Lidl news and analysis – Page 25
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Analysis & FeaturesWhat could Russian discounter Mere mean for the UK?
With no warehouses, few staff and products on pallets, could Mere resonate with British shoppers?
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NewsRetailers hit back at NGO’s claims they are ‘lagging behind’ on chicken welfare
The Humane League urged supermarkets to ‘step up to the plate’ on the issue of chicken welfare
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Analysis & FeaturesFavourite supermarkets: how age and gender impacts shopper preferences
Are there key trends across age groups and gender when it comes to which retailer is their pick of the bunch? We commissioned a survey of over 1,000 British shoppers to find out more.
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Grocer 33Lidl claims easy victory with 26 of 33 items cheapest
This week’s guest retailer was exclusively cheapest on 21 of those lines
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Comment & OpinionWith Aldi and Lidl winning share again normal service has resumed. Or has it?
Grocers and their suppliers are still benefiting from a market that’s anything but normal
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NewsMüller renews Lidl milk supply deal for another three years
Source: Müller Milk & Ingredients Müller Direct farmers will have the option to secure up to 50% of their milk supply at a 29ppl fixed price for three years as part of the deal Müller Milk & Ingredients has renewed its three-year milk supply contract with ...
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NewsLidl sponsors ITV’s The Masked Dancer with its own masked character
In show idents, a dancer in a goose costume will challenge the audience to guess who they are using clues related to Lidl products
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NewsLidl and Wyke Farms team up to develop ‘carbon neutral’ cheese
Lidl claimed its Wyke-supplied cheddar would reach carbon neutrality by the end of 2021
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NewsLidl quits digital DRS group, amid confusion fear
The retailer, alongside Aldi, Co-op, Ocado, suppliers Diageo and Danone and the BRC, had been part of the Digital DRS Industry Working Group
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NewsLidl app now tells shoppers quietest times to visit stores
Upon opening the Lidl Plus app, users are now shown a banner saying ‘Best time to shop’
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NewsLidl asked landlord for ‘Covid clause’ in event of future lockdowns
The discounter is understood to have argued it should get a rent concession in future lockdowns on the grounds it could be negatively affected by the closure of nearby non-essential shops
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NewsSupermarket veg campaign hits 100 industry signatories
The Peas Please initiative has reached a major landmark this week with 100 retailers, manufacturers and hospitality businesses signed up
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NewsAldi ‘Specialbuys’ aisle hit by Suez blockage delays
Aldi has been warning customers of delays of up to a month or more on some of its middle aisle general merchandise
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News20 new stores in one month help Lidl hit target despite pandemic
Lidl must open more than 50 UK stores a year to hit its long-term target of 1,000 by 2023
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NewsLidl launches reverse-vending DRS machines in Scotland
The machines have been installed in stores in Hamilton, Edinburgh Granton, Glasgow Yoker and Dundee’s city centre
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Analysis & FeaturesHow equal is grocery? The gender pay gap at the supermarkets
When UK businesses published their first mandatory reports on the gender pay gap in 2018, exclusive analysis by The Grocer revealed women were earning considerably less than men at the UK’s top supermarkets. So three years (and a global pandemic) later, what’s changed?
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Comment & OpinionAction on human rights should amount to more than compliance
Some of the most powerful impacts supermarkets can have are the least tangible, says Anna Triponel, founder of Triponel Consulting
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NewsLidl opening three London stores in one day as part of £500m expansion push
The new branches include one on Putney High Street with a sales area of just 6,000 sq ft
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NewsLidl becomes sponsor of Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch
The discounter plans to use its social media channels to showcase how Lidl’s ingredients can be used to make recipes from the Sunday morning show
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NewsAlan Barry replaces Ingo Fischer as Lidl GB chief development officer
Fischer has spent 17 years working for Lidl GB, including over a decade as board director