Aldi and Lidl are facing a challenge from a Russian ‘hard’ discounter, described as ‘one step above a food bank’. With no warehouses, few staff and products on pallets, could it take off in the UK?

Mere’s UK expansion plans are being hampered by supply chain and recruitment challenges. The opening of the Russian discounter’s second and third UK stores, originally expected this year, has been ...

Russian discount grocer Mere wants to conquer Germany with its low prices. The new supermarket is selling half a kilo of coffee for less than €2, almost half the price of Aldi and Lidl, but not ...