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Jan 14, 20232 min read
USA: Discount variety chain Five Below to open 200+ stores
Five Below has laid out ambitious store plans for 2023. The tween and teen discounter said it plans to open the most stores in its...


Jan 14, 20231 min read
Ireland: Lidl grows slightly in Irish market
Worldpanel by Kantar Irish grocery data for 12wks to 25/12//22 sees Dunnes top @ 23.7% market share ahead of Tesco @ 23.0%. SuperValu are...

Jan 13, 20232 min read
Italy: Action Italy reveals strategies and development plans
Discount Non-food Retail Chain Action Italy's (owned by UK PE investor 3i Group) expansion projects for 2023 are big. The chain, born 30...


Jan 13, 20232 min read
Poland: EUR 17.6 billion of Biedronka's revenues in 2022
Discount Retail Chain Biedronka (owned by Portuguese Jeronimo Martins) recorded sales of EUR 17.58 billion, which means an increase in...


Jan 13, 20232 min read
UK: Aldi axing home delivery of Specialbuys and booze
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK (German family owned) is winding down its home delivery service of general merchandise ‘Specialbuys’ and...

Jan 12, 20231 min read
Russia: After the successful launch of My Price, Magnit wants to launch another discount concept
Largest Russian retail chain Magnit (more than 27,000 stores), plans to launch a new discount format, while the relative new My Price...


Jan 7, 20231 min read
Germany: Aldi launches 3rd XXL store
The discounter opened the new large box in a former Real store (Metro group) in Boblingen. The store covers a sales area of about 1,775...


Jan 7, 20231 min read
USA: Aldi expands strongly at the Gulf Coast
Aldi supermarket chain is continuing its expansion across the Gulf South - including the greater New Orleans area - with the opening...

Jan 7, 20236 min read
Germany: how a German grocer became the fastest-growing food retailer in the USA
The History: Aldi has its origin in a small store set-up by Anna Albrecht in Germany back in 1913. After WW2 Anna handed over the store...


Jan 5, 20233 min read
Spain: Lidl logistics center and 300 jobs
Discount Retail Chain Lidl Spain (owned by the German Schwarz Group) has acquired a plot of about 158,000m2 in the Leon municipality of...


Jan 4, 20232 min read
UK: German discounters Aldi and Lidl grow with a stunning 27% resp. 24% in UK
Another great sales period for the discounters and continuing strong growth of own label are the headlines from the Kantar UK data for 12...


Jan 3, 20232 min read
UK & Ireland: Aldi report ‘best Christmas ever’ as sales soar 26%
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK and Ireland has reported a 26% in sales over the festive period, dubbing it as its “best Christmas ever”....


Dec 31, 20224 min read
USA: Dollar General expands its offerings to help eliminate food deserts
Discount Non-food Retail Chain Dollar General (ETR: 7DG) expands its offerings to help eliminate food deserts. About 100 miles north of...


Dec 31, 20225 min read
Norway: Rema-Reitan buys Aldi that was its role model
Discount Retail Chain Rema 1000 (owned by Norwegian Rema-Reitan) becomes Denmark's largest grocery chain after the acquisition of German...


Dec 31, 20223 min read
Poland: 1400 new jobs at Lidl
Despite the economic and social challenges, 2022 was a special year for Lidl Polska, because it was jubilee. The company celebrates its...


Dec 31, 20225 min read
Poland: the passing year was a time of dynamic development for Netto
Discount Retail Chain Netto Poland (owned by the Danish Salling Group) has expanded to more than 660 stores, opening more than 60 of them...


Dec 31, 20229 min read
Netherlands: Marketing makes Aldi more relevant and self-evident'
Discount Retail Chain Aldi Netherlands (German family owned) is back. While other supermarket chains advanced and the German super was...


Dec 23, 20223 min read
USA: Are discounters outpacing traditional supermarkets?
Report projects 10% growth of the discounters in 2022, and ongoing gains amid inflationary pressures. Sales growth at discount grocers...
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