Lidl news and analysis – Page 3
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InterviewsApps, loyalty and customers: Louise Weise on Lidl’s winning way
As Lidl revamps its loyalty scheme, chief customer officer Louise Weise explains why getting the basics right is key to the discounter’s stellar growth
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Comment & OpinionWhy Morrisons calling Aldi ‘attractive’ is a killer point for the CMA
The row – and consultation – is about whether Aldi and Lidl should be banned from putting clauses in property deals to stop competition opening nearby, a practice that’s been outlawed for other major supermarkets since 2010
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NewsLidl launches scan & shop to the public for the first time
The service, called Lidl & Go, means customers can now scan items with a smartphone as they put them in their shopping basket
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NewsSainsbury’s, Morrisons and Iceland demand CMA acts on Aldi and Lidl
Competition is being ‘distorted’ by their ability ‘to restrict entry and expansion by competitor grocery retailers in local markets’, Sainsbury’s said
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NewsLidl gives students chance to win one of 100 £10 vouchers
Lidl said a recent survey of students and apprentices aged 16 to 18 found their eating habits suffered around exam time
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Comment & OpinionWhy has Lidl scrapped Coupon Plus rewards in favour of Points?
Lidl says the loyalty move is based on customer feedback, but not all shoppers are convinced
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NewsLiberty X hit reimagined as ‘Just a Lidl’ for launch of loyalty points
The 2002 hit Just a Little has been reimagined as ‘Just a Lidl’ to promote the launch today of Lidl Plus Points in the discounter’s loyalty app
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NewsLidl overhauls loyalty app with new Points system
Lidl Plus users will earn one point for every £1 spent in store, replacing Coupon Plus rewards for reaching monthly spending thresholds
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NewsLidl matches Morrisons in grocery market share again
Lidl’s sales rose by 8.8% year on year in the 12 weeks to 19 April 2026, to put it again level in market share with Morrisons
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NewsLidl publishes latest ‘wish list’ of new store locations
The discounter is offering a ‘finder’s fee’ of either 10% of the first year’s rent or 1.5% of the freehold value
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NewsHistoric Aldi court case farmer ‘stonewalled by Adjudicator’ says MP
Sprout and brassica supplier John Clappison was at the heart of an extraordinary case against Aldi after he and his business partner took the discounter to court in 2024
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NewsLidl GB joins the United Nations Global Compact
The discounter follows in the footsteps of Tesco, which signed up to the UNGC in 2015
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Comment & OpinionHFSS ad ban’s first rulings show the devil really is in the detail
Advertisers like to push the rules to the limit. Now they have the first clues about what those limits might be
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NewsLidl and Iceland first businesses to breach junk food ad ban
The decisions are the outcome of the ASA’s first round of assessments of possible breaches of new restrictions which came into force in January
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NewsLidl to open 50 stores in 12 months in £600m investment
The plans are set to create about 2,000 jobs, according to the discounter
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NewsAsda, Morrisons and Lidl make £1bn worth of sale and leaseback deals
The three supermarkets struck sale and leaseback deals totalling £943m in 2025, according to Colliers
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NewsLidl matches Morrisons in grocery market share
It means Lidl has become the joint fifth-largest UK supermarket
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NewsAldi and Lidl battling it out for the Easter shop with big discounts
Aldi has promised £16m in price cuts across Easter ranges while Lidl is offering loyalty members £5 off a £50 Easter shop
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NewsLidl donates £110,000 to charities across the country
Lidl store staff chose causes in their area to receive £500 each
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Grocer 33Lidl cheaper than Aldi in price survey thanks to cabbage
After seven wins on the trot for Aldi, a price cut on savoy cabbage made all the difference for Lidl