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‘Aldi commits to cooperating with beef taskforce’– ICSA
Aldi has signaled its intent to cooperate with the forthcoming Beef Market Taskforce, according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA). In a statement, the ICSA said that it had held...
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Aldi examining 30-month vs. 36-month slaughter age limit
Beef Plan Movement (BPM) held a “positive and productive” meeting with Aldi Ireland this week, where ongoing issues regarding the supply of beef in Ireland were discussed at length. The farm lobby...
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TD welcomes ‘proactive approach’ of Aldi in beef issues
A Fianna Fáil TD has welcomed the “proactive approach” of Aldi in relation to the beef price issue and the Beef Market Taskforce. Anne Rabbitte, a TD for the Galway East constituency, said that she had...
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Aldi confirms its attendance at next taskforce meeting
Aldi has become the latest major retailer to confirm that it will be in attendance at the next meeting of the Beef Market Taskforce in the new year. In a brief statement to AgriLand, a spokesperson for...
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Aldi commissions quality and nutritional analysis on beef range
Additional reporting by Charles O’Donnell Aldi Ireland has commissioned a “leading third-level institution” to conduct a quality and nutritional analysis of its beef range. The news comes following the...
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Aldi to fast-track payments for Irish food and drink suppliers
Aldi has said that it will fast-track payments to over 200 of its Irish small and medium-sized food and drink suppliers. Aldi said that this applies to all suppliers that transact up to €1 million...
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Aldi Ireland appoints new group managing director
Aldi Ireland has announced the appointment of Niall O’Connor as its new group managing director. Having been officially appointed late last year, O’Connor will now assume overall responsibility for all...
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5 Irish dairy products make Aldi’s top 20 items now filling trolleys
Aldi Ireland has released a list of its top 20 selling products over the last three-week period – with Irish dairy products making up a quarter of the list, and Irish milk and butter taking the top two...
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Aldi submits Irish beef cost and retail pricing info to taskforce review
Aldi has submitted information relating to its cost and retail pricing across its fresh Irish beef range to the Beef Market Taskforce’s review, the multinational retailer has confirmed. The information...
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Aldi extends ‘fast-track’ payments for Irish suppliers
Aldi Ireland has confirmed that it is extending its temporary shorter payment terms initiative for small and medium suppliers to the end of the year. The payment terms, which were introduced in March,...
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‘Staycations’ see branded sales soar in Lidl and Aldi
Not only did people support local by taking ‘staycations’ and holidaying in Ireland this summer, but figures from the last month show that people were also inclined to support local when doing the...
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Agriculture minister joins supermarket brand to launch tree-planting pledge
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue and Minister of State with responsibility for forestry Pippa Hackett have joined with supermarket brand Aldi Ireland to launch its...
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Aldi extends ‘fast-track’ payments to 200 suppliers for all of 2021
Aldi has announced that it is extending its temporary shorter payment terms (‘fast-track’ payments) for small and medium Irish suppliers for the entirety of 2021. The initiative was first started at...
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Aurivo secures €3.3 million contract with Aldi
Dairy processor Aurivo has secured a €3.3 million contract to supply fresh milk to Aldi stores in Leinster and Ulster. Under the new contract, Aurivo will provide seven product lines, including milk,...
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Retailers criticised for milk marketing strategies
Retailers Aldi and Lidl have been criticised for what the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has claimed is their “aggressive and misleading strategy” on milk marketing. Tim Cullinan, the association’s...
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Aldi joins Lidl in rejection of IFA advertisement
Aldi has joined Lidl in rejecting claims made by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) in an advertisement that appeared in national media yesterday (Sunday, March 14). In the advertisement, the IFA...
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IFA sticks to its guns on retailer criticisms after Aldi rebuke
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has held its ground on criticisms of Aldi and Lidl, following rebukes from the retailers. Following a statement from Aldi Ireland’s group buying director John...
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Dairy farmers threaten to leave IFA over controversial milk advert
Dozens of farmers whose milk supplies supermarkets Aldi and Lidl, have threatened to leave the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) over two controversial adverts placed by the organisation. The adverts...
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Aldi: ‘GT report for taskforce will fail in its objectives’
Aldi has warned that a report on the value of Irish beef in the supply chain, commissioned by the Beef Market Taskforce, will “fail in its objectives”. A draft version of the report – compiled by...
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Taskforce: Calls for ‘full disclosure on lack of co-operation’
A farm organisation is calling for “full disclosure” on the level of co-operation among different stakeholders on the Beef Market Taskforce. The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) was...
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IBLA: ‘Rebranded’ farm organisation outlines priorities
The newly ‘rebranded’ Irish Beef and Lamb Association (IBLA) has set out its priorities following an ‘AGM’ on Saturday (May 15). In a statement following the meeting, the IBLA said that lamb was...
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Aldi recalls breaded chicken due to presence of Salmonella
Aldi Ireland is recalling batches of its Roosters Breaded Chicken Goujons due to the presence of Salmonella, which may make this product unsafe. In a notice, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland...
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Aldi sells most Bord Bia quality-assured fresh Irish meat
Retailer Aldi sells the highest proportion of fresh Irish meat labelled with the Bord Bia Quality Assurance (QA) mark compared to other retailers, according to the Irish Food Board’s quarterly...
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Iverk Produce to supply 24,000t of potatoes annually under new Aldi deal
Iverk Produce based in Co. Kilkenny has agreed a new €100 million five-year deal with Aldi to supply its 100% Irish-grown and packed potatoes. The business will supply 150 Aldi stores throughout the...
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IFA protest at Aldi in Cavan stood down after positive talks
The protest by pig and poultry members of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) that took place at the Aldi outlet in Cavan town yesterday (Monday, May 23) has now been stood down. This follows...
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Aldi announces winner of brown bread baking contest
Darragh O’Brien from Co. Kildare has been announced as the winner of the 9th Aldi National Brown Bread Baking Competition at the National Ploughing Championships 2022. The first male winner of the...
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Aldi ‘extremely disappointed’ by IFA protest action
Retailer Aldi has said that it is “extremely disappointed” by protest action by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) at its outlet in Cavan town. The association’s pig, poultry and egg producers took...
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Cavan protest: Deliveries to supermarkets blocked overnight
Pig, poultry and egg farmers are continuing to protest outside discount supermarkets Lidl and Aldi in Co. Cavan. (Friday, September 30). The protesters began their demonstration at 4:00a.m yesterday...
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Cavan protests: Aldi agrees price increase with egg suppliers
Aldi, one of two supermarkets at the centre of a five-day protest in Co. Cavan over egg prices, has said it has agreed a “price increase” with egg suppliers. Aldi said the price increase...
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Protesters ‘to remain in situ’ until ‘new money put on table’
Egg producers and protesters that have been demonstrating outside Aldi in Cavan town since last week have expressed disappointment at an agreement between Aldi and its egg suppliers. According to the...
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IFA protest: Egg producers suspend Aldi picket
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has confirmed that a protest by egg producers outside Aldi in Cavan town was stood down earlier this morning (Wednesday, October 5). However, the IFA has said that...
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Egg producers agree price increase with Aldi suppliers
Egg packers supplying Aldi stores have today (Wednesday, October 5), agreed to pass back 1.2c/egg to Irish egg farmers, the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has told Agriland. The supermarket agreed...
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Food producers sought for Grow with Aldi programme
Aldi Ireland is urging food producers to consider submitting an application to this year’s Grow with Aldi programme. The supplier development programme, which is coordinated with Bord Bia, aims to...
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Focus: Food inflation or deflation?
In recent weeks, food prices have been high on agendas. According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), food prices fell for eight consecutive years from 2014 to 2021. CSO data shows that food price...
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Aldi to ‘continue monitoring’ prices and the market
Aldi has said it will “continue to monitor prices and the market” following Tesco’s price cuts announced earlier today (Thursday, June 8). The retailer’s decision comes after Tesco earlier today said...
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€31,500 prize fund for 2023 Aldi Bull Calf Championships
Aldi Ireland together with ABP and the Irish Angus Cattle Society have officially launched the 2023 Irish Angus qualifiers. The Bull Calf Championship was first unveiled in 2013 and there are...
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Lakeland signs deal worth €15.3m per year with Aldi
Aldi Ireland has agreed four major new deals with Irish-based suppliers, including Lakeland Dairies, worth more than €26 million. Lakeland signed a deal worth €15.3 million per year with Aldi which...
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Ploughing 2023: Mayo winner of national brown bread competition
A Co. Mayo woman is looking forward to seeing her brown bread on the shelves of a major supermarket chain after winning one of the hottest contested competitions at the National Ploughing...
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ALDI pre-tax profits down 56% in 2022 due to higher costs
Retailer ALDI has reported that its turnover in Ireland increased by a further 1.1% last year to €2.032 billion, up €24 million on 2021. However, in the 12 months to December 2022, the company’s...
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Supermarket wars: Aldi announces new series of price cuts
Aldi has today (Wednesday, January 3) confirmed a new series of price cuts leading to speculation that other supermarkets could follow suit. The retailer has said that prices have been reduced by up...
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ICMSA: Retailer price reductions can’t be ‘passed back’ to farmers
The announcement today (Wednesday, January 3) of price reductions from supermarkets for prices paid by consumers has been met with concern from the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA)....
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Fillet steaks among the latest Aldi price cuts
Fillet steaks, legs of lamb and round roasts are among the latest price cuts announced today (Monday, February 19) by supermarket chain, Aldi. The retailer has reduced the prices on a further 81...
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Aldi meat price decreases described as ‘unrealistic’
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has hit out at supermarket chain, Aldi for claiming that its latest round of meat price cuts will not impact on the prices paid to any of its...
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Aldi ends sponsorship with Ploughing Championships after 13 years
The supermarket group Aldi has decided not to renew its sponsorship with the National Ploughing Association (NPA) marking its departure from the national event after a 13-year run. The 93rd National...
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ALDI ‘Bee Happy’ event aims to enhance biodiversity
As World Bee Day is taking place on Monday, May 20, ALDI is inviting customers to support biodiversity through the ‘Bee Happy’ event. From Thursday, May 30, ALDI will have three types of bee-friendly...
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Aldi forms new €125 million contract with Dawn Meats
Aldi Ireland has today (Monday, June 17) announced a new €125 million contract with supplier Dawn Meats, worth €25 million annually over the next five years. Under the terms of the contract, Dawn...
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Gallery: Winners from the Angus classes at Iverk Show
The Iverk Show took place outside Piltown, Co. Kilkenny on Saturday, August 24, with the Aldi Irish Angus Bull Calf All-Ireland Finals and All-Ireland Junior Stockperson of the Year events among the...
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Research: Irish household wastes €832 worth of food yearly
Research conducted among 1,000 people by Coyne Research on behalf of ALDI and FoodCloud found that, on average, Irish consumers waste €832 worth of food every year. The research was launched today...
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ALDI agrees new €24 million contract with Manor Farm
ALDI Ireland has signed a contract extension with poultry producer Manor Farm for a further year, worth €24 million to the supplier. Manor Farm has been a partner of ALDI Ireland since 2011. The...
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ALDI and Divilly Brothers confirm €4m contract extension
Galway-based fresh meat supplier Divilly Brothers and retailer ALDI have announced the extension of a supply contract which will be worth €4 million annually to the food business. Divilly’s, based in...
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