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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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Chart of the Week: How supermarkets performed at Christmas
2026-01-07T10:49:00+00:00By George Arnett
Ocado was the fastest-growing retailer once again as consumers showed growing appetite for festive shopping online
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Iceland boss to be made Labour peer
2025-12-08T07:16:00+00:00By George Arnett
Iceland chief executive Richard Walker is to be nominated for a seat in the House of Lords.
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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.

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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.

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.

Why even the mighty Amazon couldn’t crack the UK grocery market
2025-09-23T15:35:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
Amazon to shutter all Fresh stores putting hundreds of jobs at risk
2025-09-23T12:00:00+01:00By Hugh Radojev
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

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