National coverage round up: Tesco plans for new discount chain

Recently, the UK's largest supermarket, Tesco, announced plans to launch a new discount chain in an attempt to battle competition from Aldi and Lidl.

Leading titles such as BBC news online, The Independent, Marketing Week and Mirror turned to CIM's chair of the Food, Drink and Agriculture SIG group, Mark Dodds, for his expert opinion on Tesco's rumoured new discount store launch. 

For more information on the story, please click on the below articles:

Tesco plans for mystery new-format stores: https://www.bbc.com/news/business-44921617

Tesco could open new discount chain within weeks to battle Aldi and Lidl: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/tesco-discount-chain-jacks-aldi-lidl-competition-a8459951.html

Tesco could launch a new discount supermarket as soons as next month to take on Aldi and Lidl: https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/new-tesco-discount-supermarket-jacks-12965872

How Tesco’s new discount chain can compete with Aldi and Lidl: https://www.marketingweek.com/2018/07/24/tesco-discount-supermarket/

Tesco plans new discount chain: https://www.talkingretail.com/news/industry-news/tesco-plans-discount-chain-23-07-2018/ 

 Will Tesco change the UK retail landscape? https://insights.hotwireglobal.com/post/102ezr5/will-tesco-change-the-uk-retail-landscape 

For our international members, please see below some articles from other countries who covered the news:  

(Poland) https://finanse.wnp.pl/handlowa-bitwa-o-anglie-brytyjsko-francuski-alians-kontra-niemcy-carrefour-wchodzi-do-gry,327598_1_0_0.html

(Russia) https://theuk.one/tesco-zapuskaet-set-byudzhetnyx-supermarketov-sposobnyx-potesnit-aldi-i-lidl/

(Germany) https://www.nach-welt.com/geschaft/tesco-konnte-innerhalb-weniger-wochen-eine-neue-rabattkette-eroffnen-um-gegen-aldi-und-lidl-zu-kampfen/

(Denmark) https://www.your-wishes.eu/europa/tesco-planer-for-mystik-ny-format-butikker/