, vegetables and meat. Coles earned
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IES184 P-1071-E 0-606-009 Aldi: A German Retailing Icon “The next Wal-Mart?” Cover story on Aldi, Business Week, April 26th, 2004 “I love my Aldi – good quality at rock-bottom prices. Why do I need ‘brands’ when all they do is rip you off?” Long-time Aldi customer, driving a BMW “Discount means to leave away everything that is unnecessary.” Dieter Brandes, former Aldi executive Introduction In 2005, Aldi, a German-based grocery store chain, was turning heads throughout Europe,
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a highly competitive market in Australia as a great number of retail supermarkets are competing for the largest market share in this market, with giant retail companies such as Woolworths, Coles, IGA and Aldi sharing the main market. More so than ever, organizations need to offer customers value for money. Customers want the best quality products at the lowest possible prices. With such tough competition it is vital for organizations to understand what their customers want. Strategy management refers
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financial services. In 1990 saw the Tesco Plc reattached transferred than to be a down market high volume low cost retailer, to that addressed in several group in society, offering products ranging from “Tesco Value” data in “Tesco Finest” This enlargement of the recourse was winning and saw the chain grow 500 stores in the middle of 1990s to 2500 fifteen year beyond. Tesco Plc is listed on a stock exchange market and is included in FTSE 100. Market capitalization is around £18.100.000, such as at April
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Aldi War Game Call Summary; Discussion Topics, Take-aways Please find the below outline summary of our call and my understanding of the War Game engagement. I have included an outline of my questions “Open Questions” I’m working on answering, steps I’m taking and reference materials. * Could you please elaborate on the deliverable format you’re looking for from me? * When I do store visits, I know you well enough to know but I don’t want to assume fully. Is there something in particular
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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
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attitude towards the German low price trend as well as the good and bad points of the American organisation. Where do German price cutters stand? Aldi counted as the most important shopping source for the participants. The Wal-Mart predecessor Wertkauf was also regularly visited. The discussion revealed the strengths and weaknesses of both chains. Aldi held the advantage in price and product quality but there were also weaknesses. Germany’s leading discounter is cramped, not very family friendly
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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
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Submission to the Competition Policy Review made by ALDI Stores 10 June 2014 1. Introduction ALDI Stores Australia welcomes the opportunity to make this submission to the Competition Policy Review (the Review). Since ALDI opened its first stores at Marrickville and Bankstown Airport in January 2001, our rapid growth has meant that an estimated 4.2 million people shop with us in an average four-week period 1. Our arrival in Australia has helped redefine the retail landscape, introducing
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