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Germany: ALDI reaches a record of €112 billion in global sales
Discount Retail Chains ALDI South and ALDI North excluding Trader Joe's increased their combined global sales by 8.7% to 112 billion...
Jul 1, 20242 min read

UK: Aldi repackages own private label chips in recycled PET bags
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK is outfitting its own private label chips packaging with recycled plastic in a “UK supermarket first.” The...
Jun 27, 20242 min read


UK: ALDI reveals new store location wish list with hot spots
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK has updated its list of priority locations across the country, showing where the discounter now is hoping...
Jun 27, 20241 min read


UK: LIDL reaches record market share
Discount Retail Chain Lidl UK has been quite a step change in the past nine months, having been consecutively named the fastest growing...
Jun 18, 20246 min read


UK: Discount Chain B&M Confident About Profit Outlook
Discount Variety Retail Chain B&M European Value Retail S.A. said it was confident on its outlook for profit growth in the year ahead,...
Jun 6, 20242 min read

UK: ALDI switches to recycled plastic own PL brand washing-up bottles
Discount Retail Chain Aldi has rolled out 100% recycled plastic (rPet) packaging for some of its own private label brand washing-up...
Jun 5, 20242 min read


UK: No Stopping Aldi as CEO claims Consumers have changed for Good
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK has reported record sales in the U.K. and Ireland and its boss insists that shoppers have changed their...
May 20, 20243 min read


UK: Lidl's Expansion Plans in the UK
Discount Retail Chain Lidl UK's ambitious expansion plans in the United Kingdom demonstrate the supermarket's unwavering commitment to...
May 7, 20242 min read

UK: How Lidl Dominated the In-Store Bakery Market
Discount Retail Chain Lidl UK's rise in the in-store bakery market has been nothing short of exceptional. The discounter's concerted...
Apr 20, 20242 min read

UK: Discounters keep on making big double digits in UK
Aldi and Lidl were the best-performing retailers in the UK in the 12-week period to 11 June, new data from Kantar has shown, with Aldi...
Jun 21, 20232 min read


UK: DRC interview with The Grocer magazine
With discounters booming in the cost-of-living crisis, what’s motivating Lidl’s move to slow down expansion in the UK? What’s going on at...
Jun 17, 20237 min read

UK: Private-Label sales in UK growing twice as fast as branded products
Sales of own-label products at British supermarkets have grown at double the speed of branded goods in 2023, data from market researchers...
Jun 4, 20231 min read


UK: Lidl raises staff pay for third time in a year
The British arm of German discount supermarket Lidl has raised pay for store and warehouse staff for the third time in 12 months, Lidl GB...
May 24, 20231 min read

UK: Discount market share 4 times higher than in 2011
Continuing discounter dominance and sales switching to private label are the headlines from the Kantar UK data for 12 w/e 14th May 2023,...
May 23, 20231 min read


Netherlands: Action is growing fast everywhere
Discount Variety Retail Chain Action (owned by PE investor 3I group) achieved a turnover growth of 36% in the first quarter. In the first...
May 12, 20231 min read


UK: Aldi extends self-service checkouts to more UK stores
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK (German family owned) has added self-service checkouts to many of its existing stores in a bid to “further...
May 12, 20231 min read

UK: Aldi UK named "Food Retailer of the Year"
Discount Retail Chain Aldi UK (German family owned) was officially named Grocer of the Year at the 2023 Retail Week Awards, which took...
May 11, 20231 min read


UK: Lidl to expand with “no ceiling on our ambition or growth potential”
Discount Retail Chain Lidl UK (owned by the German Schwarz Group) welcomed a record number of new shoppers to its stores in 2022, as over...
May 4, 20232 min read
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