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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May- 2018 -30 MaySupermarkets
Grocery market buoyed by hot weather and the royal wedding
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel for the 12 weeks to 20 May found the hot weather combined with events such as the royal wedding sparked strong market growth – up 2.7% on last year. Most notably grocery sales totalled £415m on Friday 18 May in the…
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29 MayHigh Street
Westend Retail Park in Dublin sold for €147.7m
Irish property management group Green Reit has sold the Westend Retail Park in Blanchardstown, Dublin, to a DWS real estate fund for €147.7m (£128.9m).The sale amount is in line with the most recent valuation of the property, which was €147.1m (£128.4) in December 2017. The retail park comprises 230,742 sq…
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11 MaySupermarkets
Sainsbury’s and Asda could be forced to sell more than 70 stores
Sainsbury’s and Asda may have to sell at least 73 stores in order for the merger to go ahead according to a leading expert in store location. David Haywood founder of Maximise UK predicts that at least 6% of Sainsbury’s and Asda stores are under threat of closure, due to…
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Apr- 2018 -26 AprilSupermarkets
Plastic packaging pact signed by 42 UK firms
Some 42 UK firms including all of the big five supermarkets (Asda, Sainsbury’s,Tesco, Morrisons and Lidl) have signed a pact to dramatically reduce single use plastics by 2025. The pact aims to make 100% of plastic packaging reusable as well as making sure 70% of plastic packaging is effectively recycled.…
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Mar- 2018 -13 MarchGovernment
Leading retailers support plan for sustainability and equality
Over 25 leading UK retailers, including Sainsbury’s and John Lewis, have signed up to a series of pledges to tackle global challenges over the coming decades. The ‘Better Retail Better World’ scheme includes a series of stretching targets for the retail industry to achieve by 2020, and uses the United…
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6 MarchSupermarkets
Morrisons and Tesco fastest growing, Co-op returns to growth
The latest grocery market share figures from Kantar Worldpanel, published today for the 12 weeks to 25 February 2018, show that grocery sales have increased in value by 3.2% compared to the same time last year. This marks the 12th consecutive 12-week period in a row that total market sales…
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Feb- 2018 -16 FebruaryNews
Lidl creates 700 new UK jobs
Discount supermarket Lidl has opened its 700th UK store, following the opening of five new stores in a single day. Lidl’s new stores opened in Edinburgh, Stockton, Hull, Polegate in East Sussex and Rosehill, in south London. As a result of 19 new shop openings in the first two months…
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14 FebruaryAdvice
Retail needs to play its part in reducing carbon emissions
A leaked study in 2008 revealed that emissions from shipping could be up to three times higher than previously believed. It was something of a wake up call for an industry that was on its way to becoming one of the largest contributors to global CO2 levels. That was a…
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12 FebruarySupermarkets
Tesco budget store launch rumoured ‘to take on Aldi and Lidl’
Tesco is rumoured to be working on a secret plan to launch a new budget supermarket brand, reports suggest.According to The Sunday Times, it is the supermarket giant’s attempt to take on Aldi and Lidl, which were recently named as the UK fastest growing food stores. Figures from market researcher…
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12 FebruarySupermarkets
Aldi reclaims title of ‘nation’s favourite supermarket’ in satisfaction survey
Aldi has been rated the nation’s favourite in-store supermarket in Which?’s annual best and worst supermarket satisfaction survey. Customers were impressed with Aldi’s special offers, as well as the quality of its fresh and own-label products and the ease of finding items on its shelves, Which? said. It is the…
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