Lidl news

The German discounter has reported an 18% sales increase YoY for FY2022/23 in Sweden. Growing at more than twice the market rate Lidl Sweden saw sales grow by a massive 18% to SEK 16.7 billion (€1.41 bn) in its financial year ending February 2023. The retailer added only one new store in the period to 205 in total, with its sales increase coming mainly from organic growth. The sales resu...

Morrisons and M&S have announced further rounds of price cuts and price locks to take effect this week. Sixth round of price cuts at Morrisons this year The latest round of price cuts at Morrisons is the sixth to take place this year. The announcement will see 47 high-volume products such as mince, tomatoes, butter, squash, cereal, and summer picnic items have prices reduced on average by 2...

Lidl GB has announced that it will start incorporating prevented ocean plastic into its new water bottles. A first for UK supermarkets. Lidl’s San Celestino Italian sparkling mineral water bottles will contain a minimum of 30% Prevented Ocean Plastic, which would have otherwise ended up in the ocean. The product will available from July onwards. The iniative is thought to save almost 100 to...

A traffic light system for product availability is being introduced online and in-store by the German discounter. Electronic shelf-edge labels (ESL’s) have also been improved to help shoppers. Green means go to the store Shoppers at selected Lidl stores in Germany won’t turn up disappointed if checking via the app or online to see if the latest ‘Middle of Lidl’ promotions are still in stock...

The German retail group posted sales of €154.1 bn for FY 2022, with Lidl and Kaufland seeing double digit growth Price management and innovative assortment leads to sales growth Schwarz Group saw its sales increase by +15.4% for FY 2022, calling out its ability to win new shoppers through its value and product offer. Lidl sales increased by +13.8%, to reach €114.8 bn and Kaufland also ex...

Our global analysts share some of the latest headlines across the globe. Here's what you need to know. Europe: Salling Group have ended its Basalt format, after trailing the hard discount concept the retailer has decided to not continue  In the Netherlands, Albert Heijn’s home delivery and store supply services in the centre of Rotterdam are powered by 100% electric energy. W...

With Aldi launching an online grocery service in Germany, and Lidl a non-food offering in France this week, we once again ask the question: How much are the discounters willing to invest in their online proposition? This week’s developments… Aldi Sud is launching an online delivery service for groceries for the first time in Germany . The discounter is testing the new offer under the nam...

The discounter has announced plans for a new regional distribution centre in the north of England. Supply chain security over store network growth Lidl GB has submitted plans for a new 54,000 sq. m. regional distribution centre (RDC) in the Leeds area of England.   At the same time, it has indicated that it is recruiting over 1,500 warehouse staff across its UK supply network. This will ...

Lidl is trialling electronic shelf edge labels to reduce the burden of manually changing prices in stores. This trial has been rolled out in 30 Lidl branches initially, but there is yet to be a date for a wider rollout. Aldi has also been trialling the electronic labels since 2021 and has now said they are gradually rolling these out to all of their stores in the UK. Lidl has pointed out that ...

Lidl has won a legal ruling against Tesco over the UK’s biggest retailer’s Clubcard Prices logo which uses a yellow circle against a blue background, similar to the discounter’s brand logo. In a case first launched in 2020 the High Court has ruled that this logo takes unfair advantage of the distinctive reputation for low prices held by Lidl’s trademarks. But not deliberately copied While ag...