Iceland

Frozen-food specialist Iceland was founded by entrepreneur Sir Malcolm Walker in 1970. Iceland also runs the Food Warehouse chain of larger food stores. Retail Week provides news, analysis, features and opinion about Iceland and the grocery sector.

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News
Iceland doubles in-store presence in Ireland
2025-11-17T10:47:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
Frozen food specialist Iceland has doubled its presence in the Republic of Ireland, expanding its store-in-store presence with Dunnes Stores.
News
Grocery giants make rates plea to chancellor in bid to tame inflation
2025-10-26T06:00:00+00:00By George MacDonald
Leading grocers have written to chancellor Rachel Reeves, setting out the case for excluding shops from the planned business rates surtax.
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Iceland boss says private equity firms causing ‘death of the high street’
2025-10-13T06:27:00+01:00By Megan Robinson
Iceland boss Richard Walker has said private equity ownership in the UK has caused more damage to retail than any other entity.

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Analysis

Why even the mighty Amazon couldn’t crack the UK grocery market

2025-09-23T15:35:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev

Amazon has called time on Fresh, its bricks-and-mortar grocery c-store chain. Retail Week analyses why the format never caught on in the UK and what it means for Amazon’s grocery ambitions in one of the world’s most competitive markets.

News

Amazon to shutter all Fresh stores putting hundreds of jobs at risk

2025-09-23T12:00:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev

Retail giant Amazon is set to close all 19 of its UK grocery Fresh stores putting some 250 jobs into consultation, Retail Week can reveal.

Iceland rebrands bonus card in new loyalty push
2025-08-27T15:27:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
Store gallery: Iceland makes Beijing debut with first store in Asia-Pacific
2025-07-02T12:03:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
‘While some will strike it rich, not all will be lucky in retail media gold rush’
2025-05-21T05:30:00+01:00By George MacDonald
Iceland relaunches retail media proposition
2025-05-12T15:07:00+01:00By George MacDonald

Iceland to double petrol forecourt presence with EG Group tie-up
2025-04-11T12:00:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
Spring statement brings no new pain for retail – but no relief either
2025-03-26T15:31:00+00:00By Hugh Radojev
Iceland pushes further into retail media with new dedicated team
2025-03-11T15:45:00+00:00By Megan Robinson
Grocery inflation holds steady as shoppers seek out discount deals
2025-03-04T10:13:00+00:00

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