Lidl - Latest News and Analysis
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News
Lidl’s bakery share shoots from 11% to 18%, making it category market leader
The discounter has been leaning heavily on bakery promotions in its Lidl Plus loyalty app, which has been credited by analysts with helping it grow faster than Aldi in recent months
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Campaign group lodges CMA complaint over ‘false’ salmon farming claims
Scamon Scotland claimed Aldi, Asda, Co-op, Lidl, M&S, Sainsbury’s and Tesco had displayed false claims over fish farming
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Comment and Opinion
Is Tesco’s Clubcard Prices rebrand enough to prevent another Lidl trademark battle?
IP lawyers weigh in on if Tesco has done enough to avoid another lawsuit from Lidl
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Analysis and Features
How pay and benefits stack up at the supermarkets
We look at how wage levels at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Morrisons, Asda, Aldi, Lidl, M&S and Iceland compare
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Tesco reveals new Clubcard Prices branding after Lidl court defeat
The yellow circle in a blue square, which High Court ruled infringed Lidl’s trademark rights for its similar yellow circle branding, has been swapped for a new design in Tesco’s app
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Revealed: supermarket progress on gender pay equality – and who’s gone backwards
Tesco, Asda, Aldi, Lidl, Co-op, John Lewis, Iceland and Ocado all reduced the mean hourly pay gap in 2023/24
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Comment and Opinion
Lidl is winning due to differentiation, not just cost
If Lidl keeps up with this value innovation, and there is not a more multifaceted response from competitors, it will keep winning in the UK, says Jeremy Garlick, partner at Insight Traction
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City snapshot: Supermarket basket size grows as inflation slows
Shoppers have been encouraged to put more in their baskets as inflation eased back to more manageable levels, according to the latest market data released this morning. Plus, full-year results from Hilton Food Group with a turnaround in seafood helping boost profits
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Analysis and Features
Easter and mums dominate new displays in stores for March 2024
Mother’s Day and Easter proved the highlights for retailers this month, with colourful displays taking centre stage
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News
Tesco joins others in cutting Easter vegetable prices to 15p
Tesco has cut the price of its all rounder potatoes, carrots, swede, brown onions and white cabbage to 15p per item when purchased with a Clubcard
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Lidl cuts chicken stocking densities in animal welfare boost
The retailer has followed Co-op, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s in committing to more space for chickens in its fresh supply chain
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Comment and Opinion
Why Tesco should stick with yellow for Clubcard Prices
Yellow has been used to signify discounts and deals across the retail landscape for decades, says Will Rees-Hooper, strategy director, Design Bridge and Partners
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Lidl decides not to wait for investors to fund new stores
The discounter has appointed contractors to build a number of new stores
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Tesco to change Clubcard Prices logo after losing trademark battle with Lidl
An appeal by Tesco against an earlier High Court ruling has been dismissed
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KVI Tracker
Peanut butter battle rages at the retailers despite crop shortages
Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Aldi and Lidl have all dropped their shelf prices
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Comment and Opinion
Bottlecelli: Lidl’s pun-tastic installation gives Glasgow a cultural boost
Venus: Roman goddess of love, desire, sex, fertility, prosperity… and now Lidl’s bottle and can return scheme pilot
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Lidl signs Armed Forces Covenant to support ex-military staff
The move is underscored by a commitment to recruit and maintain ex-military personnel within the business
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Potato prices soar as poor weather affects supply
Core lines of maris piper potatoes across the major multiples saw rises of up to 22% in a month
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Tesco vs Lidl: battle over Clubcard Prices logo reaches Court of Appeal
It follows a High Court ruling last April that Tesco was taking unfair advantage of Lidl’s discounter reputation with its design
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Comment and Opinion
Price match will take Morrisons only so far. What else does it have?
If there was a supermarket Bafta for most original turn, it certainly wouldn’t be going to Morrisons this week