Lidl
This coverage examines Lidl’s activities and growth in the UK retail sector, highlighting store openings, pricing strategies, financial performance, leadership changes, and marketing campaigns. Reporting focuses on how Lidl competes in the grocery market and shapes customer expectations, offering retail managers and executives insights into its operations and market impact.
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Aug- 2025 -27 AugustComment
Is M&S signalling a structural shift in property strategy?
Mainstream retailers are increasingly treading on the discounters’ turf – and it appears that out-of-town retail parks are now the prime battleground. Few recent examples demonstrate this as clearly as Marks & Spencer’s strategy, which is pivoting its food hall rollout toward retail park sites in order to compete directly…
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27 AugustSupermarkets
Lidl invests £435m in warehouses network
Lidl GB has completed a major expansion of its Belvedere warehouse in London and begun work on a new site in Leeds, as part of wider plans to grow its UK store network. The discount supermarket has invested £285m in a two-stage development at Belvedere. The first phase, costing £160m,…
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22 AugustSupermarkets
Lidl signs EHRC pledge to strengthen sexual harassment protection
Lidl Great Britain has signed a legal agreement with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) after an employment tribunal found it failed to take reasonable steps to stop the sexual harassment of a young female employee. The tribunal ruled that between 2019 and 2021, a Lidl GB employee was…
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20 AugustSupermarkets
Total till sales slow to 3.7% in July, NIQ finds
Total till sales growth at UK supermarkets slowed to +3.7% in the four weeks ended 9 August 2025, down from +5.8% in July, according to data from NielsenIQ (NIQ). NIQ data suggests that following the early summer heatwaves at the end of June and early July, along with treating themselves…
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20 AugustSupermarkets
Lidl launches ‘Live Well’ health and sustainability logo
Lidl GB has become the first discount supermarket to introduce a health marker across its own-label products. The ‘Live Well’ logo, designed to help shoppers identify healthier options in store, will apply to more than 100 items including fruit, vegetables, wholegrains and plant-based proteins. It will begin appearing on shelves…
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19 AugustSupermarkets
Grocery sales up 4% as Lidl narrows gap on Morrisons
Take-home grocery sales grew 4% in the four weeks to 10 August, as Lidl also closed in on Morrisons’ market position as the UK’s fifth largest grocer, the latest data from Worldpanel by Numerator show. The figures also showed that grocery price inflation eased slightly to 5.0%, down from 5.2%…
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15 AugustSupermarkets
Lidl announces fifth pay rise in two years
Lidl GB will increase hourly pay rates for store and warehouse staff from September, marking its fifth wage rise in two years. Entry-level pay will rise from £12.75 to £13.00 nationally, increasing to £13.95 depending on length of service. In London, hourly rates will increase from £14.00 to £14.35, rising…
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14 AugustSupermarkets
Business rates rise could see more than 100 supermarkets at risk
More than 100 large UK supermarkets could reportedly face closure under government plans to raise business rates for the most valuable retail properties, according to the Financial Times. It learnt that the proposed changes, due to be announced in the autumn Budget, could increase rates for premises with a rateable…
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Jul- 2025 -25 JulySupermarkets
Lidl to cut head office roles as it streamlines operations
Lidl is planning to cut a number of head office roles as part of a wider strategy to support its UK expansion. According to the supermarket chain, no customer-facing roles would be affected by the move, which comes as it reviews its operations to ensure it is “set up with…
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23 JulySupermarkets
Supermarket sales jump 5.8% amid summer heatwave
Total Till sales at UK supermarkets rose 5.8% in the four weeks to 12 July 2025, up from 3.8% in June, according to data released by NielsenIQ (NIQ). The rise coincided with three heatwaves and the hottest week of the year, as well as major sporting events including Wimbledon and…
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