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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Mar- 2021 -29 MarchComment
Clean Sweep: The great supermarket sustainability drive
For years now, the dangers of plastic to the environment and an impetus to reduce our use of it has been present. The non-biodegradable substance can hang around the environment for hundreds of years after its use, becoming a danger to animals and ecosystems across the world. According to the…
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22 MarchSupermarkets
Iceland spends £150m on deals despite pocketing £40m Covid relief
Iceland’s owners have taken and spent £150m from the supermarket chain since the beginning of the pandemic, despite refusing to repay business rates relief, according to The Sunday Times. The company’s recent investor presentations revealed that Sir Malcolm Waker, Iceland’s founder, used £141m to purchase former shareholder Brait and acquire…
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19 MarchAnalysis
Lidl & Aldi – Location, Location, Location
The demise of the high street and the evolution that part of retail is currently experiencing is extremely well documented. But one area that is not so well covered is the rise of Lidl & Aldi and their move towards dominance in the extremely valuable food retail market. This is…
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5 MarchSupermarkets
Co-op to hold ‘crunch talks’ over relief repayment
The Co-operative Group will reportedly hold a “crunch” board meeting next week to discuss whether it will repay £80m in government support funding, according to Sky News. According to Sky, Co-op directors, alongside chairman Allan Leighton, will now meet next Tuesday to discuss whether the group will repay the funding…
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3 MarchSupermarkets
Grocery sales soar 15% in February
Grocery sales rose by 15.1% in February, the fastest rate of growth since June 2020, as UK consumers continued to remain home during lockdown. According to the latest figures from Kantar, UK grocery sales also rose by 12.5% in the 12 weeks to 21 February 2021. Nearly a quarter of…
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Feb- 2021 -22 FebruarySupermarkets
Aldi crowned UK’s favourite in-store supermarket by Which?
Aldi has been named the UK’s favourite in-store supermarket in Which?’s annual satisfaction survey. According to the consumer organisation, Aldi emerged as the top in-store supermarket in the UK after receiving a five-star rating for value for money – the only supermarket to achieve this in the survey – and…
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Jan- 2021 -28 JanuaryAnalysis
Supermarkets, the unsung heroes
Of all the many seismic changes that 2020 has precipitated, one that may have gone under the radar of most people is the impact of the pandemic on perceptions of the UK supermarket sector. Long lambasted for alleged price fixing tactics, squeezing suppliers and environmental concerns, the sector appeared locked…
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28 JanuarySupermarkets
Lidl swings to £13.6m after tax loss
Lidl has reported losses after tax of £13.6m for the year ending in February 2020, following the group’s heavy investment into growing its workforce and store estate. It comes as the discount retailer reported revenues of £6.9bn as it attracted a new found customer base. Nonetheless, the slump comes as…
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27 JanuarySupermarkets
Lidl gifts £200 bonus to employees
Lidl has announced that it will pay all its UK colleagues a one-off £200 thank you payment for their “hard work and ongoing dedication during the pandemic”. The supermarket will gift the payment to customer assistants, warehouse operatives and cleaners, across over 800 stores and 13 distribution centres. Lidl, which…
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13 JanuarySupermarkets
Lidl posts 18% December revenue increase
Discount supermarket Lidl has reported that its revenue for the four weeks to 27 December rose by 18%, according to the BBC. More than six million glasses of prosecco and 2.7 million servings of panettone were sold by the retailer over the Christmas period, as the firm benefitted from restrictions…
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