Feb 20, 20232 min read

Spain: DIA delivers 9.6% sales growth in 2022

Discount Retail Chain DIA Group (listed BMAD: DIA and owned by the UK based LetterOne) reported €7.3 billion in net sales for 2022, a...

UK: Aldi to open more London stores as part of expansion plans

Feb 20, 20232 min read

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UK: Aldi to open more London stores as part of expansion plans

Aldi is aiming to bring lower food prices by securing more supermarket locations, as part of a multi-million-pound expansion plan in...

UK: Aldi to create more than 6,000 new job roles in 2023

Feb 16, 20231 min read

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UK: Aldi to create more than 6,000 new job roles in 2023

Aldi is set to create more than 6,000 new job roles as it looks to expand the business in 2023. The discount grocer currently has more...

UK: Aldi named Britain's most popular supermarket

Feb 16, 20231 min read

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UK: Aldi named Britain's most popular supermarket

Aldi has been named the nation’s favourite supermarket, according to the latest polling data from YouGov. Shoppers ranked Britain’s...

Germany: Aldi liquidates self-checkouts due to theft

Feb 15, 20231 min read

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Germany: Aldi liquidates self-checkouts due to theft

Discount Retail Chain Aldi Germany simplifies and modernizes shopping in its stores with self-service checkouts. The payment process is...

Germany: Aldi lowers coffee prices for its own private label coffee

Feb 15, 20232 min read

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Germany: Aldi lowers coffee prices for its own private label coffee

Aldi Nord and Aldi Süd have announced they will permanently lower prices for whole beans and ground coffee products sold under their own...

Feb 12, 20232 min read

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Germany: Meat revolution at Aldi

Discount Retail Chain Aldi Germany (German family owned) is taking the next step for animal welfare and changing its meat range! Aldi...

Netherlands: 6 reasons why the Lidl formula works in the Netherlands

Feb 12, 20234 min read

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Netherlands: 6 reasons why the Lidl formula works in the Netherlands

Discount Retail Chain Lidl Netherlands (owned by the German Schwarz Group) has one in ten Dutch people shopping at their stores. This...

Denmark: Netto acquires also Aldi stores

Feb 9, 20232 min read

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Denmark: Netto acquires also Aldi stores

Discount Retail Chain Netto (owned by the Danish Salling Group) takes over 21 remaining stores and store projects from Aldi, which leaves...

France: Toujust the new French discount chain

Feb 9, 20232 min read

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France: Toujust the new French discount chain

Discount Retail Chain Toujust is set to open its first store in Alès, in the Gard region, mainly selling private-label products,...

Feb 8, 20231 min read

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Russia: Lenta tests new discount format

Hypermarket retailer Lenta, one of Russian's food retail leaders, is testing a discount format, Lenta Ekonom. After X5 with Chizhik and...

Spain: Aldi invests massively in solar energy

Feb 7, 20231 min read

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Spain: Aldi invests massively in solar energy

In 2022, Aldi Spain avoided to emit more than 3,296 tons of CO2 emission into the atmosphere, thanks to the use of solar energy at their...

UK: Lidl reports £11 million in switching spend as customers ditch M&S, Waitrose and Sainsbury

Feb 7, 20231 min read

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UK: Lidl reports £11 million in switching spend as customers ditch M&S, Waitrose and Sainsbury

Lidl has revealed it has gained nearly £11 million in switching gains from M&S, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s in the past month, an increase...

Feb 5, 20231 min read

Europe

Swiss: Lidl creates virtual store tour

Discount Retail Chain Lidl Swiss (owned by the German Schwarz Group) has created a virtual store. During a virtual store tour you get...

Germany: Aldi Süd opens a virtual store on the web

Feb 5, 20231 min read

Europe

Germany: Aldi Süd opens a virtual store on the web

Discount Retail Chain Aldi Süd (German family owned) has created a virtual store, which can be explored on the computer directly in the...

Germany: Lidl rebuilds range: less meat, more plant-based products

Feb 5, 20232 min read

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Germany: Lidl rebuilds range: less meat, more plant-based products

Discounter Lidl is rebuilding its assortment. By 2025, there should be more plant-based products in the range, the proportion of meat...

UK: Aldi bus takes customers from rival big 4 to its own stores

Feb 5, 20231 min read

Europe

UK: Aldi bus takes customers from rival big 4 to its own stores

Aldi has been giving free bus rides to customers shopping at its rivals Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda, taking them to the closest Aldi...

UK: Discounters make a strong start in 2023

Feb 5, 20232 min read

Europe

UK: Discounters make a strong start in 2023

Aldi and Lidl saw strong sales of 26.9% resp. 24.1% in the four weeks to 22 January 2023. The German discounters show a market share of...

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